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• • • SPECIALCOUNCIL MEETING September 8, 2009 DRAFT 1 2 CITY OF LINO LAKES 3 MINUTES 4 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING 5 6 DATE : September 8, 2009 7 TIME STARTED : 5:35 p.m. 8 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Reinert, Stoltz, 10 Gallup, O'Donnell and Mayor 11 Bergeson 12 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 13 14 Also Present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; Community Development Director 15 Michael Grochala; Public Safety Director Dave Pecchia; Director of Finance Al Rolek; 16 City Planner Jeff Smyser; City Clerk Julie Bartell 17 18 Mayor Bergeson called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Lino 19 Lakes City Hall. 20 21 The only agenda item was consideration of Public Hearing and First Reading of 22 Ordinance No. 06 -09, amending the City Charter to require that council meetings 23 be televised. 24 25 City Clerk Bartell explained that the charter amendment proposal before the council was 26 brought forward by the Lino Lakes Charter Commission on July 13. The amendment 27 would add language to Section 3.01 of the Lino Lakes City Charter requiring all regular 28 open council meetings, the Open Mike portion, and council work sessions to be televised. 29 The charter commission requested that the amendment be considered a proposal under 30 Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, Subd. 7 Amendment by Ordinance. That statute sets 31 forth a schedule for consideration that the city must follow. A public hearing notice is 32 required within one month of receiving the proposal (published on August 11), and a 33 public hearing is to be held between Aug 25 and Sept 11 (hearing being held tonight, Sept 34 8). Looking forward, the council must vote on the proposal within one month of the 35 public hearing (October 8 deadline). The remainder of the schedule for consideration, 36 including two readings at least 14 days apart, was reviewed. It was noted that the city 37 attorney had provided an opinion and some changes clarifiying the text of the 38 amendment, however, the charter commission had rejected any change Ms. Bartell also 39 outlined information included in the staff report on how the amendment could be 40 implemented. 41 42 Charter Commissioner Connie Sutherland explained that the commission brought forward 43 the proposed amendment to promote transparency in local government. The verbage of 44 the amendment includes adding the "Open Mike" portion to the televised portion of the 45 council meeting. It will also require televising of the council work sessions to give