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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes - APPROVED Tuesday, September 17, 2019 1.Call to Order. The meeting came to order at 6:34 PM. 2.Roll Call. Present:B. Amundsen, B. Clawson, D. Erickson, Bob J King, J. Peterson, J. Thomas, R. Warren Excused:J. Klander Absent:B. Staples 3.Approval of Agenda and Minutes. A. Approve Agenda. Acting Chair J. Thomas introduced proposed agenda. Motion by, J. Peterson, second by, R. Warren, to adopt the proposed agenda. Motion Adopted. B. Approve Minutes. Acting Chair J. Thomas asked for motion to approve the Secretary's May 21, 2019, minutes. Motion by, J. Peterson, second by, R. Warren, to approve the Minutes of the Secretary as amended to correct the seconder for item 6.A. to J. Klander, and seconder for last motion in 6.B. to J. Peterson. Minutes Approved as amended. 4.Citizens Comment from the Floor. 5.Reports of Chair. Acting Chair J. Thomas reported on Robert's Rules of Order for discipline of a member. Any member may make a motion for personal privilege to remind the Chair the meeting appears to be getting out of order. If that does not help, then a motion for censure for an actor can be done at any meeting to bring things back to order. Options beyond those two motions requires disciplinary actions. The disciplinary actions are covered under one of five different scenarios. The steps involve a subcommittee be established, a closed meeting, allowing the accused to see and prepare a defense to a set of charges, review and then Commission action. 6.Reports of Members. B. Amundsen reported he wished to again apologize to all members who felt he had been rude to any other member or people at the May 21, 2019, meeting. He also reported the City Council asked the Court to remove him. A Court hearing was held on August 5, 2019, and final arguments were submitted on August 19. The Court has not made any decision currently. He also offered a copy of his final argument document to anyone interested, since it is a public document filed with the Court. Acting Chair J. Thomas introduced and welcomed new Commissioner Bob King. Bob introduced himself and spoke about his volunteer service to the city, his career background and 20 years living in Mounds View. His interest in serving is to communicate better and to maintain respect in the Commission for all members. He is hoping to help with the Charter language so it can be understandable to all citizens. J. Peterson reported that he too is interested in helping citizens understand the purpose of the Charter and what it means to them and that it is a legal document that has many citizen privileges. The difficulty for the Charter Commission is to simplify but not remove the legal privileges and making the Charter clear to the citizens. 7.Unfinished Business. A. Review of Time Savers Trial Minutes. Acting Chair J. Thomas introduced the Time Savers minutes. Members discussed the format, volume of