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Charter <br />Commission <br />Chair <br />Russell Warren <br />763-786-3591 <br />Vice Chair <br />Rebecca Scholl <br />651-503-3999 <br />2nd Vice Chair <br />Jerry Peterson <br />612-607-3953 <br />Secretary <br />Brian Amundsen <br />763-786-5699 <br />Assistant Secretary <br />Karen Mills <br />952-913-7774 <br />Edeth James <br />763-443-5655 <br />Matthew Meehan <br />763-221-1436 <br />Gary Quick <br />763-786-4631 <br />Amber Urlacher <br />612-859-9082 <br />CHARTER COMMISSION of MOUNDS VIEW <br />Annual Report <br />Honorable Chief Judge Sara Grewing <br />1350 Courthouse <br />15 West Kellogg Boulevard <br />St. Paul, MN 55102 <br />Summary of Commission Activity: January 2025 to November 2025 <br />January 21, 2025, Adopted motions to approve agenda and previous meeting <br />minutes. Continued discussion of potential charter amendment for council vacancy <br />appointment allowance. Motion approved to invite the City Council to a joint <br />meeting on March 18. Election of charter commission officers to two year terms as <br />required by commission bylaws, and names reported to the Court. <br />March 18, 2025, Joint meeting with City Council to discuss the council's perspective <br />on need to amend the Charter with an allowance for temporary appointments until a <br />special election can be held to fill a council position becoming vacant. <br />During regular meeting adopted motions to approve agenda and previous regular <br />meeting minutes. Commission continued discussion of vacancy appointment methods <br />and for mayoral duties to be limited during a temporary appointment. <br />May 20, 2025, Adopted motions to approve agenda and previous meetings minutes. <br />Discussion and review of city attorney recommended language to address council <br />vacancy appointment process. Adopted motions approving various city attorney <br />recommended optional language choices for the amendment drafting. <br />July 15, 2025, Adopted motions to approve agenda and previous meeting minutes. <br />Discussion continuation on vacancy appointment process and new topic of financing <br />street and park reconstruction funding. <br />September 16, 2025, Adopted motions to approve agenda and previous meeting <br />minutes. Adopted Resolution 2025-01 Resolution Recommending Amendment of the <br />Mounds View Charter by Ordinance to Chapter 2 and 4 related to making <br />appointments to fill vacancies in elected office. <br />November 21, 2023, Adopted motions to approve agenda and previous meeting <br />minutes. Adopted resolution 2025-02 for the commission's 2026 meeting dates. <br />Adoption of the 2025 Annual Report to the Court. Discussion of various funding <br />methods for street and park reconstruction programs, which might require charter <br />language amendments. <br />___________________________________________ <br />Russell Warren, Chair Brian Amundsen, Secretary