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P 2 9 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION February 6, 2012 226 227 The mayor noted that there are certain amendments to the Charter that have been 228 submitted and require further review. That impacts the city's budget and so it causes a 229 kind of pause at this point. Staff may have to apply the impact of an amendment to the 230 Plan. 231 232 Mr. Rolek noted that Page 2 of the Plan is his interpretation of the proposed tax cap, and 233 indicates a levy limit impact. 234 235 A council member requested that he receive the previous ten years of General Fund levy 236 amounts for review. Mr. Rolek will provide that information. 237 238 11. City Logo Policy- Administrator Karlson explained that there has been recent 239 discussion about the use the City's logo on business cards, clothing and patches. There 240 is a city policy in place regarding the logo and it is attached to his staff report. While the 241 Police Department has recently changed the logo on their uniform (patch) and the Public 242 Services Deaprtment is looking at requiring public works staff to wear a logo shirt, and a 243 request is in place to change city business cards, the policy isn't necessarily clear on these 244 requests. Mr. Karlson would like council direction in the area of changing some logo use 245 to a four color design and use of a color other than the standard green and creme called 246 for in the policy. 247 248 The mayor suggested putting a meeting schedule of the council on the back of the 249 business cards. On the question of deviating from the current city logo policy, the council 250 concurred that they don't see a problem with use of other colors. They would not like a 251 change in the graphic and would prefer to keep things standardized with deviation 252 accepted in colors. They suggested that staff bring back actual designs for further review. 253 254 12. Charter Task Force - Administrator Karlson noted that the council has been 255 provided with the Charter Commission's response to the council's request to participate 256 in a task force. That response is that they will only consider reviewing a change if it 257 follows the statutory process and involves the entire commission. The mayor noted that 258 abundant information is already in place on the topic of Chapter 8; the primary reason for 259 a task force was to bring in the Commission to participate but they've declined. Since 260 there is a tight schedule to get something on the ballot this fall and that includes 261 mandatory charter commission review, he recommends that the council proceed with 262 their process to put together the language for an amendment. Administrator Karlson 263 noted the final date in August for submitting language to the county for the ballot and 264 how the 60 plus 90 day review period for the commission fits into the schedule. It was 265 noted that the ordinance being discussed has already been submitted to the charter 266 commission and staff was directed to get a legal opinion on the need to resubmit. In the 267 meantime, the council will hold a special meeting to discuss an amendment (a meeting 268 was set to follow the regular council meeting on February 13); they would like to get a 269 review of the citizen task force recommended amendment, some options for water and 270 sewer improvements in road projects, and information on why the city needs to make this 6