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Charter Commission July 8, 2010 Page 3 91 Council member O'Donnell stated that the Council is about to enter the budget process for 2011 92 and would welcome a budget proposal using line -item procedure from the Charter Commission. 93 94 Chair Dahl noted that there is currently a "lock" on the 2010 charter budget so that they are not 95 allowed to expend any funds. Neither council members nor the acting city administrator were 96 aware of the situation. Chair Dahl will review the minutes to confirm. 97 98 Commissioner Drennen noted there are some old concerns that have come up and that's to be 99 expected but he for one is interested in keeping the conversation going and continuing to have 100 joint meetings. 101 102 Mayor Reine he me i 103 104 Council member Roeser states that as part of the process for establishinga procedure for budget 105 requests, a "cause and effects' stipulation also be part oftheprocedure to handle situations 106 where the Commission incorrectly spends dollars, what a penalty would be and that it should 107 come from the Commission rather than the Council 108 109 Commissioneer Trehus asked for a timely to submit a budget proposal to the Council until 110 member O'Donnell stated the deadline>would be August 1 ' or very early August: X11 rfstates the Council would vele ome anal r eting th the Commission. 12 B. Unpaid bill from Attorney Marty 113 Commissioner Gunderson explained the current status of the commission's account with their 114 attorney, Karen Marty, is that most of the outstanding balance is owed in conjunction with the 115 commission's response to the city's audit and that when the commission was told to spend no 116 more money (August 2009) there were no additional expenses incurred. The charges on the bill 117 were at one time separated according to what was for framing and amending and that portion was 118 paid at the end of 2009. The remaining balance is $1,463.05. The commission is looking for a 119 resolution on this bill; the attorney did put in the work and she would have the option of coming 120 to the city for payment. She believes that the statute allows the city to pay if the council deems it 121 necessary. 122 123 Mayor Reinert recalled that the council has paid some of the Marty bills and he was supportive of 124 paying the bills so that the council and the commission could move to working together. The city 125 attorney has since opined, however, that it is illegal for the council to pay this bill. 126 127 Commissioner Carlson suggested that it would be helpful to see some legal precedence on that 128 opinion. 129 130 Cornet ssioner Gunderson asked the Mayo r if itis his °pint n that i. f in the future, the City is 131 petitioned ,to have the'omission au ted again. that the Commission would be prohibit from 132 having legal representation or seek legal advice;' "he Mayor stated: he did otk ow the answer X133 to that situation. Co 34 3