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It was moved by Mr. Tarver, seconded by Ms. Dennis, to approve the ballot language as follows: Shall the City of Pleasanton participate in the Export Pipeline Facilities Project of the Livermore Amador Valley Water Management Agency, which Project provides limited additional wastewater disposal capacity for Pleasanton to meet its General Plan, with costs of the additional capacity expected to be paid by new development and shall the City of Pleasanton submit to the voters for prior approval any proposed action (including approval, purchase or construction of any wastewater disposal facility) which would require any of the following revisions to the existing LAVWMA Joint Powers Agreement: (1) increase the maximum permitted "dry weather" flow into wastewater treatment facilities, (2) modify the Service Area limitations, or (3) increase the capacity of the export pipeline(s)? The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Ayala, Dennis, Michelotti, Pico, and Mayor Tarver. NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None There was consensus that the City Council would write and sign the ballot argmnents for the measures. Deborah Acosta then presented the staff report for Item 6a(2) regarding other measures to be placed on the ballot. Ms. Dennis explained that the issue she was concerned with was whether the partial term filled by a special election would be counted toward the eight year term limit adopted by Council. She was concerned that people would not run in a special election because they felt they would not get two full terms. Mr. Roush cited the relevant Municipal Code section that states a Councilmember shall serve no more than two consecutive terms and a person who has been appointed or elected to Council for more than two years shall serve no more than one addition term. So if a person were appointed for less than two years, that person could still serve two full terms. It is not an eight-year limit. The ordinance also currently states that any vacancy will be filled by election, not appointment. Ms. Acosta returned to the issue of the elected Treasurer. Pleasanton has never had the issue of eliminating the elected treasurer, where many California cities have done that. There are very few cities in California that have elected Treasurers who have the full duties that an elected treasurer once had. The current Treasurer campaigned on a platform to .eliminate the elected treasurer position. Staff has long supported this for a number of reasons, but most importantly that it consolidates all of the duties in a single individual which helps eliminate substantial confusion. For the last forty years, all the duties that would be done by a treasurer Pleasanton City Council 8 07/21/98 Minutes