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Charter Commission October 8, 1998 Page 3 FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN Commissioner Rehbine asked who will be working on the Five Year Plan. He also suggested the Charter Commission not wait until January, 1999, to send a letter to the City Council regarding road reconstruction and funding. Acting Chair Dunn indicated he did not know who would be working on the Five Year Plan. He stated he would speak to Chair Montain about doing something quickly. MOTION by Commissioner Rehbine, seconded by Commissioner Zastro,to writer a letter to the City Administrator, with copies to the City Council, asking for status of road reconstruction funds in the 1999 budget. The motion carried unanimously. Acting Chair Dunn indicated he will speak to Chair Montain about the appearance of someone to talk about this issue it the January, 1999, meeting. Commissioner Kenfield suggested the Charter Commission have another discussion with the City Council. The Five Year Plan should be included in that discussion. MOTION by Commissioner Kenfield, seconded by Commissioner Zastro, to request Chair Montain to schedule a special joint meeting with the City Council, to discuss the Five Year Plan, by the end of 1998. The motion carried unanimously. CHARTER LANGUAGE Commissioner Kenfield asked if the Charter Commission had found out if the Charter is on a word processing program. She stated the Charter should be on an up to date program in order to make changes more easily and have it formatted more professionally. Commissioner Trehus suggested that the Charter be done professionally when the changes are made. Acting Chair Dunn stated the first step is to have typographical errors corrected. The second step is to determine if any changes to the Charter need to be made. Commissioner Kenfield noted that a lawyer was to be contacted and he/she was to determine what changes could be made without a vote. Commissioner Trehus asked about the possibility of changes being made to the Charter without authority if it is on a computer program. He also asked about the signatures on the Charter. Commissioner Kenfield stated no changes will be able to be made because there will be hard copies. She noted there are no signatures on their copies of the Charter now. MOTION made by Commissioner Kenfield, seconded by Commissioner DeMotts, to authorize the funds to have the Charter put on a state of the art work processing program by December, 1998,to be available with hard copies prior to the January, 14, 1999, meeting. Commissioner 3