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Charter Commission January 13, 2011 Page 2 46 47 MOTION by Commissioner Drennen, seconded by Turcotte, to accept the minutes from the July 48 8, 2010 joint Commission/Council meeting. Motion passes unanimously. 49 50 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Drennen, to accept the minutes of the July 51 8, 2010 Commission meeting. Motion passes with Commissioner Trehus abstaining. 52 53 OLD BUSINESS 54 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Penn, to rescind the past motion to table 55 6A. Motion passes unanimously. 56 57 A. Charter Amendments/Karen Marty 58 Commissioner Trehus stated that the Commission's attorney worked on two amendments of the 59 four possible amendments the Commission is considering. 60 61 The first amendment is on Section 1.04, setting the powers the Commission in the Charter. 62 Commissioner Trehus presented to the commission is the language drafted by Ms. Marty with 63 her comments. 64 65 The second amendment Ms. Marty worked on was the "Tax Cap" amendment, setting forth 66 similar language to current state statute that limit levy increases. The state statute has a proposed 67 end date of 2012. Commissioner Trehus states that more investigation is still needed for this 68 amendment and to be planned out to best used the limited budget allowed for 2011. 69 70 Commissioner Trehus then reviewed the other amendments discussed in previous meetings. 71 72 Commissioner Gunderson asked how much of the remaining 2010 funds were used for Ms. 73 Marty on the two amendments. Commissioner Trehus stated the all the 2010 funds, $1,500, were 74 exhausted on just the two amendments. A majority of it was the "tax cap" amendment. 75 76 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Drennen, to recommit the 77 "tax cap" amendment to subcommittee for further work. 78 79 Commissioner Drennen stated the subcommittee would then report at the next meeting in April. 80 81 Motion passes unanimously. 82 83 Discussion then went back to Section 1.04. Commissioner Trehus stated his belief that language 84 Ms. Marty drafted by is missing the ability of the Commission to comment on amendments 85 agreed upon by the Commission. 86 87 Commissioner Drennen believed it is not needed. Commissioner Gunderson stated that the 88 proposed language would limit the Commission's ability to comment or respond to only negative 89 information put forward by any group or individual. 90 2