City of

Mounds
View

Charter

Commission

Chair

Jonathan J Thomas

763.784.5205

Vice Chair

Bill Doty

763.786.3421

2nd Vice Chair

Jean Miller

763.786.3959

Secretary

Michael Haubrich

651.204.6848

Carol Mueller

763.780.1251

Barbara Thomas

763.780.6226

Thai W Vang

763.792.1750

Mounds View Charter Commission Annual Report

December 12, 2006

Honorable Greg Johnson, Chief Judge

Ramsey County District Court

1010 Courthouse

15 W. Kellogg Blvd

Saint Paul, MN 55102

Honorable Judge :

SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTIVITY: January, 2005 - November 2006

January 12, 2006

Review Charter Section 7.03. Review Chapter 5. Approval of 2005 Annual Report. Discussion of Charter Commission By-Laws. Adoption of Resolution 2006-01, setting commission meeting dates.

February 7, 2006

Discussion of Charter Section 7.03 with City Finance Director, Mark Beer. Adopted Resolution 2006-02 updating the By-Laws.

March 9, 2006

Continued Discussion of Charter Section 7.03. Reviewed updates to draft language of Chapter 5. Discussion of standardization of document mark-up.

April 4, 2006

Continued editing of draft language for Charter Section 7.03. Continued discussion of Chapter 5 draft. Review Resolution 2006-04. Adopted Resolution 2006-03 amending meeting dates.

April 18, 2006

Special joint meeting with City Council - 7:00 pm: Discussion of Charter Sections 7.03, 7.05 and Chapter 5. Discussion of Resolution 2006-05 amending Charter Sections 7.04-7.12.

Special meeting - 9:00 pm: Adoption of Resolution 2006-05 amending Charter Sections 7.04-7.12.

May 2, 2006

Continued Discussion of Section 7.03. Continued review of new draft of Chapter 5 amendments including necessary amendments to Chapter 3.

June 13, 2006

Reviewed and adopted Resolution 2006-06 submitting amendments to Charter Section 7.03 for a ballot. Continued discussion of Chapter 5. Adopted Resolution 2006-04 standardizing practices for document modifications.

July 11, 2006

Reconsideration and discussion of Resolution 2006-06. Continued review of Chapter 5. Discussion of Charter Section 7.10. Discussion of methods to promote the ballot measure.

July 20, 2006

Special Meeting with City Attorney, Scott Riggs and City Administrator, Kurt Ulrich. Discussion of Charter Section 7.03 and adoption of 2006-06a submitting amendments to Section 7.03 for a ballot.

August 15, 2006

Review Resolution 2006-07 amending Chapter 5. Review and adoption of Resolution 2006-08 amending Charter Section 7.10.

September 19, 2006

Continued review of Resolution 2006-07. Continued discussion on methods to promote the ballot issue. Reconsideration and adoption of Resolution 2006-08 as amended. Adoption of Resolution 2006-09 setting meeting dates.

October 10, 2006

Continued discussion of Chapter 5. Reviewed election procedure for ballot measure.

November 7, 2006 ***General Election***

Ballot measure amending Charter Section 7.03, limiting city tax levy increases to 5% or the CPI plus 2%, whichever is least unless approved by a referendum, passes with 78% of the vote - 3706 voted in favor and 1060 voted against.

November 14, 2006

Commissioners William Werner, Sr, Brian Amundsen and Matthew Eenigenburg left the Commission with the expiration of their terms. Commissioner Bill Doty was reappointed and new Commissioners Michael Haubrich and Thai Vang are appointed with terms expiring in 2010. Continued discussion of Chapter 5.

Respectfully submitted,

Jonathan J Thomas, Chair	, Secretary