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Mounds View City Council November 26, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 4 Charter Commission. He explained on September 10th the Council passed a Resolution on who 1 to appoint to the Charter Commission. He noted four names were submitted and one of the 2 individuals did not fill out an application, which meant there was a vacancy. He reported last 3 Tuesday at the Charter Commission meeting the group considered two applications. He stated a 4 third application has since been received by City staff. He provided further comment on his 5 discussions with the Court and noted the judge was considering the two applications. It was 6 staff’s recommendation that a third application be forwarded to the Court for consideration. He 7 requested the Council make a recommendation on the Charter Commission vacancy. 8 9 Mayor Mueller requested comment from the Council on how to proceed with the Charter 10 Commission vacancy. 11 12 Council Member Gunn stated she supported the appointment of Candidate B to the Charter 13 Commission. 14 15 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9045, 16 Recommending Candidate B to Fill Vacancy on Charter Commission. 17 18 Council Member Gunn stated she believed Candidate B has been involved with the City and has 19 shown great interest in the community. 20 21 Council Member Meehlhause agreed. 22 23 Mayor Mueller stated she was originally going to recommend Candidate A due to his strong ties 24 to the community, but noted she could support Candidate B. She suggested Candidate A be 25 contacted to see if there was interest in serving on the Planning Commission. 26 27 Council Member Hull reported he supported Candidate A. There was further discussion 28 regarding Candidate A and Council Member Hull stated he had the name confused with another 29 individual. This led Council Member Hull to support Candidate B. 30 31 Council Member Meehlhause reported this was simply a recommendation to the judge regarding 32 the City’s appointment. City Administrator Zikmund noted this was correct. 33 34 Council Member Bergeron stated he would be recusing himself from the vote because he did not 35 know the candidates and did not feel qualified to make a selection. 36 37 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Abstain – 1 (Bergeron) Motion carried. 38 39 9. REPORTS 40 A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 41 42 Council Member Bergeron commented on a neighborhood meeting he attended last week 43 regarding Long Lake Woods. He stated he has heard from some of the neighbors with additional 44 questions. He clarified at this point the details were quite vague which was typical. He 45