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Charter Commission July 25, 2013 Page 11 :47 information on the reasoning behind canceling/postponing the October and April meetings. He 48 noted that as to the previously scheduled meeting the week prior, he had a scheduling conflict 449 and would have been unable to attend, which is why the meeting was pushed back a week. 450 451 Commissioner Gunderson stated that the motion that has been made and seconded has been 452 identified as out of order and asked for the ruling of the Chair. 453 454 Chair Lyden declared the motion to be out of order. 455 456 Commissioner Gunderson stated that the decision to amend the number of meetings could be 457 discussed and amended at the next meeting. 458 459 Commissioner Storberg confirmed that her intent was to open the discussion and asked that the 460 item be included on the agenda for the next meeting of the Charter Commission. 461 462 Commissioner Bretoi left the meeting. 463 464 NEW BUSINESS 465 466 A. Consideration of forming a subcommittee for the evaluation and confirmation of 467 City's public information regarding Council's 2012 Charter amendment. "....\68 Chair Lyden stated that there is a system of checks and balances to ensure that one branch of i69 government does not become too powerful. He stated that there has been a lot of discussion 470 regarding the Charter amendment that was proposed and noted that it would be the duty of the 471 Charter Commission to ensure that the government is working within the parameters that it 472 should. He stated that the review could be very laborious and that is why he suggested the 473 creation of a subcommittee to review the amendment. He asked for input from the 474 Commissioners. 475 476 Commissioner Penn questioned if this item had already been brought before the public on a 477 ballot. She asked for information regarding the timeframes and amount of time needed for this 478 review. 479 480 Commissioner Gunderson stated that it was her understanding that the City Council had not yet 481 put this language on the ballot. 482 483 Commissioner Turcotte stated that there is nothing official but believed that something is already 484 in the works to include that item on the ballot. 485 486 Commissioner Gunderson believed that if a ballot question was going to be proposed the item 487 would need to be proposed before this time. 488 ^489 Commissioner Bartsch stated that it was his opinion that the Chair is not satisfied with the 90 information being provided to the residents. "91 11