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•Cioof Mounds Mounds View City Council Attn: City Administrator View Mounds View City Hall June 20, 2007 Honorable Mayor&Council Members: Charter Commission The Mounds View Charter Commission would like to request your assistance and direction Chair in regard to a few different issues we have been asked to address. We would like to request Jonathan J Thomas Council response to these issues as soon as can be arranged and would be interested in a joint 763-784-5205 meeting to discuss these items if the Council desired further input. Vice Chair Bill Doty The first issue is regarding Section 2.02 for Commissions and administrative authority has 763-786-3421 been discussed by the Charter Commission on multiple occasions including a request for direction regarding the Police Civil Service Commission that was sent to the Council in May 2nd Vice Chair of 2003. We have not yet received a response and would like to remind the Council of what Jean Miller 763-786-3959 options the Charter Commission determined were available to the Council at that time: Secretary • The City Council could request that the Charter Commission review Section 2.02 of Barbara Thomas the Charter specifically excluding the Police Civil Service Commission and such 763-780-6226 other commissions as it may deem necessary,from the restriction of not allowing any Michael Haubrich commissions that would serve in an administrative function. 651.204.6848 • The City Council could abolish the Police Civil Service Commission defined by •Thai W Vang Section 404 of the City Code and Minnesota Statute 419.16 which according to 763.792.1750 Minnesota Statute 419.16 would require a unanimous vote of the City Council. Then the City Council could amend Section 404 of the City Code to create an advisory only Police Civil Service Commission. In the intervening time,we have come to the conclusion that the Economic Development Authority is also in a similar position. However,the options that were presented to the Council in 2003 for how to address the conflict in language between the Charter and State Statute are not necessarily applicable. The first option would cover all commissions that the Council would choose to include but the second option would only cover the Police Civil Service Commission. Further research into the Economic Development Authority Statutes and what the options for Council action to remove administrative authority would have to be pursued by legal counsel. At such time, the Council could discuss this issue and decide on a direction they would like the Charter Commission to pursue. The second issue is in regard to language in Section 3.02 providing that Council Members be appointed as liaisons for City Departments. This provision has not been met in several years and the Commission would like direction from the Council on how, or even if,this language should be revised. We merely wanted to bring this conflict to the Council's attention. The third issue regarding authority for collection of fines for Administrative Offenses was raised by City Staff at the request of the Council in February of this year. This item is still under discussion by the Charter and staff was given several items to research which have not yet been re-addressed. Any direction the Council could provide on this matter would be • helpful.