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Mounds View Charter Commission May 21, 2019 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br />Warren asked if the City Council direction would be coming through a resolution or 1 <br />recommendation. City Attorney Riggs commented the idea would be for the City Council 2 <br />to reach a unanimous vote. City Administrator Zikmund explained this item would be 3 <br />further addressed under New Business – Process for Chapter 4. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Clawson questioned why the Council had settled on 18 months. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Reyes-Johnson stated the Council had initially wanted to follow State Statute which was 8 <br />24 months. However, given the fact the Mayor’s term was only for 2 years the Council 9 <br />recommended the 18-month window be pursued for a special election for the Mayor, 10 <br />should the position become vacant. 11 <br /> 12 <br /> Reports of Members 13 <br /> 14 <br />Amundsen reported he attended the recent Council worksession meeting and explained 15 <br />Councilmember Meehlhause wanted to see action on the Chapter 4 issue. He stated he 16 <br />was happy to see an adjustment would be made. He commented further on the budget 17 <br />discussion that was held by the Council at the worksession meeting. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Thomas indicated he was a bit over zealous about abiding to the bylaws. He stated he 20 <br />believed it would be beneficial for the group to follow the bylaws in place but noted he 21 <br />could support an amendment. 22 <br /> 23 <br />6. Commission Business 24 <br /> 25 <br /> Unfinished Business 26 <br /> 27 <br />Review TimeSaver Trial. 28 <br /> 29 <br />City Administrator Zikmund reported complete minutes were not submitted because there 30 <br />was a tape issue with the brand new equipment. He stated the City had not had a similar 31 <br />event in the past. He explained the Charter Commission offered unanimous support to 32 <br />direct staff to have TimeSaver complete minutes. He indicated the thought was that this 33 <br />would free up all members to engage in discussion. He commented the City had put 34 <br />funds aside in the 2020 budget for completion of the meeting minutes by TimeSaver. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Peterson stated the Commission had approved supporting a trial for TimeSaver. City 37 <br />Administrator Zikmund reiterated that the Commission offered unanimous support 38 <br />directing staff to work with TimeSaver to have the minutes completed. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Warren questioned if TimeSaver was taking minutes for this meeting. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Reyes-Johnson reported the video for this meeting could be sent to TimeSaver for 43 <br />transcription. 44 <br /> 45