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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 7, 2013 <br />DRAFT <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 DATE : October 7, 2013 <br />6 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. <br />7 TIME ENDED : 6:10 p.m. <br />8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, O'Donnell, Rafferty, <br />9 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert <br />10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none <br />11 <br />12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael <br />13 Grochala; Chief of Police John Swenson; and City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />14 <br />15 PUBLIC COMMENT <br />16 <br />17 No one was present to address the council regarding a matter not on the agenda. <br />18 <br />19 SETTING THE AGENDA <br />20 <br />21 The agenda was approved as presented. <br />22 <br />23 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT <br />24 <br />25 A) 2nd Reading and Passage of the following amendments to the Lino Lakes City Charter: <br />26 i. Ordinance No. 04 -13, Amending Section 4.02 of the Charter regarding Nominations <br />27 and Elections; <br />28 ii. Ordinance No. 05 -13, Amending Section 8.04 of the Charter regarding Public <br />29 Improvements and Special Assessments <br />30 <br />31 City Clerk Bartell recalled that both of these ordinances are technical changes to the Charter and both <br />32 have been forwarded by the City Council and the Charter Commission. Therefore they can be <br />33 considered for passage by an affirmative vote of all members of the council (without ballot <br />34 consideration). The first amendment has to do with elections and the city's filing period. With <br />35 recent changes at the state level to the absentee voting period, the filing period reflected in the City <br />36 Charter would not allow enough time to submit names for ballot printing. The second amendment <br />37 relates to Chapter 8 because that chapter is also impacted by recent election calendar changes. Under <br />38 the current charter language, there would not be sufficient time to meet the deadline for submission of <br />39 ballot language and meet the timing required by charter. The required public hearing and a 1st <br />40 reading of the ordinances was held on September 9, 2013 and now staff is recommending that the <br />41 council proceed with approval of 2nd reading and passage of the two ordinances. In order for the <br />42 ordinances to be approved, all council members must vote affirmatively. <br />43 <br />44 The council confirmed that the amendments are custodial in nature and that there were no concerns <br />45 heard from the community about the changes. Council Member Roeser noted that this is a good <br />1 <br />