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• • • AGENDA ITEM 3A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Gordon Heitke, City Administrator MEETING DATE: September 11, 2006 TOPIC: Charter Amendment VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 BACKGROUND The City Council was presented with a petition with more than 500 signatures at its September 26, 2005 meeting. The petition requested that the City Council place the question of whether "to not allow City Council Members (including the Mayor) to also be members of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission" on the November 2006 election ballot. The City attorney reviewed the petition and advised the City Council that the petition was advisory in nature and that it is the decision of the Council whether to carry out the request of the petitioners. Based on the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, Subdivision 5, the proposed charter amendment was put into ordinance form, given a first and second reading and submitted to the Charter Commission for their approval, rejection or substitution. The Charter Commission discussed the proposed amendment at their April 13, 2006 and July 13, 2006 meetings. The Charter Commission proposed a revised amendment as described in the attached correspondence. The City Council discussed this issue at their September 6, 2006 work session and directed staff to prepare the amendment as requested in the petition and with no revisions for placement on the November 7, 2006 general election ballot. The City Attorney has prepared the ballot question in the form of the attached resolution; the language must be submitted to Anoka County by September 15, 2006 in order to be included on the November ballot. OPTIONS: 1. Approve Resolution 06 -155 referring a proposed amendment of the Lino Lakes City Charter to the voters as a ballot question at the general election scheduled for November 7, 2006; 2. Deny Resolution 06 -155. -46a-