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MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION MINUTES 1111 REGULAR MEETING; 11-8-95 1 . Call to Order - By Chair Russ Warren at 7 :00 p.m. 2. Roll Call - Present: Len Burger, Jerry Linke, Dave Long, Jean Miller, Richard Oman, Rhonda Smeija, Roger Stigney, Bill Werner, Bill. Wilson, and Ruth White. Motion by Ruth White to approve the absences of remaining members; motion approved. 3. Approval of Minutes - Discussion of approved changes in redline document, by Ruth White, which are recorded in the minutes of meeting 10-19-95. Motion by Jerry Linke and second by Julie Trude to approve the minutes of meeting 10-19-95 as written. Motion approved. 4 . Chair Report - Chair Russ Warren presented his annual report, and discussion followed with the recommendation that Commission officers and members be listed and to note that no member terms expire this year. Motion by len Burger and second by jerry Linke to approve the annual report as amended. Motion approved. 5. Review of Redline - Discussion of City budget process whereby the 11111 Council can amend the adopted budget without public notice or public hearing, issue raised. by Richard Oman in relation to the water meter replacement project which was approved by the Council . The difficulty for the Charter Commission in dealing with this issue is the exemption in State Law which bars petition/initiatives on matters which appropriate money. No solution is evident . Further discussion ensued on the problem of errors & omissions, etc. , in the Charter redline document . Julie Trude stated that she was not interested in continuing the correction of all the errors. It was again pointed out that Charter draft. 94-3 was available and contained none of the problems present in the redline document . Given the difficulties in proceeding with the review of the redline document: Motion by Julie Trude and second by Dave Long to submit the updated Charter to the Council for approval . This updated Charter would consist of draft 94-3, Ruth White #2 (8 . 04 & 8. 05) , and the four approved motions of meeting 10-19-95 (2.02, 2 . 06 sub. 1, 3 .05, :3 .07)) . Discussion followed which included: the fact that we are only partially through the review of the updated Charter; and whether or not we should include Term Limits, and Primary Elections. Motion by Richard Oman to table the approval motion and produce Charter draft 95-1 which would include the additional elements as stated above, and to produce a corrected redline document for the benefit of those who wished further review. As members were tired of the frustration of the process which we had been laboring at, the meeting was abruptly ended. 6. Adjournment: - Motion by Jerry Linke and second by Bill Werner to II/1 adjourn at 8 : 50 p.m. , motion approved. Next meeting date is 11-30-95 at 7 : 00 p.m. RDO