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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 6, 2010 DRAFT 269 related issue. Information received from an English only group that was received by a 270 council member was shared with Mr. Tesch; some of the information may be helpful as 271 he prepares a resolution proposal. Council members noted they've had lots of feedback 272 on the proposal and anticipate receiving more as it goes forward. One council member 273 received a suggestion from a resident to look at Google Translator as a way that the city 274 could provide translation services at no cost. Another council member suggested that 275 providing such a service could open the city to liability in providing translation services. 276 277 Mr. Tesch will work with Council Member Roeser on composing a resolution for 278 consideration. 279 280 11. Joint Council and Charter Commission Meeting Agenda - Acting Administrator 281 Tesch noted that the council has been provided with a draft agenda (provided by the 282 commission) for the upcoming joint meeting with the charter commission. 283 284 A council member asked why the question of paying the commission's outstanding legal 285 bill is on the agenda; hasn't that already been determined to be outside of what the 286 council can legally do? A member responded that it is perhaps on the agenda because 287 there are some charter commission members that may not have been involved in previous 288 discussions. The council confirmed that the amount of funding and what for is mandated 289 by state statute. The city can only authorize funding that is directly related to framing and 290 amending the city charter. 291 292 The agenda item regarding a code of conduct was discussed briefly. The council 293 questioned if it the subject is a code of conduct for the council or the commission as that 294 isn't clearly stated. City Clerk Bartell clarified that the information in the meeting packet 295 is the code of conduct from the city code and the code of conduct approved as a policy by 296 the council. 297 298 Regarding the tax cap amendment item, a council member suggested some concern about 299 having an unelected body putting forth a means to control the budget under the control of 300 the city's elected officials. 301 302 Regarding road improvements, the council noted that is their topic of interest. They 303 would like to see where the commission is at, ask them to come up with some suggestions 304 to work on. The city isn't taking care of the infrastructure in place so the problem must 305 be addressed. It would be optimum to have the charter commission make 306 recommendations, forward that to the council and then a change could be accomplished 307 with a council vote. The council discussed the charter amendment process set forth by 308 state law. 309 310 REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 311 '"1 312 There were no changes to the regular agenda. 313 314