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Charter Commission June 14, 2007 Page 2 APPROVED 45 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus, seconded by Commissioner Zastrow, to approve the April 46 12, 2007, Charter Commission meeting minutes as amended. Motion carried unanimously. 47 48 OLD BUSINESS 49 50 A. Review April Meeting Minute Format — Commissioner Dahl stated that she would like 51 to see a brief summary of discussion and conclusions in the meeting minutes. 52 53 MOTION by Commissioner Carlson, seconded by Commissioner Handrick, to use a short 54 paragraph format on discussion and results in the meeting minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 55 56 B. Joint Charter/Citizen's Task Force Meeting — May 15 Task Force meeting minutes 57 were discussed and Commissioner Trehus noted that comments appeared to be missing or 58 incorrect including his own. Commissioner Dahl suggested that Commissioner Trehus contact 59 the secretary to state his concerns. 60 61 Commissioner Storberg asked why Commissioner Bening was asked to give his opinion at the 62 meeting and said it was his opinion only and then a memo to the task force was done for her 63 only. Chair Duffy stated that the memo to the task force was done since she asked Commissioner 64 Storberg not to hand out the memo. The Commission discussed the reasoning behind .-� 65 Commissioner Storberg's actions and the ramifications. 66 67 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus, seconded by Commissioner Stockman Maher, to table the 68 conversation until a future meeting. 69 70 Commissioner Stockman Maher withdrew her second. Commissioner Trehus withdrew his 71 motion. 72 73 Commissioner Handrick stated that the Charter should be changed and suggested looking at the 74 language used by Mounds View. Commissioner Rosemary Williams stated that changes made to 75 the Charter will only weaken it. Commissioner Vacha stated that every charter is designed 76 specifically to its own city and the distinction between maintenance and improvements needs to 77 be clarified. 78 79 MOTION by Commissioner Vacha, seconded by Commissioner Handrick, to create a 80 subcommittee to define maintenance over improvements as stated in Section 8 of the Charter. 81 Motion carried unanimously. 82 83 Commissioners Carlson, Vacha, and Zastrow volunteered to be on the subcommittee. 84 85 C. Other Citizen's Task Force Meetings — Chair Duffy stated that the portion of the June 86 12, 2007 meeting minutes regarding Section 8 are very illuminating and bode well for the 87 Charter. Trehus noted that there was also talk of creating a road construction fund in the 88 minutes. 2