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Mounds View Charter Commission January 28, 2020 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br />Amundsen reviewed the draft Resolution that was forwarded to Commission members. 1 <br />He stated based on Council Liaison Gunn’s comment the City Attorney was working to 2 <br />provide the Charter Commission with a comment. He suggested the Charter Commission 3 <br />share what they have with the Council even without the City Attorney’s feedback in an 4 <br />effort to move this item forward. He explained the other alternative would be to wait for 5 <br />the City Attorney. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Warren asked if the Commission could support moving these four pages forward to the 8 <br />City Council for comment. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Thomas stated the thought of the Commission last spring was to wait to receive 11 <br />comments from the City Attorney prior to forwarding a Resolution to the City Council. It 12 <br />was believed this would make it easier for the document to move forward. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Amundsen reviewed the minutes from May 21, 2019 stating the Commission motioned to 15 <br />send to the City Attorney the Commission’s January 29, 2019 Chapter 4 revised language 16 <br />with the modification of 18 months for vacancy appointment. This motion was amended 17 <br />with the understanding the City Attorney would work to the best of his ability with the 18 <br />Commission language and present any missing concepts that the Commission’s July 19 <br />meeting. This amendment was accepted and the motion was approved. He stated at that 20 <br />point, City Attorney Riggs indicated he would have language for the Commission to 21 <br />review in July. He stated in an effort be more cooperative perhaps the Resolution for 22 <br />Chapter 4 should be forwarded to the City Council for consideration. He indicated the 23 <br />Commission could then work with the Council to finalize the amendment. 24 <br /> 25 <br />King supported this recommendation. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Thomas suggested the Commission receive a firm time commitment from the City 28 <br />Administrator. He discussed how valuable Kennedy & Graven has been in assisting the 29 <br />Charter Commission in the past. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Amundsen stated he would like to correct the process that was followed in the past and 32 <br />have the Resolution forwarded to staff. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Warren commented the Charter Commission aught to speak to the City Council through a 35 <br />designated liaison, which could be him. He stated he would be happy to speak to the City 36 <br />Council. 37 <br /> 38 <br />City Administrator Zikmund commented he could speak to the City Council on behalf of 39 <br />the Charter Commission or a Resolution could be adopted and this Resolution could be 40 <br />directed to him to be brought to the City Council. He discussed how busy the City 41 <br />Attorney has been in the last year addressing HR and development issues. He indicated 42 <br />this issue could be brought to the Council at a worksession meeting or a joint meeting. 43 <br /> 44