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Mounds View City Council September 27, 2004 <br />Regular Meeting Page 11 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Mr. McCarty questioned whether the Charter Commission had taken a good look at the 2 <br />Emergency Management Plan for the City. He stated that an emergency could only be declared 3 <br />by the mayor of a municipality. He stated he didn’t want the mayor’s hands tied because the City 4 <br />Charter has removed his ability to exercise authority. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Mr. McCarty stated that if the Charter Commission is so convinced that this Charter needs to be 7 <br />revised, then they should get in their petition and let the residents know what is going on. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Mayor Linke stated they would need to vote the motion down in order to send it back to the 10 <br />Charter Commission. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Ms. Thomas stated they need to provide guidelines to the Commission on what they would be 13 <br />interested in seeing. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Mayor Linke stated the reason he is voting is his direction, and they can ask the Council 16 <br />afterwards. 17 <br /> 18 <br /> Ayes-0 Nays-5 Motion failed. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Mayor Linke stated his understanding of the reason they were sending this back to the Charter 21 <br />Commission is because it is not coming to the Council with a comment regarding whether it’s 22 <br />sufficient or insufficient and notification as to it’s happening. He stated he felt the Council 23 <br />should be declaring it sufficient or insufficient because they are the elected body that should be 24 <br />making that decision. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Council Member Gunn stated that the last sentence in 503 is the one that needs to be reworded. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Mayor Linke stated that also the first sentence of 504 needs to be reworded. 29 <br /> 30 <br />MOTION/SECOND. Stigney/Marty. To return Ordinance 743 to the Charter Commission to 31 <br />look at Sections 503 and 504 as it pertains to the discussions that have taken place. 32 <br /> 33 <br /> Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. 34 <br /> 35 <br />B. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 742, Amending Section 2.06 of 36 <br />the City Charter regarding Mayor’s Powers and Duties (Roll Call Vote). 37 <br /> 38 <br />Mayor Linke asked the City Attorney whether this ordinance would affect the duties given to him 39 <br />by state statute for purpose of martial is still in there. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Council Member Quick stated that if it’s in the ordinance, that gives the authority of the Council 42 <br />to do that. 43 <br /> 44