Secretary Amundsen Report - American Legal 03-02-2023

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Secretary's Report of Typo and Date inconsistency Items prior to Codification of Charter. above. Absent clear instructions to the contrary, we shall retain your charter exactly as it is presently edited. (end of ALP report) Status At the November 2022 Commission discussion of codification progress, the Secretary reported that he was told there were some typo issues to address. Chair R. Warren directed Secretary B. Amundsen to find-out what were the specific details and what needed to happen as a result. After receiving the complete APL Editor's comments (presented above), reviewing the report for details, and corresponding with the city and city attorney, Kennedy and Gravens (K&G), this report is being presented for discussion and action. The Commission has been advised to determine how it would like to proceed. That advice comes without direction that the typo's must be fixed for any legal reason, other than what APL has brought out. If the Commission would like to make the changes, then it is K&G's opinion that the Commission will need to issue resolution(s) to incorporate the suggested corrections. K&G suggested the typo's can be handled with a single resolution referencing an attachment of the complete marked up Charter, using the standard manner of cross-outs and inserts. Because ALP suggest there are multiple instances of the date/numeric, possessive apostrophe, and subdivision issues, a more thorough review of the Charter, to find all incidences of these type of errors, was a prudent next step before presenting the resolution to the Commission. Below is the results of how many and what changes would be needed for those three issues. The research found that 13 pages of the 28 pages of the Charter required some form of typo change. Chapter 1 Name, Boundaries, Powers, and General Provisions Is on one page and has no corrections required. Chapter 2 Form of Government Is on two pages and one page needs the ALP referenced deletion of a duplicate “Subdivision 1”. Chapter 3 Council Procedure Is on three pages and two need the ALP referenced corrections and also may need subdivision for multiple paragraphs to Section 3.07 for consistency as indicated by ALP. Chapter 4 Nomination and Elections Is on two pages, both need the recently passed updates, but additionally has eight “number (x)-day” corrections needed in other subdivisions. Chapter 5 Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Is five pages but none need correction. Chapter 6 Administration of City Affairs Is one page and needs the ALP City Code reference updated. Chapter 7 Taxation and Finances Is seven pages long and four pages need updates of number written or hyphen correction, as well as addition of subdivision in two sections for consistency of form. Chapter 8 Public Improvements and Special Assessments Is two pages and needs number numerically added or hyphen correction, need 8.04 Subdivision 1 Procedures process improved for readability, and added subdivisions in 8.06 Update: March 2, 2023 page 2 of 4