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Charter <br />Commission <br />Chair <br />Russell Warren <br />763-786-3591 <br />Vice Chair <br />Rebecca Scholl <br />651-503-3999 <br />2nd Vice Chair <br />Brandon Clawson <br />651-235-6052 <br />Secretary <br />Brian Amundsen <br />763-786-5699 <br />Dennis Erickson <br />612-270-5293 <br />Bob J King Jr <br />612-578-2340 Cell <br />Miranda Munson <br />651-295-2997 <br />Jerry Peterson <br />612-607-3953 <br />Gary Quick <br />763-7786-4631 <br />CHARTER COMMISSION of MOUNDS VIEW <br />Annual Report <br />Honorable Chief Judge Leonardo Castro <br />1350 Courthouse <br />15 West Kellogg Boulevard <br />St. Paul, MN 55102 <br />Summary of Commission Activity: January 2021 to November 2021 <br />January 26, 2021, Election of Commission officers. Discussion of steps for <br />Chapter 7, Taxation and Finances, for March and April meetings. First <br />consideration of Bylaws amendment to update Open Meeting statute reference. <br />Meeting was held by electronic zoom and roll-call votes were taken. <br />March 23, 2021, Further discussion of amendment for Chapter 7, Taxation <br />and Finances, to address reserve fund balance through a revision of the levy <br />limit in Subdivision 7.03. Motion to meet April 27, to further discuss issue. <br />Meeting was held by electronic zoom and roll-call votes were taken. <br />April 27, 2021, Further discussion of amendment for Chapter 7, Taxation and <br />Finances. Approval of three alternate tax levy limits for Council consideration <br />and feedback at meeting in June, to be set by Council. Approval of Bylaws <br />Article III, Section 1 Open Meeting statute reference number. Meeting was <br />held by electronic zoom and roll-call votes were taken. <br />June 22, 2021, Commission met with Council members at Special Council <br />meeting to discuss and receive feedback on alternate tax levy limit language. <br />No agreements or motions were taken. Meeting was chaired by mayor. <br />August 17, 2021, Chapter 7, Taxation and Finances, discussion on Council <br />preferred levy limit language. Motion to adopt language was tabled for next <br />meeting. Adopted motion setting meeting dates for September to January 2022. <br />September 21, 2021, Chapter 7, Taxation and Finances, August motion taken <br />from the table and amended to the latest language received from attorney <br />Kennedy and Graven, amendment adopted. Motion adopted to recommend the <br />new language under 410.12, subdivision 7, charter amendment by Council <br />passing ordinance of same language. Meeting was held by electronic zoom <br />and roll-call votes were taken. <br />November 16, 2021, Chapter 4, Elections and Nominations, discussed updates <br />needed to comply with statute election laws, while maintaining unique features <br />of Mounds View Charter. Commission met to approve the Chair's Annual <br />Report to the District Court. <br />_____________________________________________________ <br />Russel Warren, Chair Brian Amundsen, Secretary