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Charter Commission <br />April 17, 2008 <br />Page 3 <br />APPROVED <br />90 they were not notified about this situation until the attorney notified her in the begining of <br />91 February. <br />92 <br />93 Commissioner Dahl advised that she does forward the bills directly to City Hall. She thought <br />94 that if they were over budget by $500 they should have sent a smaller payment with an <br />95 explanation instead of not paying at all. She thought that the situation was handled poorly and <br />96 advised that she documented everything that occured in chronological order. <br />97 <br />98 Chair Duffy advised that she went to City Hall and was only given half of the information that <br />99 she requested and stated that this is more of a housekeeping issue for the Commission. <br />100 <br />101 Commissioner Lyden thought that they should be more proactive and also believed that the <br />102 Charter Commission should receive more money. He did not believe that the Charter <br />103 Commission should be caught in an embarrassing situation like that. <br />104 <br />105 Commissioner Gunderson questioned if late charges acrued and also what the budget was for <br />106 2007. <br />107 <br />108 Chair Duffy advised that the budget was $1,500 for 2007, but they had asked for an additional <br />109 $5,560. She advised that they also asked for an additional $5,000 in 2008 which would bring <br />110 that budget to $7,500. She stated that there were not any late charges for the attorney. <br />111 <br />112 Commissioner Dahl advised that the $7,500 was not concrete. She stated that the Council did <br />113 approve the additional funds in September but the current budget is showing $5,700 not $6,500. <br />114 <br />115 Commissioner Lyden questioned if they should have the attorney present at all the meetings until <br />116 they get through some of the bigger issues. He advised that the City Council has their legal <br />117 counsel present at their meetings and thought that the Charter Commission could benefit from <br />118 that as well. <br />119 <br />120 Commissioner Dahl thought that it would be nice to have the attorney available for questions and <br />121 did not believe that her charges were outrageous. <br />122 <br />123 Commissioner Zastrow thought that it would also be a good idea. He stated that the Commission <br />124 has a lot of big issues coming up and thought that it would be best to have the attorney present so <br />125 that they would know the answers immediately and would be able to take action during the <br />126 meeting. <br />127 <br />128 Commissioner Vacha thought it would be more productive to compile questions for the attorney <br />129 and then submit them and come back with the answers at the next meeting. He stated that the <br />130 meetings could drag on with 15 people and thought it would be better to have the attorney <br />131 present at meetings towards the end of the issues. <br />132 <br />3 <br />