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have been assigned by ordinance to the City's Finance Director. Today the only duty the treasurer actually performs is creation of a facsimile signature that appears on the paychecks. Ms. Michelotti referred to the three options. Ms. Acosta explained the first option was language to eliminate the Treasurer, which the current Treasure prefers. The second option was to have the treasurer be appointed with the Finance Director filling the office. Mr. Pico suggested the position of treasurer be eliminated and the duties "consolidated" with the Finance Director. Ms. Ayala suggested "Shall the 'ceremonial' position of Treasurer be eliminated", so people are really clear that the position is nothing but ceremonial. Ms. Michelotti agreed with Mr. Pico. What is being done is to let the Finance Director, who has been doing the job, continue to do the job. Mr. Tarver believed the arguments will explain and make the point. He wanted to keep it simple and just say eliminate the position of Treasurer. Dorene Paradiso was in favor of eliminating the Treasurer as an elected position. She opposed a four year term for the mayor. The citizens have already voted for a two year term. The Mayor's job is a full time job. She was dismayed that the Mayor and Councilmembers do not attend all City functions and cited two incidents: consolidation of fire department celebration and the Parmers in Safety event at the Senior Center. She urged Council to attend more events to show their interest and support. She also supported vacancies for Council being elected and not appointed. Jack Hovingh supported the simplest language and liked Option 1 regarding the treasurer. He felt the mayor's term should be one year and selected from among the Council as was done in the past; however since that is not on the agenda, he supported continuing the two-year term. The advantage of this is that every election there is the opportunity to change the makeup of the Council because a majority will be up for election. Mr. Tarver believed the people had a right to vote and he felt it was worthwhile to see if they had changed their minds if given arguments as to why a four year term would be more important. They can choose to vote it down or Council can choose not to put it on the ballot. It was moved by Ms. Ayala, seconded by Ms. Dennis, to select Option 1 and amend it to say "Shall the 'ceremonial' position of Treasurer be eliminated?" Pleasanton City Council 9 07/21/98 Minutes