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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes - DRAFT <br />Tuesday, May 17, 2022 <br />1.Call to Order. Regular meeting came to order at 6:37 PM. <br />2.Roll Call. Present: B. Amundsen (Secretary), B. Clawson, D. Erickson, Bob King Jr.,G. Quick, <br /> R. Scholl, R. Warren (Chair) <br />Excused: M. Munson, <br />Absent: J. Peterson, <br /> Also present: Council Liaison Gary Meehlhause <br />3.Approval of Agenda and Minutes. <br />A. Approve Agenda. <br />Chair R. Warren introduced the Preliminary Agenda. <br />MOTION, by R Scholl, and seconded, by B. King Jr., to adopt the Preliminary Agenda as presented. <br />Discussion for changes was requested, none were offered. Motion Adopted. <br />B. Approve Minutes. <br />Chair R. Warren asked for review of the Secretary's March 15, 2022, minutes. <br />MOTION, by G. Quick, and seconded, by B. King Jr., to approve the Minutes as presented. Discussion <br />for changes was requested, none were offered. Motion Adopted. <br />4.Citizens Comment from the Floor. <br />No citizens asked to speak. <br />5.Reports of Chair. <br />Chair R. Warren reported on his health status to the Commission. <br />6.Reports of Members. <br />No Commission members made reports. <br />7.Unfinished Business. <br />A. Chapter 4 Nominations and Elections. Chair R. Warren introduced the topic for discussion and asked if <br />all members had a copy of the report presented at the March 2022 meeting. Chair then asked to go through <br />the reports four points in order to seek consensus for what and how to modifying the charter language the <br />four points address. Commission discussion occurred in the following order: <br />Item 4) Chapter 4, Section 4.02, Subdivision 2 Term Limits. Discussion occurred on the history of the <br />language and past attempts to remove. The Chair was directed to seek legal opinion for the proper process, <br />if the Charter Commission agreed, to remove the language, which the MN Supreme Court has ruled <br />unconstitutional in past. <br />Item 1) Length of time for Council Appointment of vacant council seat. The consensus of the Commission <br />was to leave the 365 day language and make no changes. <br />Item 3) What constitutes a vacancy. The consensus of the Commission was to add a reference to Chapter 4 <br />which points to Chapter 2, Section 2.05 vacancy clause. <br />Item 2) Special Election timing. The Chair was directed to seek Ramsey County Elections for an opinion of <br />the time they require to conduct a special election. <br />The Secretary was asked to prepare memos for the Chair to submit to the City Administrator on the legal <br />opinion and election timing opinion, to draft language for item 3 (if answered item 4 and 2), and report <br />back to the Commission with the draft language at its next meeting. <br />8.New Business <br />There was no new business presented. <br />Page 1 of 2