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Charter Commission April 9, 1998 Page 2 JOINT MEETING SUMMARY Commissioner Montain explained that they had the Joint Meeting, which involved the issues of Road Reconstruction, Five-Year Plan, and Communication, Council-Commission. He then asked if anyone wanted to discuss the meeting. Commissioner Trehus stated that he felt the meeting went very well, everyone involved was very agreeable, and there was good communication. He believed that now their job was to watch the road construction. Commissioner Aldentaler stated that next winter the Commission should ask about the schedule and the next ballot to identify the next phase. Commissioner Lane said that they should be watching the process of the Five-Year Plan. He asked if there was a 3 -5 Year Plan for Five-Star Cities and a plan to become a Five-Star City. Commissioner Montain stated that the Five-Year Plan was being de-emphasized in the City. Commission Dunn stated that the Charter Commission had a very large impact on establishing the Five-Year Plan and was glad that they had pursued it. He believed it had brought a focus on financial planning and demanded a good performance from all the City groups. He believed the Charter Commission should feel very good about being a part of this. Commissioner Montain explained the Charter meetings used to be held on an"as needed" basis, but felt they should have one annually and suggested another one in April, 1999. COMMUNICATION Commissioner Turner distributed a proposed article for the newsletter identifying the Five-Year Plan. She stated that she was not yet sure she completely understood the Five-Year Plan, so she asked for any opinions or suggestions that anyone had for the article. She explained that the article was to be submitted Friday, April 10, 1998. Commissioner Turner asked anyone who had anything to add to call her as soon as possible. Commissioner Turner explained that the Commission had discussed the proposed Charter Vision Statement at the last meeting but wanted to address it again with the new members present, so a full Commission could decide whether or not to pursue the issue. She would like to establish a new member packet which would address timeliness of issues, guest speakers, and budgeting. She explained that her intent was for the Vision Statement to be for the Commission, not the Charter. The packet would include information for the new members. Commissioner Sullivan stated that they already had one and a new one would be redundant because of the bylaws. Commissioner Turner believed that the current one is very dull and adding to it was for marketing purposes only. She stated that if you keep people interested everyone would benefit. 2