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Charter Commission APPROVED <br /> July 13, 2006 <br /> Page 4 <br /> 131 Commissioner Dahl stated she requested the information for the purpose of being updated only. <br /> 132 She suggested the Commission receive another update at the October meeting. <br /> 133 <br /> 134 Five Year Plan Response—Chair Warren read the response from the City and stated there is no <br /> 135 public end date to the Five Year Plan. She stated there needs to be a plan to complete the plan. <br /> 136 <br /> 137 Commissioner Duffy stated she does not believe there will be any new information on this until <br /> 138 January or February when the budget process is completed. <br /> 139 <br /> 140 MOTION by Commissioner Duffy to table the Five Year Plan to the January 2007 meeting. <br /> 141 <br /> 142 Commissioner Dahl and Trehus suggested another update should be given at the October meeting <br /> 143 to keep the City on task with the Plan. <br /> 144 <br /> 145 Chair Warren suggested Commissioner Dahl requests clarification from the City regarding the <br /> 146 completion of the Five Year Plan. <br /> 147 <br /> 148 Commissioner Duffy withdrew the motion. <br /> 149 <br /> 150 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus, seconded by Commissioner Dahl,to send a memo to the <br /> 151 City Administrator asking for clarification on the completion of the Five Year Plan. Motion <br /> 152 carried. <br /> 153 <br /> 154 Quality of Life Survey-_Chair Warren referred to the written response from the City regarding <br /> 155 this issue. <br /> 156 <br /> 157 Kennedy and Graven Charter Review: YMCA and Legacy—Trehus (Refer to Line 76 in <br /> 158 April 13,2006 Minutest- Commissioner Trehus provided the background on this issue noting <br /> 159 the headings on the expenses have white out on them and the services were not paid for one year. <br /> 160 He added he is not aware of any concerns raised over this issue but more investigation could be <br /> 161 completed. <br /> 162 <br /> 163 Chair Warren stated it appears that staff got legal opinions about the Charter. Staff can do that as <br /> 164 long as the fees do not come out of the Charter budget. <br /> 165 <br /> 166 Commissioner Carlson read a memo from the Finance Director regarding this issue. The memo <br /> 167 stated the auditor indicated the expenses were handled in the proper manner. The auditor also <br /> 168 recommended the titles of the line items be changed to avoid confusion in the future. <br /> 169 <br /> 170 Commissioner Dahl stated if staff is obtaining legal opinions related to the Charter the <br /> 171 Commission should have access to that information. <br /> 172 <br /> 173 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Storberg,to request copies of <br /> 174 information related to Charter inquiries and legal opinions when available. <br /> 4 <br />