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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes — APPROVED <br />Tuesday, January 21, 2025 <br />1.Call to Order. Regular meeting came to order at 6:31 PM. <br />2.Roll Call. Present:B. Amundsen, K. Mills, J. Peterson, R. Scholl, A. Urlacher, R. Warren <br />Excused:M. Meehan <br />Absent:E. James, G. Quick <br />Also present: Council Liaison Gary Meehlhause <br />3.Approval of Agenda and Minutes . <br />A. Approve Agenda. <br />Chair R. Warren introduced the Preliminary Agenda. Discussion was requested. R. Scholl asked to extend <br />7A to 30 minutes. Chair R. Warren asked for the agenda be adopted as amended. MOTION, by R. <br />Scholl, and seconded, by K. Mills, to approve the agenda as amended. Motion Adopted 6-0 <br />B. Approve Minutes. <br />Chair R. Warren asked for review of the Secretary's November 19, 2024, Meeting Minutes. Discussion <br />occurred for typo's. MOTION, by B. Amundsen, and seconded, by J. Peterson, to approve the Meeting <br />Minutes as amended. Motion Adopted 6-0 <br />4.Citizens Comment from the Floor. <br />None presented. <br />5.Reports of Chair. <br />Chair R. Warren announced that the commission annual report to the court was filed. <br />6.Reports of Members. <br />Secretary B. Amundsen reported that American Legal update of the Charter is still pending for the <br />website, and further, that each member received an attendance report of 2024/25 for their own tracking. <br />Also, B. Amundsen sent the courts record of appointments to all members. <br />Commissioner J. Peterson ask for the status of “How to change the charter” document for posting on the <br />website. City attorney has reported that he was working on it, but it's not yet ready for the website. <br />Commissioner R. Scholl reported that when searching the website, the commission court contacts aren't <br />correct. She was asked to contact the city web master about a possible search function error. <br />7.Unfinished Business. <br />A. Discussion of Chapter 4 Nominations and Elections – 4.05 Vacancy appointment allowance . <br />Chair R. Warren requested the Secretary to provide status of this issue. B. Amundsen reported that the <br />Commission tabled the issue in November 2024 for further discussion at this meeting. R. Scholl reported <br />on research and provided some materials. Discussion occurred with council liaison Gary Meehlhause, <br />who provided his thoughts of the Council's September 2024 discussion. The Council discussion was <br />about four items: a) expanding the list of potential persons, b) who will contact the proposed replacement <br />person and how much time is allowed for a response (reasonable amount of time not to exceed one <br />week), c) can whoever accepted be an automatic appointment, and d) what is the total elapsed time of <br />when the vacancy by appointment would occur. Chair R. Warren directed that the commissions original <br />resolution, along with the city attorney's September 19, 2024, memorandum, be sent to all commissioners <br />until this topic is settled. Chair R. Warren asked the Secretary to invite the city attorney to the next <br />commission meeting to clarify the city attorney's memorandum issues. Additionally the Commission <br />would like to ask if an election notice can be issued about an potential or expected vacancy if a council <br />member was running for mayors office during the council members 2 year, and does the Council have to <br />approve any vacancy appointment? <br />Page 1 of 2