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Mounds View Charter Commission February 10,2005 <br /> Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes <br /> Meeting February 10, 2005 <br /> 1. Call to order - The meeting came to order at 7:05 PM <br /> 2. Roll Call—Present- B. Amundsen, B. Doty, J. Miller, B. Thomas, J. Thomas, <br /> William Werner, Sr <br /> Absent— M. Eenigenburg, <br /> Excused -B. Mori <br /> 3. Approval of agenda and minutes <br /> Motion by B. Thomas, second by J. Miller to approve agenda <br /> UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED <br /> Motion by B. Thomas, second by J. Miller, to approve minutes of January 13, 2005 as <br /> amended correcting spelling of"filling"in item 6. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED <br /> 4. Citizens comments from the floor <br /> None <br /> 5. Reports of the Chair <br /> a. Chair J. Thomas reviewed meeting with attorney regarding Chapter 5 <br /> 4110 language changes and discussion from January Charter Commission meeting. <br /> The attorney agrees with the Charter Commission members discussion that <br /> changing to a"5 day notice"would not fit with current Council meeting times <br /> and would require special meeting notices to transmit the information to the <br /> Council. <br /> b. Chair J. Thomas also reviewed his discussion with the attorney regarding <br /> language of Charter chapter 4.02 and the need to insert"$5" specifically. <br /> Chair J. Thomas reported that the MN State Statute requires the City Charter <br /> specifically state the amount and not just a City of Mounds View ordinance. <br /> 6. Reports of members <br /> William Werner Sr.-expressed how very pleased he was at the special election <br /> turnout. He further expressed his thoughts that the Commission could recruit more <br /> members if the discussions were of more substantial issues of the Charter, like the <br /> issues of"system of taxation" and "election requirements to issue obligation bonds". <br /> He also would like the Commission to begin to plan and work on language which <br /> would be included in the election in 2006. <br /> Barbara Thomas—generally agrees that the Commission should be looking at more <br /> substantial language issues, and further believes the right environments exist on the <br /> Council to propose and receive support of those language changes at this time. She <br /> also felt that language changes should always be prepared with the expectation they <br /> will go to an election, rather than assume the Council will be approving. <br /> Bill Doty (entered meeting at 7:15 PM) also agrees with the previous comments from <br /> members W. Werner, Sr. and B. Thomas and he would like the Commission to begin <br /> working on the "system of taxation" issue. <br /> • <br /> Page 1of2 <br />