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Mounds View City Council June 12, 2000 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br />Mayor Coughlin stated Council Member Marty has chosen to use his report to offer his <br />• resignation, and he would prefer that this not degenerate into a situation of "he said, she said," <br />therefore, with this advise m mmd, Council Member Stigney could make his statements, <br />however, he did not desire the subject to be debated at this time. <br />Council Member Stigney stated, as Council Member Marty was well aware, this resignation must <br />be submitted to the Chair of the Charter Commission or to the Judge. He indicated he took <br />exception to the fact that Council Member Marty had questioned the manner in which the <br />Charter Commission is formed. He advised that the Charter Commission is formed under State <br />Legislative law, and is set up in a manner in which a District Court Judge makes appointments to <br />the Charter Commission based upon who he feels would best serve the residents' interests <br />Council Member Stigney stated he believed the Charter Commission was proceeding in exactly <br />the direction it should be, in attempting to preserve the Charter that is currently in place, and <br />attempting to strengthen its rights for the residents of the City. He indicated any proposals the <br />Charter Commission makes, such as amendments to the Charter, are required to come back <br />before the Council, and if the Council wishes to accept them, they are unanimously adopted or <br />put to the voters. He advised that the voters of the City are the persons who make such <br />decisions, and the appointed body of Charter Commission members that are currently in place <br />are elected to preserve and enhance the Charter for the residents of the City, as a protection for <br />the City. <br />Council Member Stigney stated this was his second term on the Charter Commission, and he was <br />very proud to serve on this body. He advised that this was a great organization for the City, and <br />probably the only organization in the City, which establishes the bylaws in the Constitution <br />under which the City operates with regard to residents' rights. <br />Council Member Quick clarified that the Charter Commission members were not elected, but <br />rather, appointed by a Judge. <br />Council Member Stigney accepted this clarification. <br />Mayor Coughlin stated he received a telephone call from a resident who had inquired regarding <br />the special meeting of the Charter Commission, and why it was not televised. He requested <br />either of the Charter Commission members present to respond to this inquiry. <br />Council Member Stigney stated the Commission had expected to be broadcast, however, no one <br />was present to televise the meeting. <br />Mayor Coughlin stated because of the resident's telephone call, he had inquired and was <br />informed that the Video Producer was never contacted and advised that a special meeting had <br />been scheduled. He stated the resident had desired to know at what point the Charter <br />Commission voted to put its meetings on television, and he could not answer this, but indicated <br />he believed this vote was taken on the date the Charter Commission met at the library. He added <br />that if memory serves correctly, someone had commented there was so much interest in this <br />particular meeting that once the library was closed, the meeting was continued out in the library <br />