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Regular City Council Meeting February 9, 2004 Page 24 Councilman Plata asked if they were going to average the scores. Mayor Fendley didn't care either way. City Attorney Schenk said some people looked at that and some did not. Councilman Bell asked for the date for the March meeting which was Monday, March 8th. Mayor Pro Tem McCarthy asked if the City could request the Attorney General's opinion. City Attorney Schenk indicated that only a member of the legislature or a county attorney could request a formal opinion and it would probably take a very long time to get an opinion. Councilwoman Neeley suggested asking Mark Homer to get an opinion. Mayor Fendley thought that would be worthwhile. City Attorney Schenk reiterated that the best solution would be to change the Charter. Mayor Fendley stated if the Council wished, he would approach Mark Homer. Councilman Bell said because the charter was written 20 years be for the law, therefore the law should override the Charter. He felt this could be a legal approach for getting an opinion. Mayor Fendley said he and City Attorney Schenk would get with Mark Homer. On the matter of the Paperless Agenda, several members of the Council said either their laptops had crashed or they were having problems with them. Councilman Bell suggested leaving them plugged in all the time, because he hasn't had any problems and that's what he did. City Attorney Schenk presented a memo prepared by his staff about the pros and cons of the paperless agenda versus the paper agenda packet. He thought that it was not cost effective to do both and it was also labor intensive. Lisa Wright came forward and explained that the $40,000 investment in the paperless agenda included not only the laptops, but the software, the CD Burner, and other necessary equipment. She said the laptops had been in use about four years and the cost was about $1,500 per laptop, with nine laptops in use. She