Memo - Appt to fill Vacancy on City Council
I City Clerk
CITY OF HOPKINS
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Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
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Terry Obermaier
January 13, 2006
Appointment to Fill Vacancy on the City Council
As its first order of business at the City Council Meeting on February 1, 2006, the
Mayor will announce that the City Council has chosen Bruce Rowan to fill the vacancy
on the City Council.
A member of the City Council will make the motion to adopt Resolution 2006-003,
resolution appointing Bruce Rowan to fill the City Council vacancy.
After the motion is made, seconded, and voted on; Mr. Rowan will come forward to take
the oath of office. When Mr. Rowan has completed the oath, he will go to his place at
the City Council Table and will be qualified to act on any business of the Council until his
term ends on December 31, 2007.
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2006-003
RESOLUTION APPOINTING BRUCE ROWAN TO FILL CITY COUNCIL VACANCY
WHEREAS, Council Member Diane Johnson was elected to a four-year term as
a Council Member of the City of Hopkins on November 4, 2003, and;
WHEREAS, Council Member Diane Johnson resigned from that position on
November 2, 2005, and;
WHEREAS, Said resignation occurred after the first day of filing for candidacy
in 2005, and;
WHEREAS, There are two years remaining on Council Member Johnson's term,
and;
WHEREAS, The City of Hopkins declared a vacancy on the City Council on
November 15th, 2005, and;
WHEREAS, Section 2.05 of the Charter of the City of Hopkins provides that the
City Council shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy when a resignation occurs after
the first day of filing for candidacy in an election year;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Council of the City of Hopkins appoints
Bruce Rowan to fill the vacancy that was created with the resignation of Diane
Johnson
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 17th day of January 2006.
By
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Terry Obermaier, City Clerk