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Charter Commission April 17, 2008 Page 5 APPROVED 178 179 MOTION by Commissioner Vacha, seconded by Commissioner Storberg, to elect Commissioner 180 Gunderson to the position of Charter Commission Secretary for 2008. Motion carried 181 unanimously. 182 183 Commissioner Minar nominated Commissioner Lyden for position of Assistant Secretary. 184 185 Chair Duffy called for further nominations. Hearing none, she called for a motion. 186 187 MOTION by Commissioner Minar, seconded by Commissioner Bretoi, to elect Commissioner 188 Lyden to the position of Charter Commission Assistant Secretary for 2008. Motion carried 189 unanimously. 190 191 B. Street Maintenance Update 192 193 Commissioner Lyden advised that he did not have enough time to get through all of the 194 information. He stated that he had been appointed to find information and advised that he 195 contacted City Hall but the information was not easy to obtain. He advised that it did 196 take a while to get all of the information and that he would have everything prepared for 197 the next meeting. He stated that in 1997 the street budget was $514,000 and that in 2006 198 that amount increased to $639,000. He advised that although it may seem adequate the 199 overall budget increase from 4.8 million dollars in 1997 to 8 million dollars in 2007. He 200 explained that although the overall budget doubled the street maintenance budget was 201 only slightly increased. 202 203 Commissioner Trehus clarified that the street maintenance budget only increased by 204 $100,000 in ten years. He advised that while one budget doubled, the other increased by 205 only five percent. 206 207 Commissioner Minar questioned where the money was going since the overall budget 208 doubled and the other barely increased. 209 210 Commissioner Vacha thought that it might be a good idea to include those numbers in a 211 newspaper article. 212 213 Chair Duffy advised that with the pavement management plan did increase in 2007 but 214 did nothing for the ten to 15 years previous to that. 215 216 C. Under Charter's Review 217 a. Staff's amended amendment approved by City Council 218 i. Charter Commission review of amended City amendment 219 220 Chair Duffy advised that everyone should have received information in their packet which 221 included background information on the ordinance for the amended amendment and also A^ 222 included the new ordinance 05-08. She advised that the City Council had decided to amend the