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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes — APPROVED Tuesday, November 21, 2023 B. Resolution 2023-07 Bylaws Article III Meeting resolution draft. Secretary B. Amundsen indicated that city attorney Joe Sathe and he identified an error in the requirement for the commission to meet and address a citizen petition to amend the charter. City attorney J. Sathe recommends striking the language as indicated in the draft, before the commission this evening. They also recommended that Bylaws Article IV should have the special meeting notice for a petition added. R. Scholl suggested that a note be added to the language, which refers to Article IV and other requirements requiring a meeting. Chair R. Warren asked if this was critical to act on this evening? B. Amundsen said it could wait until the next meeting in January if city attorney is able to join us. R. Scholl expressed concern that the reference to special meeting requirements for a petition is pushed to Article IV and may be time sensitive. B. Amundsen also expressed concern that there isn't a designated person who represents the Commission when it is not in session. It is connected to who would the petition be delivered to, when does the timer start for commission action. Chair R. Warren asked that what ever language is changed that it is clear to a citizen that if they have a petition what do they do next. C. Resolution 2023-09 Bylaws Article IV Amendments resolution draft. Secretary B. Amundsen indicated he and city attorney have discussed correcting the language to correct serious issues not inline with statute. City attorney hoped to respond to the draft but had not had a chance to do so. The draft before the commission is a summary with added significant language to correct errors about timing and add references to statute. The draft does not specify a step by step for each of the methods. The draft is still preliminary and feedback should be sent to Secretary B. Amundsen. Discussion occurred about petition signature and a desire to define a municipal election and what is the correct percentage of petition signatures? Secretary B. Amundsen was requested to contact the city attorney if the Bylaws can define election types and to contact Ramsey County elections to see what they use as a standard of measure for petitions. 9.Next Regular Meeting. The next regular meeting of the Commission is January 16, 2024, at 6:30 PM. Secretary B. Amundsen stated the January agenda will have city attorney Joe Sathe invited to address council vacancy, along with resolutions 2023-07, 09, and a resolution for 2024 meeting dates. He asked if the meeting resolution should be for the whole year, the consensus was to be the whole year. 10.Adjournment: With no other items for the Commission to consider, the Chair asked for motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn, by M. Meehan, and seconded, by D. Erickson. Chair R. Warren adjourned the meeting at 7:29 PM. Respectfully submitted, Brian Amundsen, Secretary, Charter Commission of Mounds View MN Approved as amended, by Charter Commission, on January 16, 2024. Attesting, Brian Amundsen, Secretary, Charter Commission of Mounds View, MN Chair R. Warren requested that Gary Meehlhause's November written statement be attached to these minutes. See next page for the document submitted by Mr. Meehlhause: Page 2 of 4