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Lino Lakes Charter Commission April 24, 2006 To: Lino Lakes City Council Members Gordon Heitke, City Administrator From: Charter Commission Paulette Warren, Chair Re: Five Year Plan The charter commission appreciates the challenges inherent in developing a meaningful Five Year Plan, as outlined in Mr. Heitke's April 7, 2006 update. The council, in accepting Mr. Heitke's recommendations to further study the complexities of the city's current and projected finances, has in effect delayed the adoption of the draft plan submitted in November, 2005 until an unknown future date to be determined. While we applaud your desire to have a plan that is thoughtful and realistic, we wish to reiterate that each element within the approved Five Year Plan must be revised and extended (that is, amended) each year, under Section 7.05 of the charter. In other words, the Five Year Plan is not carved in stone; it remains flexible to the continuing and opportunistic challenges of an ex -urban environment. The annual plan review provides ample opportunity for the City to amend the Five Year Plan as necessary, and to publish such amendments (Chapter VI., Section 7.05, subdivision 6). We also remind the council that it is responsible for the administration of the city and must, by charter provision, "hire/remove personnel who are required to operate the city efficiently." (Chapter VI, Section 6.02, Subdivision 2). The commission respectfully requests council review and completion of the November, 2005 draft plan including changes the council wishes to make at this time; execution of a public hearing on the plan; and adoption as required by Charter Chapter VII, Section 7.05, Subdivision 1. The commission views the immediate completion of this plan as a requirement of the Charter and as evidence that the council and staff are responsibly and efficiently operating the City of Lino Lakes. Respectfully submitted, Paulette Warren Charter Commission Chair cc: Charter commission members (copy in July meeting packet)