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Charter Commission July 12, 2012 Page 2 46 Motion passes with Commissioners Bartsch, Helgemoe, and Trehus abstaining 47 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Gunderson, to approve the 48 minutes from October 14, 2010. 49 Motion passes with Commissioners Bartsch, and Helgemoe, abstaining 50 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Dahl, to approve the 51 minutes as amended from January 12, 2012. 52 Motion passes with Commissioner Penn abstaining 53 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Turcotte, to approve the 54 minutes as amended from April 12, 2012. 55 Motion passes with Commissioner Penn abstaining 56 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Turcotte, to approve the minutes 57 as amended from May 31, 2012. 58 Motion passes with Commissioner Turcotte abstaining 59 60 61 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 62 63 Vice Chair Dahl indicated that Item 6B Charter Amendments on Ballot this fall was placed on 64 the agenda in case there was additional input required. 65 Commissioner Storberg asked if the Commission will be notified if the language proposed by the 66 Commission is going to be changed on the ballot. 67 68 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Bretoi, to have the Chair 69 and Vice Chair follow up on the status of the ballot language for the two proposed Charter 70 Commission amendments. 71 Motion carried unanimously. 72 On Item 6C Council response to Tax Exempt Zones by Ordinance, Vice Chair Dahl commented 73 she had checked with the City Clerk who indicated there had been no response from the Council. 74 75 On Item 6D the Council proposed amendment to Chapter 8 public improvements. An e-mail 76 from the City Clerk was received by the Chair stating there was no support for additions to the 77 Commission budget to provide for a review of the proposed amendments. 78 Considerable discussion ensued with Commissioner Sutherland noting that after listening to a 79 recording of the Council work session she is questioning why the Council appears not to have an 80 accurate picture of the Commission's budget and asked what has been provided to them. 81 Commissioner Trehus noted that the June 24th letter to Council provided the relevant supporting 82 detail. Chair Lyden reminded the Commissioners that it is the Council's prerogative to make 83 funding decisions. 84 Some more recently appointed Commissioners expressed concern about the genuine willingness 85 of the Council to support the work of the Commission through the provision of adequate funding. 86 Several Commissioners with longer service provided their perspective on the work of the 87 Commission and the Commission's challenges in working with the Council 88 2