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Mounds View Charter Commission - Minutes - (continued) Page (2) • d) On the matter of Initiative, Referendum & Recall: (cant'd) 3. White Bear - recommended inclusion in Charter. They have Initiative, Referendum & Recall. 4. Blaine - They have Initiative & Referendum only. The Blaine Commission member was not in favor of Recall. e) On the question as to whether or not a Special Election should be held for the matter of approving a City Charter, or whether the approval of a Charter should be in conjunction with a regular City election: Blaine, Fridley and Coon Rapids Commission members recommended that a Charter be voted on at a General Election. It was the opinion of the White Bear member that a Special Election should be held. • f) All (4) city Commission Members recommended that the administration of city government be in the hands of a trained professional in Public Administration. V. Commission member, Howard Neisen, was excused from meeting at 9:50 P.M. VI. Commission member, Dave Notaro, excused from meeting at 10:12 P.M. Charter Commission member guests from White Bear, Coon Rapids, Blaine and Fridley also departed at this time. Short recess of meeting. VII. Chairman Doty reconvened regular meeting at 10:30 P.M. Having noted that all members received copies of the last minutes in the mail, the chairman asked that the Minutes of February- 21, 1979, be corrected to delete all reference to Sub-Committees on pages 3 and 4. The new com- mittees formed are all regular committees; therefore, the word "Sub" should be stricken. Motion made by Bill Werner and seconded by Neil Loeding that the minutes be approved, as corrected. Vote: Unanimous.