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Charter Commission July 25, 2013 Page 10 ,02 '03 MOTION by Commissioner Bretoi, seconded by Commissioner Timm, to call the vote to 404 question. 405 406 Motion passed 8 — 2 (Trehus and Turcotte opposed) 407 408 Motion passed 9 — 1 (Turcotte opposed). 409 410 The Commission thanked Ms. Bartell for her assistance. 411 412 Ms. Bartell left the meeting. 413 414 C. Commissioner Gunderson's concern regarding the two meetings of October 11, 415 2012, and April 11, 2013 that had been postponed. 416 Commissioner Gunderson expressed concern that the last two meetings had been canceled and 417 noted that this action has caused the Charter Commission to hold only two meetings during the 418 year rather than four as directed by the Charter. She noted that there was important business that 419 needed to occur at the October meeting prior to the election. She stated that the Commission 420 then met in February with a need for the April meeting in order to continue the headway she had 421 made regarding TimeSaver. She recognized that the meeting had been postponed due to the 422 weather but explained that meeting was never rescheduled. She stated that prior to the July ''23 meeting, the decision was made to postpone the meeting for one week. She believed that every 424 effort should be made to follow the public meeting schedule as she believed that by postponing 125 the meetings the Commission was losing the trust of the public. She asked that the 426 Commissioners make every attempt to attend the regularly scheduled meetings. 427 428 Commissioner Timm stated that she shares the concerns brought forward by Commissioner 429 Gunderson. She stated that in the past year, the Commission has not once met on the regularly 430 scheduled day and the meeting had been rescheduled to a date that she was already scheduled to 431 attend a meeting for another organization. She believed it to be disrespectful and unprofessional 432 that the meeting dates continue to be changed. She stated that the continuous postponing of 433 meetings is giving the public the idea that the Commission is frivolous. 434 435 Commissioner Storberg stated that she would support only holding two meetings per year, noting 436 that a special meeting could occur if necessary. She agreed that canceling the meetings causes 437 undue conflict with people's schedules. 438 439 MOTION by Commissioner Storberg, seconded by Commissioner Bartsch, requesting that the 440 Charter Commission hold only two meetings during a one-year period. 441 442 Further discussion: Commissioner Gunderson referenced article four of the by-laws for the 443 Charter Commission and read the information aloud and believed the motion to be out of order. 44 45 Chair Lyden stated that he also shares the concerns and responsibility and agreed that postponing '46 and canceling meetings does not appear positive to the public. He provided additional 10