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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes — APPROVED <br />Tuesday, January 16, 2024 <br />1.Call to Order. Regular meeting came to order at 6:30 PM. <br />2.Roll Call. Present:B. Amundsen, E. James, J. Peterson, R. Scholl, R. Warren <br />Excused:D. Erickson, M. Meehan <br />Absent:G. Quick, A. Pratt <br />Also present: Council Liaison Gary Meehlhause, City Administrator Nyle Zikmund, City <br />Attorney Joe Sathe (via video conference) <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. Amundsen, to adopt the Preliminary Agenda as presented. <br />No discussion occurred. Motion Adopted 5-0 <br />B. Approve Minutes. <br />Chair R. Warren asked for review of the Secretary's November 21, 2023, Meeting Minutes. <br />MOTION, by E. James, and seconded, by J. Peterson, to approve the Meeting Minutes as amended. <br />Discussion occurred amending a spelling and attaching Gary Meehlhause public comments as an addendum <br />to the approved minutes. Motion Adopted 5-0 <br />4.Citizens Comment from the Floor. <br />None presented. <br />5.Reports of Chair. <br />Chair R. Warren commented that the Commission's Annual Report had been sent to the Court in December. <br />6.Reports of Members. <br />None presented. <br />7.Unfinished Business. <br />A. Legal response to Council multi vacancy question. Secretary B. Amundsen reported that city attorney J. <br />Sathe was present to answer questions from the November meeting, and a latter email response sent to all <br />members and handed out this evening. No commissioners had any questions from the materials at this time. <br />B. Resolution 2023-07 “Bylaws Article III Meetings”. Secretary B. Amundsen reported on the current <br />status of the Bylaws amendment. The draft presented this evening is the current form and includes a <br />paragraph to address when a special meeting is required to meet statutory requirements for petitions. B. <br />Amundsen recommended only one additional change to change “shall” to “may” in the added paragraph. <br />Motion, by B. Amundsen, and seconded, by J. Peterson, to change the word “shall” to “may” in the <br />added paragraph. No further discussion.Motion adopted 5-0 <br />Motion, by B. Amundsen, and seconded, by J. Peterson, to adopt Resolution 2024-02, as amended, <br />regarding Commission Bylaws Article III Meetings. Discussion occurred about the resolution number <br />being changed to 2024-02. City attorney J. Sathe recommended using 2024-02 and it was accepted by the <br />motion maker and seconder to change the number. Voting Aye: B. Amundsen, E. James, J. Peterson, R. <br />Warren. Voting Nay: R. Scholl Motion adopted 4-1 <br />C. Resolution 2023-09 “Bylaws Article IV Amendments”. Secretary B. Amundsen reported on the current <br />draft and recommended dropping the language of Article IV Section 2. City attorney J. Sathe also <br />recommended the section be dropped and be moved to a separate document for training of commission <br />members. J. Sathe talked further about the signature thresholds for different types of petition. Secretary B. <br />Amundsen asked to replace this resolution, with one properly worded to strike Section 2, and do nothing <br />with it tonight. Consensus was to keep similar language in a separate document and post on the web site. <br />Page 1 of 2