Ordinance 661 & 662 - FAILED BY BALLOT 11/07/2000

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MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION MINUTES Meeting July 13, 2000 • 1. Call to Order - The meeting was called to order by Chair J. Olsen at 7:05 p.m. at Mounds View City Hall. 2. Roll Call - Present - J. Olsen, J. Miller, B. Doty, R. Stigney, B. Laube, R. Oman, D. Le, J. Thomas, B. Werner, S. Robinson Absent - M.Grommesh, R. Smieja, K. MacRunnels 3. Approval of Minutes - Motion J. Thomas, second B. Doty to approve minutes of May 11, 2000. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL Motion B. Laube, second B. Doty to approve minutes of May 31, 2000. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL Motion B. Laube, second B. Doty to approve minutes of June 8, 2000. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL 4. There were no citizen comments from the floor. 5. Reports of the Chair- June 2 a letter from the Charter Commission regarding Resolutions 2000-05,06,07,08 was sent to City Attorney Bob Long for his comments. There has been no response. Ordinance 661 (change to City Manager) and Ordinance 662 (change to 4 -year term for Mayor) was passed by the City Council on May 22, postmarked June 20, and received by Charter Chair on June 22. 6. Reports of Members or Committees The information from the Charter Commission Newsletter Committee did not appear in the Mounds View Matters. 7. Unfinished Business - We received a letter from the City Council to reconsider Resolution 2000-04. R. Oman left at 7:53. Motion J. Thomas, second B. Doty - After reconsideration of Resolution 2000-04 as originally submitted we feel it is a considerable improvement to the Charter and should remain as proposed. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL Discussion of Resolution 2000-10B. This will continue at the August meeting. B. Doty left at 9:30. 8. New Business- Newsletter Committee draft of second article was reviewed. Motion J. Thomas, second B. Laube to accept the newsletter draft as amended. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL Motion J. Thomas, second D. Le to apply for a 90 -day extension regarding City Council Ordinances 661 and 662. • UNANIMOUS APPROVAL