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Charter Commission April 17, 2008 Page 4 APPROVED 133 Commissioner Lyden thought that the hard part is once a question is answered you sometimes 134 have two more questions and thought it would be better if the attorney was present at the 135 meetings. 136 137 Commissioner Vacha advised that they are already walking the fence and thought it would be 138 better to not give the Council any more ammunition to get rid of the Charter Commission. 139 140 Commissioner Carlson agreed with both points and thought that they should hold off on a motion 141 regarding having the attorney present at meetings until they discuss the issues further tonight. 142 He thought that they should know in which direction they are going to go before commiting to 143 having her present at all meetings. 144 145 A. Election of Officers 146 147 Chair Duffy advised that they had already held an election in which Commission Dahl was 148 elected as Vice -Chair, although she had been Secretary for a long time. She questioned which 149 position Commissioner Dahl would like to hold as they can only have one person for each 150 position. 151 152 Commissioner Dahl responded that she would like to try the Vice -Chair position. 153 154 Chair Duffy advised that they would then need a Secretary and called for nominations. 155 156 Commissioner Storberg nominated Commisioner Gunderson for the position of Secretary. 157 158 Commissioner Vacha seconded that nomination. 159 160 Commissioner Gunderson questioned what the duties of the position would entale and was 161 directed to section four, article two. 162 163 Commissioner Carlson felt that it was important to have three officers for the Charter 164 Commission. 165 166 Commissioner Gunderson advised that she did have some reservations about taking the position 167 because of her committment to her children during the day. 168 169 Commissioner Lyden thought that Commissioner Dahl could possibly help out to transition the 170 new Secretary into her position. He advised that she may need some help in the next month as 171 she had never held the position before. 172 173 Commissioner Gunderson advised that she had been Secretary of other Boards that she had 174 presided on and thought that with the freindlyness of the Commissioners she would be able to 175 get assistance when needed. She accepted the position. 176 ' 177 Chair Duffy called for further nominations. Hearing none, she called for a motion.