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MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION • MINUTES MARCH 24, 1982 • • I. MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN DOTY AT 7:33 P.M. II. ABSENT: RICHARD LYKKE CURTIS SCHMIDT GUESTS: D. BRAGER, CITY FINANCIAL DIRECTOR D. PAULEY, CITY CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR R. MEYERS, CITY ATTORNEY C. FORSLUND, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER III. MOTION MADE BY D. MC CARTY THAT THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9, 1981, BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. SECONDED BY J. MILLER. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IV. CITY ATTORNEY, DICK MEYERS, ADDRESSED THE COMMISSION RELATIVE TO A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER TO INCORPORATE LANGUAGE SIMILAR TO THAT IN MINNESOTA STATUTE 412.301 IN ORDER TO PERMIT THE CITY TO ISSUE "EQUIPMENT DEBT CERTIFICATES" OUTSIDE THE CITY'S EXISTING LEVY LIMIT, WHICH IS NOT IN OUR HOME RULE CHARTER. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, MOTION MADE BY N. LOEDING THAT THE CHARTER COMMISSION SEES NO NEED TO AMEND THE CITY CHARTER TO INCORPORATE LANGUAGE AS STATED IN M.S. 412.301 WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE "EQUIPMENT DEBT CERTIFICATES" OUTSIDE THE CITY'S EXISTING LEVY LIMIT. SECONDED BY J. MILLER. MOTION PASSED. VOTE BY RAISING OF HANDS: IN FAVOR: 10 OPPOSED: 3 V. REFERENCE TO ITEM NO. IV OF THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9, 1981, R. WARREN REQUESTED TO BE RELIEVED OF ORGANIZING AND LISTING THE RULES OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION, AS IT WAS A TREMENDOUS TASK AND HE DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. VI. REFERENCE TO ITEM NO. VII OF THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9, 1981, C. ZIEBARTH WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING, AND UPON QUESTIONING BY THE CHAIRMAN, REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE LAST 2 MEETINGS BECAUSE OF BEING OUT OF TOWN AND BECAUSE OF ILLNESS. THEREUPON, A MOTION WAS MADE BY D. MC CARTY, SECONDED BY B. WERNER, THAT CAROL BE EXCUSED FROM PAST NON-ATTENDANCE OF MEETINGS. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.