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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 <br />