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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes <br /> • Wednesday, September 9, 2009 <br /> 1. Call to Order—The meeting came to order at 7:02 pm. <br /> 2. Roll Call—Present: J. Thomas, B. Thomas, B. Amundsen, M. Haubrich, J. Miller, B. Doty, J. <br /> Reiling <br /> Excused: <br /> Absent: <br /> 3. Approval of agenda <br /> Motion by B, Doty, second by J. Reiling,to approve agenda as written. <br /> MOTION APPROVED <br /> Approval of minutes <br /> Motion by M. Haubrich, second by B. Amundsen to approve minutes of June 18th as written. <br /> MOTION APPROVED <br /> Motion by B.Amundsen, second by M. Haubrich to approve minutes of Aug. 12th as amended. <br /> MOTION APPROVED <br /> 4. Citizens comments from the floor <br /> None <br /> 410 <br /> 5. Reports of the Chair <br /> None <br /> 6. Reports of members <br /> B.Amundsen mentioned discussions from the council work session regarding preliminary <br /> budget figures for 2010 and encourages the public to get involved with the planning. <br /> 7. Unfinished Business <br /> Chair presented comparative spreadsheet describing the duties assigned to the position of Clerk <br /> by statute and by Charter that had been assembled by B.Amundsen. He discussed the massive <br /> amount of details being associated. B. Amundsen pointed out that some of the duties currently <br /> assigned by Charter to the position of Clerk-Administrator are actually assigned to the Treasurer <br /> by statute. B. Doty pointed out that it was originally set up by how it was being done at the time <br /> but the duties required have increased since then. B.Amundsen stated that the charter has some <br /> other complications in regard to administrative assignments. Chair suggested that due to the <br /> attorney's comments that the title can be assigned regardless,the discussion of the title should be <br /> dealt with separately from the issues of the duties. <br /> Discussion continued on various title possibilities: e.g., Clerk,Administrator, Chief Executive <br /> Officer, and others. Chair will discuss the matter with staff. Discussion continued regarding <br /> splitting title and duty amendments or maintaining both changes as a single step. Consensus is to <br /> continue with a single amendment. <br /> Chair presented updated outlines for Chapter 8. Discussion regarding suggested financing <br /> 1111 boundaries as well as other details continued. Consensus to continue fleshing out the outline. <br /> Chair will re-draft the outline the entirety of the items in Chapter 8 and submit to members for <br /> their suggestions. <br />