That was quite a city council meeting. It was one of those meetings where I walk about the door and ask: why would anyone want that job?

There wasn't room in Wednesday's paper to report on much of what happened at the council meeting, but one thing I did want to note, in light of my report in Tuesday's paper, is that the council voted 4 to 1 not to fund additional council to represent former city officials Valerie Keehn and Michael Englert in the case of a discrimination suit brought against the city by a former DPW laborer Henry Smith.

Commissioner of Public Safety Ron Kim was the only member to vote in favor of paying local attorney Kurt Mausert to represent the officials, saying that he felt it was not appropriate for an attorney hired through the city's insurance company to subpoena Keehn and Englert. The attorney, John Asplund, was present Tuesday and said that he had been asked to subpoena both. Mausert had been invited to attend Tuesday's meeting to explain why additional representation was necessary, but he was not present.

In other news, anything and everything that could have been politicized at Tuesday's meeting was, including legislation to join a nation-wide agreement on climate. Commissioner Kim and Commissioner of Accounts John Franck both recollected Keehn signing the same legislation while in office, and Kim suggested that she should be present for a signing ceremony on Saturday.

Mayor Johnson, in turn, asked Kim to stop politicizing everything.

I, for one, and deeply grateful that tonight's meeting was the last before the city elections.

Speaking of the election, don't forget that there is a candidate's forum at the high school at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Candidates for Mayor, Commissioner of Finance and Commissioner of Accounts will attend.