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Regular Meeting City Council June 14, 2004 Page 33 those seven candidates wouldn't mind their names being in an Open meeting. Councilman Wilson wondered if the candidates couldn't have a number assigned to them, instead of their names, because the City doesn't just want applications from people out looking for a job, but would like some from people doing a good job and the city there with is happy with and the city would like to hire them away. Mayor Fendley said that could be placed as an agenda item. Councilman Wilson asked if the Charter could be changed. City Attorney Schenk indicated it could be but there would have to be an election to do that. He said that very change was tried some years ago and it failed. Councilman Wilson said that puts this city at an unfair advantage in doing business. Councilman Wilson indicated there were some policies, procedures and protocols that the city does that he felt the Council should discuss to see if the Council still agrees with those procedures. He said, for instance, there was piling trash and no one picking it up. He has pictures of a pile of trash that sat there for a month. He said the thought the procedure is if there is a pile of trash, but the house is vacant and there is no water meter, the trash would not be picked up. City Attorney Schenk said that would have to be a future agenda item, because items couldn't be just discussed, but would have to be an agenda item. Mayor Fendley reminded the Council of a resolution that if any Councilperson wanted to incur any expense in attending something in Lamar County, they would bring that before the Council. Councilwoman Wilkerson asked if an agenda for the City Council would have to be posted for the Town meeting set for June 19th. City Attorney Schenk said there would be an agenda posted. She questioned if there was not a quorum of the Council at the meeting, would they have to leave. City Attorney Schenk indicated they would not have to leave, but they couldn't make any decisions or participate in the discussion.