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Samantha Orduno passed around copies of a letter dated September 21, 1992 from J. E. Gockowski - Court Administrator, indicating that the terms of seven Charter Commission Members will expire October 31, 1992 . These members are all eligible to serve a second term. These members are: Virgil Beyer Leonard Burgers Stanley Haugan James Kavanaugh Jerome Linke Edward Trettel Daryl Turner Note: Secretary J. Kavanaugh's records indicate that there are eight members whose terms will expire. It appears that Joseph Witzman should have been named on this list. S. Orduno indicated that each member whose term will expire must submit a letter to the District Court if he/she wishes to be reappointed. J. Kavanaugh requested that the City send a letter to each member whose term will expire notifying them of the proper procedure for reappointment or resignation. V. Chairperson Burgers related that the reason he called this meeting (this is an extraordinary meeting called in addition to the regularly scheduled meetings) was to consider recommendations from the City Council to change the City Charter. He referred to the "Recommended Charter Change" which had been mailed to each commission member. He then passed an agenda which he had constructed in an effort to consider the recommendations in groups of similar issues. At the request of the Chair, S. Or-dung--gave--a rationale-- --- ---- for the recommended changes. She related that these recommendations came from the Council and are an attempt to facilitate Charter language modification which would allow the Council to address three issues: 1. In view of the significant revenue shortage faced by the City, the Council is attempting to reduce costs without cutting critical services. By reducing the numbers of newsletters, the City can save $3 , 500 to $4, 000 for each newsletter not published. In the recent citizen survey, 92% favored this reduction to save money. 2