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Charter Commission July 12, 2012 Page 2 46 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Gunderson, to approve the 47 minutes from October 14, 2010. 48 Motion passes with Commissioners Bartsch, and Helgemoe, abstaining 49 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Dahl, to approve the 50 minutes as amended from January 12, 2012. 51 Motion passes with Commissioner Penn abstaining 52 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Turcotte, to approve the 53 minutes as amended from April 12, 2012. 54 Motion passes with Commissioner Penn abstaining 55 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Turcotte, to approve the minutes 56 as amended from May 31, 2012. 57 Motion passes with Commissioner Trehus abstaining 58 59 60 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 61 62 Vice Chair Dahl indicated that Item 6B Charter Amendments on Ballot this Fall was placed on 63 the agenda in case there was additional input required. 64 Commissioner Storberg asked if the Commission will be notified if the language proposed by the 65 Commission is going to be changed on the ballot. 66 67 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Bretoi, to have the Chair 68 and Vice Chair follow up on the status of the ballot language for the two proposed Charter 69 Commission amendments. 70 Motion carried unanimously. 71 On Item 6C Council response to Tax Exempt Zones by Ordinance, Vice Chair Dahl commented 72 she had checked with the City Clerk who indicated there had been no response from the Council. 73 74 On Item 6D the Council proposed amendment to Chapter 8 public improvements. An e-mail 75 from the City Clerk was received by the Chair stating there was no support for additions to the 76 Commission budget to provide for a review of the proposed amendments. 77 Considerable discussion ensued with Commissioner Sutherland noting that after listening to a 78 recording of the Council work session she is questioning why the Council appears not to have an 79 accurate picture of the Commission's budget and asked what has been provided to them. 80 Commissioner Trehus noted that the June 24th letter to Council provided the relevant supporting 81 detail. Chair Lyden reminded the Commissioners that it is the Council's prerogative to make 82 funding decisions. 83 Commissioners expressed concern about the genuine willingness of the Council to support the 84 work of the Commission through the provision of adequate funding. Commissioners provided 85 their perspective on the work of the Commission and the Commission's challenges in working 86 with the Council 87 88 On item 6D, section 3 on the vehicle for the Commission to provide its concerns and ideas on the 89 Council proposed Charter amendment, Commissioners discussed a variety of options for 90 providing input to the Council. 2