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Mounds View City Council May 22, 2000 <br />Regular Meeting Page 17 <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney stated he personally believed they were going about this completely <br />backwards, and therefore, would suggest that the Council postpone action on this item, until such <br />time as it has been submitted to the Charter Commission for its review and recommendation. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/______. To Postpone Action on this Item, Until Such Time as it <br />has been Submitted to the Charter Commission for Its Review and Recommendation. <br /> <br />Motion failed. <br /> <br />Mayor Coughlin advised that inherent in this process was up to 150 days for the Charter <br />Commission to examine this entire issue, and beyond this, the Charter Commission has the <br />opportunity to come back to the Council with their recommendations at the end of the review <br />period. He explained that everything Council Member Stigney has requested has already been <br />spelled out in State Statutes. <br /> <br />Mayor Coughlin advised that the City Council sets the budget for the City, and whether there is a <br />Clerk Administrator a City Manager, they can only spend within the set budget, and therefore, the <br />Council maintains control over the purse strings. He indicated the statement that there has been <br />no discussion and no examples given, was unfair, as examples have been provided, and <br />discussion has been presented in one form or another. He explained that this was the first <br />reading of the ordinance, and therefore, he would not go into details at this time, however, he <br />believed this was a mischaracterization of the debate. <br /> <br />Council Member Thomason moved the question. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Stigney) Motion carried. <br /> <br />Mayor Coughlin stated at this time, the Council would move directly to consideration of the <br />approval of the first reading of the Ordinance 661. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 3 Nays – 2 (Stigney, Marty) Motion carried. <br /> <br />Mayor Coughlin stated City Attorney Long has briefly touched upon Ordinance 662, which was <br />before the Council for consideration at this time. <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney stated he would move to postpone action on this item for the reasons <br />previously stated. <br /> <br />Mayor Coughlin advised that it was not in order to call for postponement of an item, prior to a <br />motion on that item. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Marty. To Waive the Reading and Approve the First Reading of <br />Ordinance 662, an Ordinance Proposing an Amendment to the Mounds View Charter By <br />Amending Chapter 2, Section 2.03 of the Charter of the City of Mounds View as to Council <br />Composition and Election in the City. <br /> <br /> Mayor Coughlin requested a friendly amendment to waive the reading.