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Mounds View City Council June 10, 2019 Regular Meeting Page 12 1 contact Mr. Amundsen and Mr. Thomas requesting each resign their position from the Charter 2 Commission and that a letter be directed to the judge stressing the need for a functional group. 3 He noted he reached out to Mr. Amundsen and Mr. Thomas last Tuesday. City Administrator 4 Zikmund explained this group has gone from a full complement down to three members again. 5 6 City Attorney Riggs thanked City Administrator Zikmund for his thorough report on this matter. 7 He explained he had worked with Mr. Amundsen and Mr. Thomas for many years. He respected 8 both gentlemen but explained something within this group had to change whether that was the 9 removal of members or changing of members in order for this group to be functional. He 10 commented he worked with three other Charter Commissions and none operate the way Mounds 11 View does. He stated it was very important to have a full compliment in order to make 12 recommendations and decisions. He indicated it has taken decades for the City to reach a full 13 compliment and now the group was down three members again. He stated he did not know what 14 the perfect solution was. He anticipated the Council would have to deal with the members that 15 were on the group in order to make this group functional again. He explained the Council had the 16 right to make recommendations to the judge in order to get a full compliment on the Charter 17 Commission. 18 19 Council Member Gunn suggested the Mayor, City Attorney, City Administrator, and one other 20 Council Member sit down with Mr. Amundsen and Mr. Thomas to discuss the situation further, 21 along with the the Charter members who would be resigning their positions. 22 23 Council Member Meehlhause supported this recommendation stating this would be a good 24 starting point. 25 26 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To direct staff to hold a meeting between the Mayor, 27 City Attorney Riggs, City Administrator Zikmund, and Council Member Bergeron with Brian 28 Amundsen and Jonathan Thomas to discuss the situation further, along with the former Chair of 29 the Charter Commission and the other members that would be resigning their positions. 30 31 City Administrator Zikmund stated he tried to reach out to the members that want to resign their 32 position and indicated these members may not want to attend a sit-down meeting to further 33 discuss this situation. 34 35 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 36 37 Mary Kay Walsh-Kaczmarik, 8345 Pleasant View Drive, suggested the Council clarify what the 38 Charter Commission should be doing and what the goals are for this organization. 39 40 Council Member Gunn stated she did not want this to be the discussion, but rather wanted an 41 open meeting to be held to address the personality issues that needed to be resolved. 42 43 Council Member Hull explained he did not want to be receiving any further emails or seeing any 44 other comments being raised regarding the City Administrator. 45