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.� 1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />JT CITY COUNCIL/CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING August 20, 2009 <br />APPROVED <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />SPECIAL JOINT MEETING <br />WITH THE LINO LAKES CHARTER COMMISSION <br />DATE <br />TIME STARTED <br />TIME ENDED <br />MEMBERS PRESENT <br />MEMBERS ABSENT <br />CHARTER COMMISSION <br />MEMBERS PRESENT <br />: August 20, 2009 <br />. 7:00 p.m. <br />. 8:32 p.m. <br />: Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, <br />And Reinert <br />: Council Member Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson <br />: Commissioners Dahl, Carlson, Zastrow, <br />Williams, Drennen, Storberg, Sutherland, <br />Gunderson, Stockman -Maher, Trehus, <br />Lyden, Minar and Bretoi (arrived at 8:30) <br />CHARTER COMMISSION <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : Commissioners Aldentaler and Vacha <br />Staff members present: Julie Bartell, City Clerk <br />The City Council and Lino Lakes Charter Commission met in a joint session to consider <br />the Charter Commission's 2009 and 2010 budget. <br />Chair Dahl read aloud Article III, Section 2 of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission By - <br />Laws (regarding special meetings). She noted that the commission will be strictly <br />following those items noticed for this special meeting. She asked that everyone involved <br />in the meeting show respect even if there are disagreements. <br />Each person present at the table introduced themselves with their name and position <br />(commissioner or council member). <br />There was no one wishing to speak for the Open Mike portion for the agenda. Chair Dahl <br />noted that Robert Bening was present in the audience. <br />A. Cost of doing commission business, 2009 & 2010 <br />Charter Commissioner Sutherland first distributed some written information to the group. <br />She thanked the three council members present for attending this meeting at short notice; <br />it is important for the commission to deal with their budget situation. She reviewed the <br />information distributed that included historical data on the commission's funding, a <br />revenue/population comparison of the city, and the commission's most recent bill from <br />attorney Karen Marty. She noted that the attorney bill indicates that most of the <br />commission's legal expenses of late have been associated with responding to the city's <br />1 <br />