HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-25-1993 MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION MINUTES
MAY 25 , 1993
I . Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Sue Hankner
at 7 : 05 p .m. in the Mounds View City Hall .
II . Roll Call
Present : Lloyd Bardwell , Virgil Beyer , Sue Hankner , Jerry
Linke , Duane McCarty , Richard Oman , Pat Rickaby , Laurie Schley ,
Julie Trude , Arlene Werdien and Ruth White .
Absent (excused ) : Len Burgers , Dave Long , Bob Toborg and Ray
Vandeveer .
III . Approval of Minutes
Motion by Duane McCarty , second by Virgil Beyer , to excuse
those who were unexcused at the previous meeting . Motion
passed with 10 ayes and 1 nay .
Motion by Jerry Linke , second by Duane McCarty , to approve
the Minutes of the May 11 , 1993 meeting as amended by the
previous motion . Passed unanimously .
IV . New Business - Review of Charter Set Asides
§5 . 01 - Initiative , Referendum & Recall
The consensus of the commission was to delete the word "resolutions "
from this section as advised by Mr . Kennedy . After discussion ,
the commission also agreed by consensus to include the " city
budget ordinance" language in this section such as that found
in the Model Charter and in Mr . Kennedy ' s memorandum ( insert :
"excepting an ordinance relating to the annual city budget " ) .
Many commissioners also considered it important to cross
reference §3 . 04 , subd . 2 of the charter in this §5 . 01 because
§3 . 04 requires the council to legislate only through ordinances .
§5 . 02 Petition Provisions
After discussing whether petitioners should be required to
state the full text of any petition on any page with signatures ,
the commissioners decided instead to include a requirement
that the certificate , verified by oath by each circulator
of the petition include a clause that each person signing
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the petition was presented with the full text of the petition .
The advantages and disadvantages of including a sample petition
in the charter as done in Crystal was discussed . Sue Hankner
volunteered to draft the language of Chapter 5 and offered
to include a sample petition in her draft for the commission
to review. The decision on whether to keep a sample petition
would be reserved until the draft was reviewed by the commission .
§5 . 03 - Threshold of Petitioners to Cause an Election
After discussing the actual numbers of petitioners required
to cause an election for a voter initiative or referendum,
the commission agreed to adopt the new standard of "20% who
voted for mayor in the last preceding general election . "
There was no discussion of recall petitions . The 10 days
review time for the Clerk-Administrator to examine the petitions
will be clarified by the language " 10 working days . "
§5 . 04 Disposition of Petition
The commission agreed it was necessary to make two changes
in this section : ( 1 ) allow the petition to be presented
to the "Clerk-Administrator or their designee , " and ( 2 ) clarify
the time for presenting a recall petition to the council
as "five working days . "
$5 . 05 - Initiative
The words " or resolution " need to be deleted to conform with
§5 . 01 .
§5 . 07 & §5 . 08 Referendum & Recall
These sections need to be conformed to the preceding sections ,
deleting "or resolution . "
§5 . 08 - Recall
After discussing the use of the recall section and whether
to delete "misfeasance " the commission decided to make no
changes .
§6 . 02 Administrative Organization
The consensus is to include a statement authorizing the clerk-
administrator to delegate duties . The commission ' s goal
is to authorize the clerk-administrator to delegate duties
while remaining accountable for the performance of subordinates .
Richard Oman volunteered to re-write Chapter 6 incorporating
these goals and following the second alternative he proposed
for §6 . 03 . (One other small change to be included is to
add the word " office " at the end of §6 . 02 , subd . 1 . No changes
were made to §6 . 04 .
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V . Agenda for Meeting of June 8
The following agenda for the meeting of 6/8/93 at 7 p . m.
was agreed upon :
I . Review proposed re-drafts of Chapters
7 , 9 , 10 , 11 & 12
II . Review Don Brager ' s comments on Chapter 8 ( when
available , he has not
been contacted yet)
The secretary offered to contact Don Brager , City Treasurer ,
to ask for his input on Chapter 8 , Public Improvements and
Special Assessments .
The June 22nd meeting agenda will include old business , discussion
of mayor ' s term, term limits and primaries . Proponents of
change are requested to submit potential language to be considered
by the commission .
V . Future Agendas
AGENDA JUNE 8 , 1993 , 7 p . m .
I . Review proposed re-drafts of Chapters
7 , 9 , 10 , 11 & 12
II . Review Don Brager ' s comments on Chapter 8 ( when
available , he has not been contacted yet )
AGENDA JUNE 22 , 1993 , 7 p .m.
I . Finish business remaining from 6/8/93
II . Discuss Mayor ' s Term
III . Discuss term limits ( need proposal to consider )
IV . Discuss proposed primary language
V . Discuss any other proposed language .
Proponents of change ( i . e . on mayor ' s term , term limits ,
primaries , other ) are requested to submit potential language
to be considered by the commission .
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V . Future Agendas
AGENDA JUNE 8 , 1993 , 7 p .m.
1 . Review proposed re-drafts of Chapters
7 , 9 , 10 , 11 & 12
2 . Review Don Brager ' s comments on Chapter 8 ( when
available ; he has not been contacted yet)
AGENDA JUNE 22 , 1993 , 7 p .m.
1 . Finish business from 6/8/93
2 . Discuss mayor ' s term
3 . Discuss term limits (need proposal to consider )
4 . Discuss proposed primary language
5 . Discuss other re-drafts (Chapters 1 - 6 , 8 )
Proponents of change ( i . e . on mayor ' s term, term limits ,
primaries ) are requested to submit potential language to
be considered by the commission .
VI . Adjournment
Upon the motion of Richard Oman , seconded by Virgil Beyer ,
the commission members voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting
at 9 : 14 p .m.
Respectfully submitted
Julie Trude
Secretary