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VIII. ELECTION PROCEDURES IN CASE OF VACANCIES • Motion No. 5: L'Orange moved to adopt the language in Attachment "B" of Yuen's letter of May 23 , 1990 re council and mayoral vacancies at or near the deadline for filing. Cushnie seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried. IX. COUNCIL ACTION Counsel explained that there was potential ambiguity in the Charter if the number of councilmembers was reduced to seven or fewer because of vacancies. The Charter requires affirmative action to be taken by an affirmative vote of the "entire membership. " (§3-8) Other actions required a two-thirds vote of the entire membership (see §3-12 , §3- 13) . If there are only seven councilmembers, does the vote of only four members constitute a majority of the entire membership, or are five votes still required? Motion No. 6: Greenwell moved to require a vote of "the entire membership to which it is entitled, " that is, a majority would always require five votes and two-thirds would always be six votes. Cushnie seconded. All were in favor and the motion was carried. • X. TAX BOARD OF REVIEW Deferred until next meeting. XI. NEIGHBORHOOD BOARDS Motion No. 7. L'Orange moved to have this matter be the subject of County Council action, not Charter Commission action. Duncan seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion was carried. XII. REVIEW AND FUTURE WORK Counsel explained that the attachments to his May 30, 1990 letter contained final language for all amendments approved by the commission through the May 14, 1990 meeting. The Commission discussed remaining issues. Counsel was directed to prepare the "digest" of proposed amendments contemplated by the Charter. All agreed that the digest should be an objective summary of the proposals, but should not contain arguments for or against the proposals. -3- �0�