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Mounds View City Council October 25, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 6 • Mayor Linke stated that basically all this was doing is sending this as a recommendation to the Charter Commission to look at, and that the City Attorney can look at it once they bring it back, and at that point they would look at the amendment or revision portion of it. MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Gunn. To send the recommendations regarding Chapter 5 and the letter from Duane McCarty to the Charter Commission for their comments. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. G. Resolution 6352, Adding Section 3.45 to the Mounds View Personnel Policy Regarding Retirement Health Savings Plans. Finance Director Hansen stated that this item has been discussed several times this year, and it's the same proposal that has been discussed since the beginning of September. MOTION/SECOND. Gunn/Linke. To waive the reading and adopt Resolution 6352, Adding Section 3.45 to the Mounds View Personnel Policy Regarding Retirement Health Savings Plan. Council Member Stigney stated he was under the impression that they were going to look at the Health Savings Plan along with the Health Retirement Account when the League of Minnesota Cities comes up with a complete package, and he thought this would be jumping the gun on that. • MOTION/SECOND. Stigney/Marty. To postpone this item until the Council has heard back from the League of Minnesota Cities. Finance Director Hansen stated that he had spoke to Erin Ryan at the League of Minnesota Cities, who had given him no compelling reasons for delaying this item. Council Member Gunn stated that she didn't see a problem with giving the employees the opportunity to get this- started, it's in one of the contracts, and that she agreed with Finance Director Hansen that there wasn't a problem with starting this one without the other. Council Member Stigney stated that they should look at them in conjunction with the other, and that the League of Minnesota Cities is doing an analysis of that. He stated he failed to see the rush. Finance Director Hansen stated that the City isn't funding this; the employees are. Council Member Stigney stated that you have to look at them in comparison, and not in isolation. Council Member Marty stated he understood what Council Member Stigney was saying, and he asked whether this was time critical in any way. . Council Member Gunn stated that this was optional to employees, and they could make this available to those employees who would be able to put this to good use right now.