Area residents packed the Forest Lake City Council chambers Oct. 2, filling it for the first time since the contract law enforcement discussion, to see the outcome of a special meeting called to discuss the possibility of declaring a vacancy on the council. Ultimately, the council’s membership remained the same, with the council coming to a 2-2 tie on the question of whether to declare vacant the seat currently held by Councilman Michael Freer.
Councilwoman Mara Bain and Councilman Sam Husnik voted in favor of the resolution to declare vacancy; Councilman Ed Eigner and Mayor Ben Winnick voted against. Freer abstained.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The council does not typically hold meetings on the first Monday of the month; this meeting was scheduled at the request of Bain and Husnik following allegations made by resident Matt Arntzen at the Sept. 25 meeting that Freer lives in a home in Maple Grove, not at the empty Forest
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