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Mounds View City Council April 12, 2004 <br />Regular Meeting Page 12 <br /> <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Council Member Stigney commented that it looks like the golf course is switching the loans to 3 <br />the community fund and he wanted to point out there is another loan to the golf course and he 4 <br />hopes the Staff is looking at alternatives to this ongoing debt. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Mayor Linke clarified that there is an additional $300,000 to the loans that were already issued to 7 <br />the golf course for a total of $1.3 million. 8 <br /> 9 <br />F. Consideration of Charter Commission Recommendation to Amend Section 10 <br />4.02 Filing for Office. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Community Development Director Ericson indicated he attended the Charter Commission 13 <br />meeting last week and the Charter Commission is recommending that Council consider 14 <br />Resolution 2004-0` recommending certain language changes to Section 4.02. He then said that 15 <br />the Charter Commission would be happy to look into the fees if Council directs them to do so. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Council Member Quick asked for a recess. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Council recessed at 8:37 p.m. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Council reconvened at 8:46 p.m. 22 <br /> 23 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Stigney. To Approve the Language as Presented and Direct Staff to 24 <br />Bring Forward an Ordinance for Consideration. 25 <br /> 26 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Mayor Linke read language that he is proposing be added concerning the filing fees. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Council Member Stigney said he thinks the City should follow state statute and that is $5.00. He 31 <br />then said that he does not want to limit the people that can run. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Mayor Linke commented that the $20.00 was a misunderstanding by the former Clerk 34 <br />Administrator in talking to someone at the County that has nothing to do with the filing fee. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Council Member Quick indicated that the reason the fee was increased was to keep frivolous 37 <br />people from running and he does not feel that $25.00 is out of line. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Johnathon Thomas, Chair of the Charter Commission thanked Council for getting this underway 40 <br />and asked them to look into the other issues brought forward by the Charter Commission. 41 <br /> 42 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Linke/Quick. To Suggest that the Charter Commission Review the 43 <br />Section on Filing Fees. 44 <br /> 45