City of

Mounds
View

Charter Commission

Chair

Jonathan J Thomas

763-784-5205

Vice Chair

Bill Doty

763-786-3421

2nd Vice Chair

Roger Stigney

763-786-3156

Secretary

Jean Miller

763-786-3959

Mary Amirahmadi

763-786-3477

Brian Amundsen

763-786-5699

Daniel Freimuth

763-780-3371

Bradley Jahnke

763-780-4900

Daniel Sach Le

763-783-5943

Sharon L Linke

763-786-4696

Dana Ray Mandoza

763-784-8942

Duane McCarty

763-784-6074

William Mori

763-784-3645

Michele Sandback

763-783-1770

William Werner Sr

763-784-3603

Mounds View Charter Commission Annual Report

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October 10, 2002

Honorable J Thomas Mott, Chief Judge

Ramsey County District Court

1010 Courthouse

15 W Kellogg Blvd

Saint Paul, MN 55102

Honorable Judge Mott:

SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTIVITY: December '01 through September '02

December 13, 2001

Meeting cancelled due to lack of quorum.

January 10, 2002

Letter and explanatory attachment for Charter Chapter 6.02 Sub.3, Heads of Departments reporting, was approved and forwarded to the Mayor and City Council. Discussion continued on Chapter 7, Systems of Taxation, and the Mission Statement.

February 7, 2002

Discussions continued on Charter Chapter 3.07, Signing and Publication of Ordinances; Chapter 7, Systems of Taxation; and Mission Statement. Approved forwarding names of those who had missed four consecutive meetings to the judge for removal as per our by-laws.

March 14, 2002

Meeting adjourned due to lack of quorum.

April 11, 2002

A draft of a proposed resolution regarding Charter Chapter 3.07 was presented and discussed. Reviewed and discussed Charter Commission By-Laws and the need for amendments. Mission statement was adopted.

May 9, 2002

Meeting was called to order then, due to a member leaving ill, had to be adjourned due to a lack of quorum.

June 13, 2002

Approved Resolution 2002-01, a recommendation to amend Charter Chapter 3.07 Signing and Publication of Ordinances, and forwarded it on to the Mayor and City Council, (This was later approved by the council unanimously and adopted by ordinance). Approved Resolution 2002-02, Charter Commission Mission Statement. Approved Resolution 2002-03, a meeting schedule for the next 6 months.

Mounds View Charter Commission Annual Report	Page 2 of 2

July 11, 2002

Approved Resolution 2002-04, amending the Charter Commission By-Laws.

August 8, 2002

No business could be conducted due to a lack of quorum. A member of the public questioned whether the Charter addresses a citizen's ability to address the City Council at a work session. Eric Willette, Policy Research Manager, LMNC, did a very nice presentation on various aspects of taxation in relation to Charter Chapter 7 discussions.

September 12, 2002

Approved Charter Commission By-Laws as amended. Members agreed to hold a candidates' forum inviting the candidates for local City Council / Mayoral positions at the October 10th meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Jonathan J Thomas	Jean Miller

Chair, Mounds View Charter Commission	Secretary, Mounds View Charter Commission

CC Kathleen Miller, Mounds View City Clerk-Administrator