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AGENDA ITEM 513 TO: Lino Lakes Charter Commission FROM: Gordon Heitke, City Administrator MEETING DATE: October 12, 2006 TOPIC: Charter Amendment BACKGROUND The City Council was presented with a petition with more than 500 signatures at its September 26, 2005 meeting. The petition requested that the City Council place the question of whether "to not allow City Council Members (including the Mayor) to also be members of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission" on the November 2006 election ballot. The City attorney reviewed the petition and advised the City Council that the petition was advisory in nature and that it is the decision of the Council whether to carry out the request of the petitioners. Based on the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, Subdivision 5, the proposed charter amendment was put into ordinance form, given a first and second reading and submitted to the Charter Commission for their approval, rejection or substitution. The Charter Commission discussed the proposed amendment at their April 13, 2006 and July 13, 2006 meetings, ultimately proposing a revision to the proposed amendment and forwarding the matter back to the City Council. The City Council discussed the issue at their September 6, 2006 work session and directed staff to prepare the amendment as requested in the petition with no revisions for placement on the ballot. The attached resolution referring the matter to the voters and approving the ballot language was adopted by the Council on September 11, 2006. In turn, the language was submitted to Anoka County before the deadline of September 15 to be placed on the November 7, 2006 general election ballot. ATTACHMENTS 1. Resolution 06-155; 2. Draft minutes of council work session and council meeting (September 6 and September 11)