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Charter Commission
July 12, 2012
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CORRECTED AND APPROVED
CITY OF LINO LAKES
CHARTER COMMISSION
DATE
TIME STARTED
TIME ENDED
MEMBERS PRESENT
MEMBERS EXCUSED
MEMBERS UNEXCUSED
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT
OTHERS PRESENT:
July 12, 2012
6:37 p.m.
8:33 p.m.
Bartsch, Bretoi, Dahl, Gunderson, Helgemoe, Lyden
Penn, Storberg, Sutherland, Trehus, Turcotte, Williams
Aldentaler, Timm, Zastrow
None
None
Council Member Rafferty; Mayor Reinert (arrived at
7:15 p.m.)
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chair Lyden convened the meeting of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission at 6:37 pm on July 12,
2012.
OPEN MIKE
No one was present for open mike.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The presentation of the plaque and Certificate of appreciation to Jim Drennan was removed as
Mr. Drennen was unable to be present. An item was added to New Business — Communication
for Charter Commission amendment to appear on the November 6, 2012 ballot.
MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Chair Lyden, to approve the agenda as amended.
Motion passes unanimously.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Gunderson questioned why the July 8, 2010 minutes were brought for approval.
Vice Chair Dahl noted that some Commissioners had requested changes, which had been made
but that the revised minutes had not been submitted for a vote of approval by the Commission.
Commissioner Sutherland commented that since two yeas have passed it is probably irrelevant at
this time to be concerned about corrections.
MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Gunderson, to approve both
sets of minutes from July 8, 2010.
Motion passes with Commissioners Bartsch, Helgemoe, and Trehus abstaining
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46 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Gunderson, to approve the
47 minutes from October 14, 2010.
48 Motion passes with Commissioners Bartsch, and Helgemoe, abstaining
49 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Dahl, to approve the
50 minutes as amended from January 12, 2012.
51 Motion passes with Commissioner Penn abstaining
52 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Turcotte, to approve the
53 minutes as amended from April 12, 2012.
54 Motion passes with Commissioner Penn abstaining
55 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Turcotte, to approve the minutes
56 as amended from May 31, 2012.
57 Motion passes with Commissioner Trehus abstaining
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60 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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62 Vice Chair Dahl indicated that Item 6B Charter Amendments on Ballot this Fall was placed on
63 the agenda in case there was additional input required.
64 Commissioner Storberg asked if the Commission will be notified if the language proposed by the
65 Commission is going to be changed on the ballot.
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67 MOTION by Commissioner Sutherland, seconded by Commissioner Bretoi, to have the Chair
68 and Vice Chair follow up on the status of the ballot language for the two proposed Charter
69 Commission amendments.
70 Motion carried unanimously.
71 On Item 6C Council response to Tax Exempt Zones by Ordinance, Vice Chair Dahl commented
72 she had checked with the City Clerk who indicated there had been no response from the Council.
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74 On Item 6D the Council proposed amendment to Chapter 8 public improvements. An e-mail
75 from the City Clerk was received by the Chair stating there was no support for additions to the
76 Commission budget to provide for a review of the proposed amendments.
77 Considerable discussion ensued with Commissioner Sutherland noting that after listening to a
78 recording of the Council work session she is questioning why the Council appears not to have an
79 accurate picture of the Commission's budget and asked what has been provided to them.
80 Commissioner Trehus noted that the June 24th letter to Council provided the relevant supporting
81 detail. Chair Lyden reminded the Commissioners that it is the Council's prerogative to make
82 funding decisions.
83 Commissioners expressed concern about the genuine willingness of the Council to support the
84 work of the Commission through the provision of adequate funding. Commissioners provided
85 their perspective on the work of the Commission and the Commission's challenges in working
86 with the Council
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88 On item 6D, section 3 on the vehicle for the Commission to provide its concerns and ideas on the
89 Council proposed Charter amendment, Commissioners discussed a variety of options for
90 providing input to the Council.
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91 Chair Lyden noted that the choices open to the Commission are to accept, reject or offer a
92 counter amendment which the Commission would have to do without legal advice.
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94 MOTION by Commissioner Bretoi, seconded by Commissioner Williams, to reject the
95 amendment proposed by the Council.
96 The question was called by Commissioner Williams. Voting on the main motion carried
97 unanimously.
98 The Maim motion passed with two Commissioners opposed.
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100 NEW BUSINESS
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102 On item 7A Communication from the Commission to the public on the Charter amendments,
103 Commissioner Trehus indicated there was a press release that had been prepared by the Chair
104 that could be used for communication.
105 Commissioner Gunderson expressed interest in exploring the possibility of putting together a
106 LLC to generate funds to provide information to the public regarding the amendments. She also
107 proposed seeking input from the Commission's attorney, Karen Marty regarding actions the
108 Commission could take to inform the public.
109 Chair Dahl commented that Letters to the Editor in the quad press are free and are read by
110 citizens.
111 MOTION by Commissioner Bretoi, seconded by Commissioner Storberg, to submit an article for
112 publication in the City fall newsletter, and request that it be printed as submitted.
`-- 113 Motion carries unanimously.
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115 ADJOURN
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117 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Bartsch, to adjourn the meeting at
118 8:33 pm. Motion carried unanimously.
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122 Respectfully Submitted,
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124 Margaret (Marg) Penn
125 Secretary and Commissioner
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