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Charter Commission July 10, 2014 Page 4 136 137 Commissioner Turcotte stated that he did not believe that formal action was made by the City 138 Council to award the funds to the Commission. He read an excerpt from the City Council 139 meeting at which the item was discussed. 140 141 Commissioner Lyden noted that the City Council has provided two options for amending the 142 Charter for the Commission to review, along with the option for the Charter Commission to 143 propose their own amendment. He noted that in the past the Council was unwilling to provide 144 the Commission with the necessary funds to review the proposals and therefore simply denied the 145 proposals. He explained that this request arose in order for the Commission to review the 146 proposals accurately. He stated that at this point the Council has discussed the item via 147 worksession but the item was not formally 148 149 MOTION by Commissioner Bretoi, seconded by Commissioner Johnson, that the Charter 150 Commission re -approach the City Council for an additional $3.400, in addition to the $600 151 previously agreed upon, in order to fund legal review of the proposed Charter amendments. 152 153 Further discussion: Commissioner Penn confirmed that there would still be sufficient time to 154 review the proposed amendments from the Council. 155 156 Commissioner Bretoi provided a timeline that would include the approval of funds by the City 157 Council and special meetings in order to meet with Attorney Marty. 158 159 Commissioner Johnson compared the amount of the request to the annual budget of the 160 Commission and questioned whether $4.000 would be an accurate figure to obtain legal consult. 161 162 Commissioner Turcotte reviewed the previous motions made by the Charter Commission and 163 questioned the ability to do so. He believed that only the original motion made by Commissioner 164 Lyden would be valid and the others would be out of order. 165 166 The Commission further discussed whether the review of a lawyer would be needed outside of 167 the City Attorney and the amount being requested. 168 169 Motion passed 10-3. — (Turcotte, Johnson and Poehling nays) 170 171 MOTION by Commissioner Penn, seconded by Commissioner Aldentaler, requesting that the 172 Commission move forward with review of the proposed Charter amendments by Attorney Marty 173 regardless of whether the additional funding is approved by the City Council. 174 175 Further discussion: Commissioner Penn stated that she believed that it would be beneficial for 176 the Commission to continue with review and use the funds available to the extent available. 177 178 Commissioner Turcotte believed that a review should be done in full or not at all, like he 179 believed the original motion by Commission Lyden stated. 180 4 Packet Page 5 of 25