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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes Wednesday,August 12, 2009 q ,9 - d • 1. Call to Order—The meeting came to order at 7:05 pm. 6'??/C 2. Roll Call—Present: J. Thomas, B. Thomas, B. Amundsen, M. Haubrich, J. Miller Excused: Absent: B. Doty, J. Reiling 3. Approval of agenda Motion by B, Amundsen, second by J. Miller, to approve agenda as written. MOTION APPROVED Approval of minutes Motion to approve minutes from June 18,2009 postponed to next meeting. 4. Citizens comments from the floor None 5. Reports of the Chair None 6. Reports of members B. Amundsen asked for discussion regarding open positions on the Charter Commission. Chair • explained the number of openings and application process. 7. Unfinished Business Chair introduced discussion of Clerk-Administrator title and presented comments from the City Attorney clarifying his opinion that as long as the duties of the position are properly identified, the title of tkggition can be anything we would like to designate. B. Amundsen presented some of the4ssues.he has found in statutory research as well as in the charter in Sections 6.01, 6.03 and others. He created a spreadsheet with the duties required of a Clerk from statute. He asked for assistance in assigning the duties we are planning to allocate. Chair clarified that if we can make this change fairly quickly, we can have it included in the codification process happening in a couple of months. Spreadsheet will be distributed to the commission members and discussed at the next meeting. Chair introduced discussion for amendments to Chapter 8 and provided hardcopy of City Code, Chapter 202. It deals directly with the issues of improvements to infrastructure. Chair asked for a refresher on the legal ramifications and the difference between Ordinances and Resolutions and their processes and the commission agreed that it would be helpful. Discussion on Chapter 202 and how it relates to Charter Chapter 8 continued. B. Amundsen requested that an outline of our expected amendment structure be assembled. 8. New Business Chair presented information regarding water fees and street repair funds. City Clerk- . Administrator Ericson arrived to explain where funds are collected and applied. Chair also provided a memo regarding the Five Year Financial Plan requirement in Section 7.05 from Mr. Ericson requesting that the requirement for the Plan to be set by Ordinance be amended to Resolution. Discussion continued on the difference between the two processes and which