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• • Charter Commission October 14, 2004 Page 6 DRAFT The Commission agreed to not officially ask to be on the City Council Worksession agenda, but would wait until the Council had made their decisions before a meeting would be requested. Chair Trehus asked what form the Commissioners wanted to communicate their motion. The Commission agreed that Chair Trehus would draft a letter to the City Administrator and Council informing them of this Motion. Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Handrick stated she would contact the Minnesota League of Cities to obtain infouuation on how other Charter Cities paid for reconstruction of their road and would report back to the Commission at the next meeting. Commission Members Not Receiving City Council Minutes — Commissioner Dahl stated the Commissioner members could obtain the City Council Minutes from the City website. Commissioner Carlson stated he has not been receiving any minutes and he wanted a hard copy of both the City Council Minutes and Worksession Minutes. Commissioner Dahl replied she would inform Ann Blair of this. Review City Council Meeting Minutes for Charter Compliance — Chair Trehus asked if any Commissions had found any issues. The Commissioner's had no comments. NEW BUSINESS Charter Commission Budget (Commissioner Dahl) - Commissioner Dahl handed out the budget to the Commission and reviewed it for the Commission. She stated there was a deduction for the use of an attorney, which she did not believe was accurate. She noted there was no budget for Timesavers, which has now been added. She stated she believed staff had gone to several attorneys and talk about the road issue, but she wanted the Commissioners to know it was not the Charter that did this. She stated staff had told her that since it was regarding road reconstruction, it could be taken out of the Charter budget, but in her opinion, they should have asked the Charter Commission if they could do that. She asked the Commission what they wanted to do about this. Commissioner Stroberg asked which attorney was paid and for what. Chair Trehus replied he would check with City staff for this information and he would give an update at the next meeting. Chair Carlson stated he was skeptical when it came to the budget and he did not feel the • attomey's fees being taken out of the Commission's budget was right.