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k MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 11 , 1993 I . Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chair Len Burgers at 7 : 10 p . m. in the Mounds View City Hall . II . Roll Call Present : Len Burgers , Jerry Linke , Dave Long , Richard Oman , Pat Rickaby , Laurie Schley , Bob Toborg , Julie Trude , Arlene Werdien and Ruth White. Absent : Lloyd Bardwell ( excused ), Virgil Beyer (excused ) , Sue Hankner ( excused ) , Duane McCarty ( excused ) , and Ray Vandeveer ( excused ) . III . Approval of Minutes IIIMotion by Laurie Schley , second by Jerry Linke , to approve the Minutes of the April 27 , 1993 meeting as amended . Passed with 6 ayes and 3 abstentions . IV . New Business - Review of Set Asides , Chapter 4 §4 . 02 - Filing for Office The commissioners unanimously agreed to follow Mr . Kennedy 's memorandum in re-writing this section . The entire existing charter language will be deleted and replaced with the following : "An eligible voter of the city may file for election in the manner prescribed by law . " §4 . ?? - Should Charter Determine Precincts : Jerry Linke exlained the City Council ' s basis for reducing the city ' s precincts to only one precinct for the entire city. The main motivation was savings in election judges . The commissioners discussed the election process and whether the number of precincts affected the time in announcing election results . Other points were raised by commissioners who preferred the city be divided into a .number of precincts . The majority of commissioners present considered the issues raised ( such • as tracking how voters vote in various sectors , organizing political caucus meetings and analyzing election results )