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M.V. Charter Commission Minutes of 10/11/79 - (cont'd.) (2) . • V. The chairman then outlined the format for the evenings meeting: The Charter ' Draft of October 6, 1979, would be reviewed first by the commission members. It would not be read, since the charter has been gone over many many times and a great deal of input given. If any members have any further suggested changes on any given chapter or section, it will be considered, after which time, the attending public's input should be limited to legal matters and/or technical points. Neil Loeding expressed the opinion that the commission has attempted to channel public input away from general philosophy and forms of government and onto technical and legal problems, because the former questions had been dealt with in public meetings many months ago, so that we cannot be expected to start all again at this late date. VI. Duane McCarty reported on his telephone conversation with Mr. Seegar Swanson of Ehler and Associates, Financial Consultants, concerning the provisions of Chapter 8 to ascertain whether or not we would experience any problem in bonding public improvements. D. McCarty stated from his conversation with Mr. Swanson, he found no evidence that the provisions of Chapter 8 would make our public improvement projects unbondable. Also, he found no evidence that the charter provisions would necessarily have a detrimental effect on our credit rating. Further, he stated that he also had a conversation with a . person in the mayor's office of the City of Duluth, and was informed that their charter provisions, which are similar to our provisions in Chapter 8, were written with court decisions and constitutional rights in mind, and that they have had no problem with these provisions. VII. Neil Loeding reported on his conversation with the League of Minnesota Cities. Neil said that he was informed by the League that Charter provisions have the status of general law and, as such, a court could be expected to try to preserve as much as possible our "legislative intent", either by construing any troublesome provision so as to preserve it, or by severing away the pro- vision in question while retaining the rest. VIII. Motion made by Bill Doty that the Charter Commission pay any legal expense that may have been incurred due to conversations of D. McCarty with the city attorney, Dick Meyers, in behalf of the Charter Commission. Seconded by Neil Loeding. Vote: Unanimous.