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Charter Commission January 10, 2002 Page 4 Commissioner Trehus stated he does not believe the Plan has to be that detailed and feels Staff can develop a Five-Year Plan. Chair Sullivan suggested the Commission may want to check with other Charter Cities to see what they have for a Five-Year Plan. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Review City Council Meeting Minutes for Charter Compliance—Chair Sullivan advised the meeting minutes were included in the packets for the meetings from August 27 through December 10. The Commission indicated no problems were identified with the Council Meeting Minutes. By-Laws/Section 9. (Appointments) Amendment(Secretary Rafferty)—This item was tabled until the January 2002 meeting. Review/Accept Official Charter& By-Laws— Chair Sullivan stated the question regarding this issue is if the City has the official Charter documents. The City Clerk gave us the Charter and the Commission has to determine if it is the official copy. He noted the City Clerk also needs the By-laws/Section 9. Commissioner Trehus stated he needs more time to review the documents the Commissioner received. He suggested the Commission break into small group and each group be responsible for a section of the Charter. Chair Sullivan stated that was suggested at the last meeting and it was determined that each Commissioner would review the Charter individually. He noted he tried to get the Charter to each Commissioner three weeks prior to the meeting this evening. Commissioner Bening suggested this item be tabled until the next meeting. Each Commissioner should review the documents and a vote will be taken at the next meeting. Chair Sullivan referred to page 32 and noted the document states it is a"draft document". He asked if the draft is supposed to be sent to a Judge. Commissioner S. Lane stated that refers to the voters. The Charter went before the voters in 1982 and it was approved. Chair Sullivan suggested a page be added to the Charter that states when the Charter was passed by the voters. He directed Commissioner Rafferty to follow up on this issue with the City Clerk. Commissioner S. Lane stated she would like to see the dates of when the updates were done in the Charter. 4