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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 6, 2010 APPROVED 271 related issue. Information received from an English Only group that was received by a 272 council member was shared with Mr. Tesch; some of the information may be helpful as 273 he prepares a resolution proposal. Council members noted they've had lots of feedback 274 on the proposal and anticipate receiving more as it goes forward. One council member 275 received a suggestion from a resident to look at Google Translator as a way that the city 276 could provide translation services at no cost. Another council member suggested that 277 providing such a service could open the city to liability in providing translation services. 278 279 Mr. Tesch will work with Council Member Roeser on composing a resolution for 280 consideration. 281 282 11. Joint Council and Charter Commission Meeting Agenda - Acting Administrator 283 Tesch noted that the council has been provided with a draft agenda(provided by the 284 commission)for the upcoming joint meeting with the charter commission. 285 286 A council member asked why the question of paying the commission's outstanding legal 287 bill is on the agenda; hasn't that already been determined to be outside of what the 288 council can legally do? A member responded that it is perhaps on the agenda because 289 there are some charter commission members that may not have been involved in previous 290 discussions. The council confirmed that the amount of funding and what for is mandated 291 by state statute. The city can only authorize funding that is directly related to framing and 292 amending the city charter. 293 294 The agenda item regarding a code of conduct was discussed briefly. The council 295 questioned if it the subject is a code of conduct for the council or the commission as that 296 isn't clearly stated. City Clerk Bartell clarified that the information in the meeting packet 297 is the code of conduct from the city code and the code of conduct approved as a policy by 298 the council. 299 300 Regarding the tax cap amendment item, a council member suggested some concern about 301 having an unelected body putting forth a means to control the budget under the control of 302 the city's elected officials. 303 304 Regarding road improvements,the council noted that is their topic of interest. They 305 would like to see where the commission is at on that subject and ask them to come up 306 with some suggestions to work forward. The city isn't taking care of the infrastructure in 307 place so the problem must be addressed. It would be optimum to have the charter 308 commission make recommendations, forward that to the council and then a change could 309 be accomplished with a council vote. The council discussed the charter amendment 310 process set forth by state law. 311 312 REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 313 314 There were no changes to the regular agenda. �.� 315 316 7