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Charter Commission <br />October 10, 2013 <br />Page 7 <br />269 Commissioner Williams stated that it appears strange that the City Council is willing to spend <br />270 $600 on two meetings for secretarial coverage but are not willing to pay the outstanding legal <br />271 fees. <br />272 <br />273 Chair Lyden stated that he prefers to do the right thing, noting that the secretary was hired for <br />274 two meetings, and the Commission should let her finish her job. <br />275 <br />276 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus, seconded by Commissioner Timm, requesting, effective <br />277 today, the secretary shall conform to the minute process previously voted on that the minutes <br />278 shall convey only motions, votes and a brief summary not to exceed one paragraph. <br />279 <br />280 Further discussion: Commissioner Storberg questioned if that would be an appropriate use of <br />281 taxpayer money since the full service is available. <br />282 <br />283 Commissioner Timm called the questioned. <br />284 <br />285 The motion passed unanimously. <br />286 <br />287 The motion passed unanimously. <br />288 <br />289 B. Outstanding Attorney Fees <br />90 Commissioner Trehus stated that essentially the attorney has not been paid for services dating <br />291 back to 2009. He stated that he was unaware of the status of the Commission's budget for legal <br />292 expenses but believed that the invoice should be paid if funds are available. <br />293 <br />294 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus, seconded by Commissioner Storberg, requesting that the <br />295 outstanding legal invoices be paid with available funds in the budget. <br />296 <br />297 Further Discussion: Vice Chair Dahl noted that she did request the balance of available funds but <br />298 the City Clerk did not provide her with that information prior to the meeting. <br />299 <br />300 Motion passed unanimously. <br />301 <br />302 C. July 25th Minutes from TimeSaver <br />303 Vice Chair Dahl questioned if the corrected minutes presented earlier in the meeting should be <br />304 approved or whether the minutes should be approved upon motions, votes, and brief summary <br />305 method. <br />306 <br />307 Commissioner Penn reported that she simply took hand written notes of the motions and votes <br />308 during the meeting but did not include discussion. <br />309 <br />310 MOTION by Commissioner Timm, seconded by Commissioner Gunderson, to accept the <br />311 TimeSaver minutes of July 25, 2013 through the Approval of Meeting Minutes, and then to <br />12 substitute the notes and motions taken by Commissioner Penn. <br />313 <br />7 <br />