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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes — APPROVED Tuesday, July 15, 2025 “3.(d)”. B. Amundsen questioned if line 60 should be changed, and the Commission agreed that it should read subdivision “1 or 2”. R. Scholl questioned why the chapter doesn't include when a vacancy exists? B. Amundsen asked the commission to agree that a reference to 2.05, which defines when a vacancy exists, should be added to 4.05 Subdivision 1? The reference was in previous versions and no objection was made to adding it back. Discussion continued on when does the process start. B. Amundsen requested the commission invite city attorney J. Sathe to come to the September meeting to further discuss and clarify the issue of the “vacancy date”. B. Amundsen recommended on line 53 and 68, to add reference to “Subdivision 3” after “Section 4.05”. B. Amundsen continued with suggestions, which the Commission reviewed. City Administrator N. Zikmund discussed when he would start a vacancy process, which he said was immediately once the vacancy existed. 3. Exhibit page 3: Line 106 reference needs to be changed from 2.05 to 2.04. Subdivision 4 needs underlining removed. 4. Exhibit page 4: Subdivision 5 needs underline removed. 5. Last item was in reference to original resolution. Because the current resolution is a full replacement versus the original was a partial replacement there was language in section 4.05, subdivision 3 and 5 which are now missing. B. Amundsen would like everyone to review if that language was intended to be removed. In particular to allow the council to, at its discretion, make an appointment if the included process results in no one being willing to serve. B. Amundsen would like to see legal re-incorporate that language. The Commission had no objection. B. Discussion of Chapter 7 Taxation and Finances and General Levy caps in relation to street and park financing. City Administrator N. Zikmund handed out information related to the levy impact on funding of city maintenance for streets and parks. Finance director G. Bauman will be with the commission in September to address questions. The following is a summary of the city administrator's presentation. Director G. Bauman separates out the collected levy to funds, which then are used for general purposes. There are special levies for specific funds, in our case police funding. He emphasized that streets and park funding from the general levy are inadequately funded. An example is the city water system required updating and resulted in the city selling bonds, but for the 6 million dollars almost 1.7 million will be paid for interest. Current park dedication funding is from new construction permits, which are minimal. The city administration's request to the commission is to review and determine the policy for the streets and the parks funding. City Administrator suggested the commission consider levy exception or separate levy caps for streets and parks with a new section in Chapter 7 Taxation and Financing. 8.New Business No new business was presented. 9.Next Regular Meeting. The next regular meeting of the Commission is September 16, at 6:30 PM. 10.Adjournment: With no other items for the Commission to consider, Chair R. Warren asked for motion to adjourn. MOTION made, by R. Scholl, and seconded, by B. Amundsen, to adjourn. MOTION approved 9-0. Meeting adjourned at 8:02 PM. Page 2 of 3