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Updates from the Administrator October 26, 2009 Page 2 4. Commission Vacancies As I 've already reported , the City is accepting applications from residents to serve on Mounds View commissions and committees . There are expiring seats on all of these groups and the deadline to submit an application is October 30 . The Oct 30th deadline leaves a full month for the individual commissions and committees to review the applications and make recommendations to the City Council , which is planned to occur on December 14th. Ramsey County has notified the City that they too have openings on County wide commissions and committees. The Streets and Utilities Committee has opted to NOT review the applications, leaving that process solely in the hands of the Council The Focus just ran an article about the vacancies—thank you Paul Rignell ! 5. Charter Commission Meeting The Charter Commission met on Wednesday, October 14 , 2009 . The Commission further discussed a potential amendment to the Charter to remove the requirement to adopt the five-year financial plan by ordinance . The final version of the proposed amendment will .likely be considered at their next meeting . The Commission also discussed the title of the Clerk-Administrator, with the group reviewing a draft resolution that replaced all instances of "Clerk-Administrator" with "City Administrator" . After their meeting , which concluded at 8 pm , the Commission hosted an informal open house with snacks and refreshments . Assistant Administrator Crane and I attended as did Council Member Mueller, Gary Rundle from the Planning Commission also attended the open house . 6. North Metro Mayors Association Meeting I attended the NMMA board meeting in Brooklyn Park Wednesday evening , October 215t. Much was discussed , including an update on a potential cooperative purchasing program , a review of the 2010 — 2014 NMMA work plan (attached ) , membership dues , LGA, new non-profit accounting standards and other budget issues . The work plan will be reviewed by the operating committee in November and then brought back to a vote of the Board in December. Joseph Strauss reminded everyone about nominations for " Business of the Year. Joseph asked whether there were any bonding projects that the NMMA could endorse and help present to the legislature . I renewed the City's strong desire to have a soundwall erected on the south side of Highway 10 and indicated we would welcome any support that could be offered through NMMA. 7, YMCA Management Agreement A revised management agreement has been forwarded to the YMCA for their review. The revisions will allow greater accountability for costs associated with the oversight of the recreation programming and the event center operations . The monthly (or bimonthly) advisory committee meetings have been instrumental in dealing with programming , recreation , operational and maintenance issues at the Community Center. The agreement has been forwarded to the attorney to ensure the City is protected from a legal consideration . (Kennedy & Graven drafted the original agreement in 1999 . )