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City of 5 Mounds View Charter Commission Mounds May 8, 2003 4 View y Mounds View City Council er Commission , Attention: City Clerk-Administrator Mounds View City Hall :hair Jonathan J Thomas '63-784-5205 : Honorable Mayor and Mounds View City Council: /ice Chair At the Nov 14, 2002, meeting of the Mounds View Charter Commission, a member of the vlichele Sandback " Commission that is also a member of the Police Civil Service Commission presented an issue '63483-1770 • relating to the interpretation of the Mounds View Charter, Section 2.02. The Charter ,,d Commission has determined at its Jan 9, 2003, meeting that there is sufficient cause to render Vice Chair its opinion toyou on the matter of the validityof the Police Civil Service Commission )aniel Freimuth p '63-780-3371 ..i; providing an administrative function for the city under the current wording of the Charter. secretary We would like to note that although the Commission provides its opinion on such matters, 3rian Amundsen 4. the City Council and its legal counsel have the responsibility to interpret the Charter on 63-786-5699 behalf of the City. This was affirmed by Mr. Duke Addicks, an attorney for the League of vlary Amirahmadi t Minnesota Cities, in his presentation before this Commission on June 14, 2001. 763-786-3477 It is the Charter Commission's opinion that Section 2.02 does appear to be in conflict with the 3ill Doty 763-786-3421 existence of any appointed commission that would serve in an administrative role. It was '' also noted that the Police Civil Service Commission was formed and has served continuously K Jahnke since prior to the Charter and that in over twenty years it has not been challenged. 00-4900 Daniel Sach Le • The Charter Commission reviewed this issue on Thursday, May 8, 2003, and requests that the 763-783-5943 City Council provide direction to the Charter Commission for our future consideration to pursue one of the following options or other options the City Council may find appropriate. Dana Mandoza 763-784-8942 • The City Council could request that the Charter Commission review Section 2.02 of the Duane McCarty Charter specifically excluding the Police Civil Service Commission and such other 763-784-6074 • commissions as it may deem necessary, from the restriction of not allowing any commissions that would serve in an administrative function. Jean Miller 763-786-3959 • • The City Council could abolish the Police Civil Service Commission defined by William Mori Section 404 of the City Code and Minnesota Statute 419.16 which according to 763-784-3645 Minnesota Statute 419.16 would require a unanimous vote of the City Council. Then the City Council could amend Section 404 of the City Code to create an advisory only William Werner Sr 763-784-3603 ,: Police Civil Service Commission. • Respectfully submitted, • Jonathan Thomas, Chair Mounds View Charter Commission - Wi,40 Brain Amundsen, Secretary