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Mounds View Charter Commission November 26, 2019 Regular Meeting Page 2 Amundsen explained he appeared before the District Court and noted the petition to 1 remove him from the Charter Commission had been denied. He explained he recently 2 spoke to the City Council and shared this information with the community. He provided 3 the Commission members with copies of the court documents. 4 5 7. Unfinished Business 6 7 Election of Chair to fill vacant position. 8 9 Thomas discussed the process that would be followed for election of a Chair. He called 10 for nominations. 11 12 Warren nominated himself as Chair of the Charter Commission. 13 14 Motion by R. Warren, seconded by B. Amundsen, to nominate Russ Warren as 15 Chair of the Charter Commission. 16 Motion Approved 17 18 Motion by J. Thomas, seconded by B. Clawson, to accept the nomination of Russ 19 Warren as Chair of the Charter Commission. 20 Motion Approved 21 22 Review TimeSaver prepared minutes and discuss future use. 23 24 Thomas opened the floor for discussion of the TimeSaver prepared minutes from 25 September 17th. 26 27 Peterson noted there were a few small changes to the minutes and explained the minutes 28 were longer than necessary. He did not see the extra value in having these minutes 29 completed. 30 31 Motion by J. Peterson, seconded by R. Warren, to terminate the TimeSaver Off 32 Site Secretarial, Inc. minute trial and continue to use the minutes prepared by the Charter 33 Commission secretary. 34 35 Peterson commented he did not believe the TimeSaver minutes were worth the money 36 being spent. 37 38 Klander stated he was glad this group gave TimeSaver a try. He believed it made a lot of 39 sense to use TimeSaver from a long-term process standpoint, especially given the fact 40 TimeSaver completes minutes for all other City groups. 41 42 King agreed but noted because this group had a secretary, perhaps it wasn’t necessary for 43 TimeSaver to prepare minutes. 44 45