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Charter Commission October 14, 2010 Page 2 45 Commissioner Lyden as Vice -Chair is designated to help the Chair keep track of who would like 46 to be recognized to speak and in what order. 47 48 B. Possible Charter Amendments 49 Commissioner Trehus discussed two possible amendments that the charter has been previously 50 considering as well as adding Section 1.04 and amending Sections 3.09, 5.01 and 5.07. 51 52 Chair Dahl suggests that Commission decides what ballot questions to go forward with so that 53 the $1,500 allotted for the 2010 budget is used before the end of the year. 54 55 Commissioner Gunderson asked the Chair if the Commission's attorney will continue to work 56 with the Commission even though there is still an outstanding balance owed to her from 2009. 57 Chair Dahl stated that she recently requested an estimate from Ms. Karen Marty, attorney, for her 58 services for the possible amendments being considered. Ms. Marty replied with those estimates, 59 therefore, ifs the Chair's opinion that Ms. Marty will continue to work with the Commission in 60 the future. 61 62 Commissioner Minar arrives at 7:25pm. 63 64 Commissioner Trehus reiterated that the $1,500 allotted to the Commission cannot go toward the 65 outstanding bill to the attorney. Commissioner Trehus asked about the presentation to the City 66 Council on the Commission's 2010 budget increase request, with the line -item specifics 67 requested by the council. 68 69 Commissioner Drennen spoke on the submission to the City Council of the 2011 budget request 70 for the Commission. In that request, three ballot questions were projected. Commissioner 71 Drennen has not heard back from anyone with the City regarding the submission. Chair Dahl 72 stated that there was a City Council work session scheduled for the next week regarding the 73 budget for 2011. 74 75 Chair Dahl stated that the estimates from Ms. Marty were $2000 to work on the Tax Cap 76 amendment and smaller amounts for other amendment questions. Ms. Marty also stated that her 77 services needed for more than one amendment could be tied together for a better billing rate. 78 79 Commissioner Lyden asked the City Administrator, Mr. Jeff Carlson, if the Commission's budget 80 request was included in the preliminary budget for 2011. Mr. Carlson said he believed it was 81 not, but it could be brought to the City Council at the budget work session the next week. Chair 82 Dahl stated the budget request was submitted to the City Clerk and Acting City Administrator in 83 August. 84 85 Commissioner Trehus spoke on his handout with two drafts for adding Section 1.04. In Draft 1, 86 it is agreed upon to strike "not to exceed the monetary limitation set by the Minnesota 87 Legislature.' 88 2