Charter Commission Issues May 2019

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May 28, 2019 – Administrator Zikmund brings Reyes-Johnson resignation/membership issue up under staff reports at Council meeting seeking council wish/direction. Consensus is to have item placed on June 3, 2019 workshop for in-depth discussion. May 29, 2019 – Thomas email to court advising Reyes-Johnson resignation and seeking information. June 1, 2019 – Council packets distributed and agenda and packet material put up on web. June 3, 2019 – Council workshop, 60+ minute discussion on charter commission membership. Starts at 2:36 mark of the tape. June 4, 2019 – 9:30 AM – Administrator Zikmund and Finance Director Beer place call to Brian Amundsen advising him of council request to resign and council intent to petition court for removal absent resignation June 4, 2019 – 10:00 AM – Follow up email to Amundsen on phone conversation that just occurred; request resignation, establish parameters, advise council will discuss on at June 10, 2019 meeting June 4, 2019 – 10:01 AM – Administrator and Finance Director place call to Jonathan Thomas and leave message on voice mail. June 4, 2019 – 10:04 AM – Draft minutes from May 21 Charter Commission meeting sent out to Commission members via email. June 4, 2019 – 2:50 to 3:30 PM – Mayor Mueller calls to advise she received call from Amundsen but let to go to VM, she traveled to city hall and she played message (please call him, he has concerns) which she did in my presence. (See documentation). We then called Jonathan Thomas on speaker phone and asked him to consider resigning (See documentation). June 5, 2019 – 10:39 AM – Email council update on calls with Amundsen and Thomas. June 5, 2019 – 10:46 AM – Email to Jonathan following up on phone conversation advising same as Brian, deadline of Friday, council discussion Monday. June 6, 2019 – 9:09 AM Email from Thomas to Commission, Council and Zikmund regarding phone call, advised all he watched tape of June 3, 2019 workshop and shared his disbelief, stated it was a kangaroo court, and advised process. He then relayed process and finishes email with Bible Verse and quote from Shakespeare that is religious in nature. NOTE – Attorney Riggs opined the email is a clear violation of the open meeting law and both Riggs and Zikmund feel the religious components are absolutely inappropriate and have not place in charter commission correspondence of any kind. June 9, 2019 – Email from Amundsen to Commission (provided to Zikmund by Brooks Staples on June 9, 2019) sharing his concerns and apologizing to them if he offended anyone and Attorney Riggs informing them he apologized to Riggs after the meeting. June 10, 2019 – City Council Meeting (see minutes). Brian Amundsen and wife Val spoke during public Comment. Jonathan Thomas along with his wife, daughter Barbara, Son Paul, former Commission member Mori, current Commission member Peterson, and several others spoke on Jonathan’s behalf. Council discussed under staff reports and motion to reach out to Reyes Johnson, Staples and Klander to determine if they would be willing to meet with Amundsen and Thomas.