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365 MINUTES of THE MEETING of THE CITY COUNCIL April 14, 1978 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Kenneth Mercer called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 5:30 P.M. ROLL CALL The roll call is recorded as follows: Councilmembers Brandes, Kephart, Wood, and ~[%yor Mercer were present Mr Brown, City Manager, and Mr. Levine, City Attorney, were present ' CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT TO CITY COUNCIL Mayor Mercer stated that the reason for the Special Meeting was to appoint a Councilmember to fill the position vacated by William Herlihy. Mayor Mercer asked if any members of the audience wished to address the Council regarding this matter. Mr. Eric Granville, 1987-H Santa Rita Road, commented on the method by which the Council was going about filling the Council vacancy. Mr. Granville felt the person who was the first runnerup on the last election should be considered by the Council for the position. Mayor Mercer provided statistical information regarding how City Councils since 1894 have filled vacancies, stating that only three times was a vacant City Council seat filled by the first runnerup in the last election, and the remaining twelve times the seat was filled by the appointment of a person who had not been a candidate in the last election. Councilmember Brandes stated he felt that an election should be held to fill the vacancy on the City Council but that the consideration to have a full Council was overriding. It was moved by Councilmember Brandes, and seconded by Councilmember Wood, that Resolution No. 78-75, appointing Robert E. Butler, 3831 Pinot Court, to serve as Councilmember on the Pleasanton City Council until the November Ballot, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Wood, and Mayor Mercer NOES: Councilmember Kephart ABSENT: None ~yor Mercer asked Mr. Butler if he would be willing to serve as a member of the City Council until the November election. Mr. Butler stated he would be willing to do so.