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Charter Commission October 13, 2005 ,.� Page 1 APPROVED 1 2 CITY OF LINO LADES 3 CHARTER COMMISSION 4 5 6 DATE : October 13,2005 7 TIME STARTED : 6:45 P.M. s TIME ENDED : 10:15 P.M. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Dahl,Aldentaler,Trehus, Handrick,Vacha,Bening, 10 Duffy,Bor,Richard Williams,Rosemary Williams, 11 Storberg,Zastrow,Warrem,Montain and Carlson 12 MEMBERS EXCUSED None 13 MEMBERS UNEXCUSED None 14 COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Carlson,Dahl,Reinert, Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 15 STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT : City Administrator,Gordon Heitke 16 17 18 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 19 20 Acting Chair Carlson called the regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission to order `N21 at 6:45 p.m. on October 13, 2005. 22 23 APPROVAL OF AGENDA 24 25 Mayor Bergeson noted there is a different agenda for the City Council. The words"potential 26 amendments"to each agenda item were added per legal counsel. 27 28 Acting Chair Carlson stated changing the wording on the agenda changes the tone of the meeting. 29 He indicated the Charter Commission is not prepared to talk about possible amendments to the 30 Charter. He read the state statute regarding the role of the Charter Commission. 31 32 Chair Trehus arrived at 7:00 p.m. 33 34 Mayor Bergeson advised the Council did not change the wording to cause a problem. The 35 Council is trying to keep the meeting legal. The Council is present to discuss the issues and 36 proposed amendments to the Charter that may come from those discussions. 37 38 City Administrator Heitke explained the legal requirements regarding Council meeting notices. 39 He advised the Council not to stray from the posted agenda. 40 41 Commissioner Montain suggested prior to the next joint meeting, the Chair of the Commission 42 meet with City staff to discuss the agenda before the meeting is posted. 43 MOTION by Commissioner Carlson, seconded by Commissioner Montain, to approve the agenda 44 as presented. Motion carried unanimously.