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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes Meeting of November 14. 2006 1. Call to Order—The meeting came to order at 7:11 p.m. 2. Roll Call— Present—C. Mueller, B. Thomas, J. Thomas, M. Haubrich, J. Miller Excused—B. Doty, Thai \Tang 3. Approval of agenda and minutes Motion by J. Miller, second C. Mueller to approve agenda as written UNANIMOUS APPROVAL Motion by C. Mueller, second M. Haubrich to approve minutes of October 10, 2006 5—AYES 4. Citizens comments from the floor W. Werner Sr. discussed the recently passed ballot measure and hopes that the Council does not use the 5% limit as a new target. The levy limit is only a partial control and the residents need to stay on top of the budget to prioritize needs versus wants. 5. Reports of the Chair J. Thomas explained the members whose terms have expired and are retiring from service at this point including Matt Eenigenburg, William Werner, Sr and Brian Amundsen. In addition, Bill Doty has been reappointed to the Commission and two new members have been appointed, Michael Haubrich and Thai Vang with terms expiring in 2010. He also presented a corrected copy of the current Bylaws. In addition, he discussed the Council and City Attorney's recommendations for Chapter 7.10. However, the language suggested by the attorney did not meet the intent of the Charter Commission's amendments. Those discussions will continue. Chair also noted that there are no longer term limits for members of the Charter Commission because the statute referenced in the Bylaws was amended and those restrictions have been removed. The term limits for holding Commission officer positions do still exist however. 6. Reports of members None 7. Unfinished Business Chair presented new copies of the diagrams and text for Chapter 5. C. Mueller questioned the missing Council action in the center box of App. C which should also require a resolution declaring sufficiency of the petition. J. Miller asked whether the link to Section 5.06 on App. B is correct. Chair pointed out missing language in Section 5.06 regarding the 180 expiration limit for Initiative as well as language regarding filing the petition with the Clerk/Administrator before circulation. It will be the same as 5.08. J.Miller also asked about gender referrals within the text. C. Mueller suggested editing line 248: removing"an answer for their course of action in"and replacing it with"a response of' and line 251: replacing the word"answer"with the word "response"in two locations. •