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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes DRAFT <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 /> 5 Absent: E. James, G. Quick <br /> Also present: Council Liaison Gary Meehlhause <br /> 3. Approval of Agenda and Minutes. <br /> A.Approve Agenda. <br /> 10 Chair R. Warren introduced the Preliminary Agenda. Discussio requested. R. Scholl asked to extend <br /> 7A to 30 minutes. Chair R. Warren asked for the agenda be a ted as amended. MOTION,by R. <br /> Scholl, and seconded,by K. Mills, to approve the agenda ended. Motion Adopted 6-0 <br /> B.Approve Minutes. <br /> 15 Chair R. Warren asked for review of the Secretary's November 19, 2024, eting Minutes. Discussion <br /> occurred for typo's. MOTION,by B.Amundsen, and seconded,by J. P erson, to approve the Meeting <br /> Minutes as amended. Motion Adopted 6-0 <br /> 4. Citizens Comment from the Floor. <br /> 20 None presented. <br /> 5. Reports of Chair. <br /> Chair R. Warren announced that the commissi annual report to the court was filed. <br /> l <br /> 25 6. Reports of Members. <br /> Secretary B.Amundsen reported that American Leg p ate of the Charter is still pending for the <br /> website, and further, that each member received an att ance report of 2024/25 for their own tracking. <br /> Also, B.Amundsen sent the courts record of appoint is to all members. <br /> Commissioner J. Peterson ask for the status of "How to change the charter" document for posting on the <br /> 30 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 /> f <br /> 7. Unfinished Business. <br /> 35 A. Discussion of Chapter 4 Nominadis and Elections—4.05 Vacancy appointment allowance. <br /> Chair R. Warren requested the Secreta o provide status of this issue. B.Amundsen reported that the <br /> Commission tabled the issue in Novem er 2024 for further discussion at this meeting. R. Scholl <br /> reported on research and provided some materials. Discussion occurred with council liaison Gary <br /> Meehlhause, who provided his thoughts of the Council's September 2024 discussion. The Council <br /> 40 discussion was about four items: a) expanding the list of potential persons, b)who will contact the <br /> proposed replacement person and how much time is allowed for a response (reasonable amount of time <br /> not to exceed one week), c) can whoever accepted be an automatic appointment, and d) what is the total <br /> elapsed time of when the vacancy by appointment would occur. Chair R. Warren directed that the <br /> commissions original resolution, along with the city attorney's September 19, 2024, memorandum, be <br /> 45 sent to all commissioners until this topic is settled. Chair R. Warren asked the Secretary to invite the <br /> city attorney to the next commission meeting to clarify the city attorney's memorandum issues. <br /> Additionally the Commission would like to ask if an election notice can be issued about an potential or <br /> expected vacancy if a council member was running for mayors office during the council members 2 <br /> year, and does the Council have to approve any vacancy appointment? <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />