Post in City Council Vacancy: Selection Criteria

May 15 21:30 UTC

One difference between Roseville and North St. Paul is that their Mayor
still had over two years remaining in his term, and by state law they
are required to hold a special election.  The winner of that election
will fill the remaining term until the end of 2010.  They could have
waited (with a 4 member Council) until the November elections - though
that may have been arguably too long a period to not appoint someone, or
appointed someone on a temporary basis (until the November elections) -
which could have created another vacancy if a Councilmember were
appointed, so they chose to have the election earlier. I think that's
the continuity and stability issue referred to.  Roseville is not
required by law to hold a special election because Councilmember Kough's
term expired this year and there will already be an election for that
seat in November.

For everyone's information regarding the police collision, I think you
should know that our Roseville officer's car was struck by another
vehicle while he had his emergency lights and siren going, and had the
right of way with a green light when he was hit.   Our officer was
responding to a medical emergency.    The officer required
hospitalization and has some injuries, the long term severity of which
is unknown to me right now.  Thankfully, neither he nor the other
individual was more seriously hurt.