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Mounds View City Council November 24, 2025 Regular Meeting Page 4 specific process in order to have an appointment completed within 10 days. He then offered 1 comments on the publishing concerns he had, noting this item had not been published properly 2 within 30 days. 3 4 Mayor Lindstrom thanked Mr. Amundsen for all of his efforts on this charter amendment. He 5 asked the City Attorney to respond to Mr. Amundsen’s comment. 6 7 City Attorney Riggs explained that most cities and charter commissions do not worry about 8 timeframes, but reported Mounds View does. He indicated he would look into this matter further. 9 He recommended the City Council hold the public hearing and reported he would have further 10 comment for the Council to review at the next City Council meeting. 11 12 Robert Edmond, 7835 Groveland Road, explained he had questions and inquired why the rules 13 were being changed. 14 15 Mayor Lindstrom explained in 2023 there was a death on the City Council and the Council went 16 for a long stretch with only four members. After this occurred, the Council recommended an 17 appointment process be put in place to ensure the Council had five serving members. 18 19 Council Member Meehlhause stated former Mayor Al Hull passed away in May of 2023, and his 20 seat was not filled until November of 2023 when a special election could be held. He explained 21 the results of the election had Council Member Lindstrom moving from a Council Member to the 22 Mayor, which meant the Council still had an open seat and another special election would have to 23 be held and the Council would remain at four members. He stated the Council operated with only 24 four members for almost one year. 25 26 Luke Edmund, 8407 Spring Lake Road, expressed concern with the fact the residents would not 27 have any protection against the Commission member that was asked to serve if this individual 28 were to begin working against the City. 29 30 City Attorney Riggs reported the Charter Commission would not have anything to do with the 31 appointment, once the change was made to the charter. 32 33 Mayor Lindstrom explained that the City Administrator would reach out to individuals to fill the 34 vacancy in a temporary manner. 35 36 Council Member Meehlhause added that a special election would be held as soon as possible in 37 order for the public to vote on the Council vacancy. 38 39 Mr. Edmund thanked the City Attorney and Council for this clarification. 40 41 Hearing no further public input, Mayor Lindstrom closed the public hearing at 6:51 p.m. 42 43 MOTION/SECOND: Clark/Smith. To Waive the First Reading and Introduction of Ordinance 44 1050 Amending the City of Mounds View Charter by Revising Language Related to Vacancies in 45 Elected Office. 46