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Charter Commission January 9, 2003 Page 2 APPROVED MOTION by Commissioner DeMotts, seconded by Commissioner Zastrow,to table the Five- Year Plan Report to the April 2003 meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Bening stated the Council would now have time to approve the plan. Commissioner Dahl stated the Council would be voting on the Five-Year Plan at the next Council meeting. Archives Report (Commissioner Rafferty, Dahl and Trehus)—Commissioner Dahl advised the Commissioners did meet and spent about three hours organizing the Charter documents. The project is almost completed and in chronological order. Commissioner Trehus stated there are a lot of documents and minutes missing from the files. Commissioner DeMotts advised he does have old minutes from the majority of the Charter meetings. Commissioner Dahl requested Commissioner DeMotts meet with the City Clerk to give her the old meeting minutes. Commissioner Trehus stated the City Clerk will be scanning all the documents and putting them on disk. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Proposed Charter Amendments and Action (Commissioner Bening)—Commissioner Bening stated a final draft of the proposed changes was distributed in the packets for review. He referred to page 7 noting the change was on page 7 but the amendment is on page 8. He clarified the proposed change on page 14 noting section 6.05 is being deleted and a new 6.05 section will be added. There will also be section 6.06. Commissioner Trehus advised he distributed a proposed resolution to send to the Council that indicates the changes in the Charter and the intent of the changes. The resolution can serve as a cover page to the proposed changes. Commissioner Bening stated he has no objection to the resolution. However, the decision to amend the Charter was made at a previous meeting. The secretary can send a cover letter with the resolution and proposed changes. MOTION by Commissioner Bening, seconded by Commissioner DeMotts, that Secretary Rafferty sends a cover letter, as suggested by Commissioner Trehus, and the proposed changes to the City Council prior to the next Charter meeting. 2