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COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 27, 2003 APPROVED 193 Mayor Bergeson opened the public hearing at 6:55 p.m. .94 195 Councilmember Reinert moved to close the public hearing at 6:56 p.m. Councilmember Dahl 196 seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 197 198 Councilmember Dahl moved to approve the SECOND READING of Ordinance No. 13-03 Amending 199 City Charter to Reflect City "Clerk/Treasurer" Language Changes. Councilmember O'Donnell 200 seconded the motion. 201 202 Mayor Bergeson asked when the changes would go into effect. City Clerk Blair indicated the 203 effective date would be 90 days after publication, since this is a change to the Charter, unlike the 30 204 day effective date for typical Ordinance changes. 205 206 Motion carried. Vote: 5 Ayes, 0 Nays. Councilmember Dahl voted yea. Councilmember O'Donnell 207 voted yea. Councilmember Carlson voted yea. Councilmember Reinert voted yea. Mayor Bergeson 208 voted yea. 209 210 Ordinance No. 13-03 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 211 212 C. Consider Changing Start Time of June 9, 2003 Council Meeting 213 214 Mayor Bergeson stated there is a YMCA fundraising event on June 9, 2003. Since the YMCA is part 215 of the new Town Center, the question was raised if the City Council meeting could have a delayed Abk216 start time to accommodate attendance at the fund raising event. 17 218 Acting City Administrator Blair stated she had spoken with the City Attorney, who indicated there 219 was no legal reason that would prevent the Council from changing the official start time. Since the 220 time would be delayed rather than accelerated, public hearings could still be held as no one would be 221 in jeopardy of missing their item by arriving late, and public notice can still be given. Staff was not 222 aware of any items which would cause a conflict on this point. She further stated there is nothing in 223 the existing policy that specifies when a Councilmember may arrive late or leave early, so again there 224 is nothing to prevent a later start time. 225 226 Mayor Bergeson asked how much time would be needed. Councilmember Reinert indicated an hour 227 would be sufficient. 228 229 Councilmember Reinert moved to delay the start time of the June 9, 2003 Council Meeting to 7:30 230 p.m. Councilmember O'Donnell seconded the motion. 231 232 Councilmember Dahl stated she has no problem with the delay, but asked if an hour would be 233 enough. She also asked if details of the event could be provided. Councilmember Reinert 234 commented he felt an hour would be sufficient. 235 236 Councilmember O'Donnell indicated the event will be a YMCA Celebrity Golf outing, which is the 237 primary fundraiser for the Chain of Lakes YMCA. The event will be held at Forest Hills Golf Course 238 in Forest Lake, followed by a silent auction. Interested participants can contact the YMCA for sign - 39 up. 40 5