HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-24-1982 MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION
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MINUTES
MARCH 24, 1982 •
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I. MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN DOTY AT 7:33 P.M.
II. ABSENT: RICHARD LYKKE
CURTIS SCHMIDT
GUESTS: D. BRAGER, CITY FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
D. PAULEY, CITY CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR
R. MEYERS, CITY ATTORNEY
C. FORSLUND, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
III. MOTION MADE BY D. MC CARTY THAT THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9, 1981, BE APPROVED
AS PRESENTED. SECONDED BY J. MILLER. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
IV. CITY ATTORNEY, DICK MEYERS, ADDRESSED THE COMMISSION RELATIVE TO A POSSIBLE
AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER TO INCORPORATE LANGUAGE SIMILAR TO THAT IN
MINNESOTA STATUTE 412.301 IN ORDER TO PERMIT THE CITY TO ISSUE "EQUIPMENT
DEBT CERTIFICATES" OUTSIDE THE CITY'S EXISTING LEVY LIMIT, WHICH IS NOT IN
OUR HOME RULE CHARTER.
AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, MOTION MADE BY N. LOEDING THAT THE CHARTER
COMMISSION SEES NO NEED TO AMEND THE CITY CHARTER TO INCORPORATE LANGUAGE
AS STATED IN M.S. 412.301 WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE
"EQUIPMENT DEBT CERTIFICATES" OUTSIDE THE CITY'S EXISTING LEVY LIMIT.
SECONDED BY J. MILLER. MOTION PASSED. VOTE BY RAISING OF HANDS:
IN FAVOR: 10
OPPOSED: 3
V. REFERENCE TO ITEM NO. IV OF THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9, 1981, R. WARREN REQUESTED
TO BE RELIEVED OF ORGANIZING AND LISTING THE RULES OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION, AS
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS TASK AND HE DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
VI. REFERENCE TO ITEM NO. VII OF THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9, 1981, C. ZIEBARTH
WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING, AND UPON QUESTIONING BY THE CHAIRMAN,
REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE LAST 2 MEETINGS BECAUSE OF BEING OUT OF TOWN
AND BECAUSE OF ILLNESS. THEREUPON, A MOTION WAS MADE BY D. MC CARTY, SECONDED
BY B. WERNER, THAT CAROL BE EXCUSED FROM PAST NON-ATTENDANCE OF MEETINGS.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
M. V. CHARTER COMMISSION MINUTES OF 3/24/82 - (CONT'D.) PAGE (2)
VII. N. LOEDING ADDRESSED THE COMMISSION REGARDING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR
NOT THE CHARTER SHOULD BE AMENDED IN THE AREA OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION,
PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF MORE CLEARLY DEFINING THE DUTIES OF THE CLERK-
ADMINISTRATOR, SO THERE WOULD BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING AS TO THE AUTHORITY OF
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF THE CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR.
RECENT CONFLICTS OVER "TURF" BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR IN
THE AREAS OF PAY RAISES, BUDGET REVISIONS AND CITY REORGANIZATION WERE CITED -
AS REASONS WHY THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, A MOTION WAS MADE BY R. WARREN THAT A "CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR
DUTIES REVIEW COMMITTEE" BE ESTABLISHED WITH 5 MEMBERS, TWO OF WHICH SHOULD
BE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. SECONDED BY N. LOEDING. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE FOLLOWING WERE APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE: BILL DOTY, COUNCILMEMBER
DON HODGES, COUNCILMEMBER
NEIL LOEDING
BILL WERNER
RUTH WHITE
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE WAS SET FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 20TH, AT 7:30 P.M.,
AT CITY HALL.
VIII. MOTION MADE BY B. WERNER, SECONDED BY D. MC CARTY, THAT THE MEETING BE
ADJOURNED. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
ADJOURNED: 9:50 P.M.
RU J. WITE, SECRETARY