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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-12-2003 Mounds View Charter Commission June 12,2003 • Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes Meeting June 12, 2003 1. Call to order - The meeting came to order at 7:05 p.m. 2. Roll Call—Present-B. Amundsen, B. Doty, M. Eenigenburg, D. Freimuth, J. Miller, B. Mori, J. Thomas, M. Sandback, W. Werner, Sr. Absent- D. Mandoza 3. Approval of agenda and minutes Motion by B. Doty, second J. Miller to approve agenda as written UNANIMOUS APPROVAL Motion by B. Doty, second B. Mori to approve minutes of May 8, 2003 as amended with replacement in item 8.b)replacing"excuse"with"removal of'. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL 4. Citizens comments from the floor None presented. 5. Reports of the Chair • Chair Thomas recognized and welcomed Matt Eenigenburg newly appointed member. Chair reported the resignation of Daniel Sach Le,who is moving out of the community, and Duane McCarty. 6. Reports of members None presented. 7. Unfinished Business Ill Page 1 of 3 Mounds View Charter Commission June 12,2003 • Charter Chapter 7, Section 7.03 and 7.06: Chair Thomas introduced and welcomed Charlie Hansen,Mounds View Finance Director. Charlie presented information about the cities budgeting timeline dates, the states statutory timeline dates and public input dates to assist the Commission in understanding the budgetary process. Mr. Hansen suggested that public input could start as early as August,when preliminary materials are presented to the Council in work session. He indicated that public notice of the August work session, two weeks in advance,would not be a burden in the process. Mr. Hansen also provided information about the cities budget and explained that today it has about 200 objects in each fund. Mr. Hansen verbally recommended department level controls rather than current Charter requirement for Council control of"objects". 8. New Business a. Review proposed change to Bylaws changing size of the Charter Commission from 15 to 11. Resolution 2003-03. Chair Thomas advised the Commission that he received advise from Judge Moriarity and they agreed that the resolution was appropriate tool for changing the size of the Commission. Motion by B. Doty, second by J. Miller to approved Resolution 2003-03 as presented changing the Commission By-laws, Article 1, Section 4 by replacing"15"with"11". Discussion occurred concerning the results of approval of the resolution will be a smaller size Commission will allow a smaller quorum and also potential • for a smaller decision body that could affect the Charter in positive and negative ways. The immediate positive result will allow the Commissions work to proceed,where it has not been able to for a number of months due to membership attendance. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL b. Review of changes for Charter, Chapter 5. Chair Thomas provided both "corrected" and"new" language versions of the chapter for review by the Commission. B. Mori and M Sandback supported the"new"version approach for future reviews of the chapter. Motion by B. Mori, second by J. Miller to add to next months agenda a Review of Chapter 5 language for 3 sections or maximum of 45 minutes to provide the Commission the ability to determine if"new" format will be best to work from. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL c. Review meeting schedule for Aug 2003 through January 2004 Resolution 2003-02. Motion by B. Doty, second B. Mori, to approve resolution as corrected setting August l4t , September 11, October 9,November 13, and December 11 of 2003 and January 8, 2004 as meeting dates for the Commission. UNANMIOUS APPROVAL • Page 2 of 3 Mounds View Charter Commission June 12,2003 d. Discussion of next month's agenda items Consensus was to 1. Review Chapter 5 for 45 minutes 2. Review Chapter 7.06 for 15 minutes 3. Review Chapter 2.06 for 15 minutes 4. Review Chapter 9 for 15 minutes 5. Review Chapter 7.12 for 15 minutes 9. Adjournment Motion by J. Miller, second by B. Doty to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 9:28 p.m. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL Respectfully submitted, Brian Amundsen, Secretary 204(ZOC)3 eirfet-44 • • Page 3 of 3 , of CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING Mounds 7:00 PM Thursday, June 12, 2003 0 View Mounds View City Hall Council Chambers Charter Commission Preliminary AGENDA •Chair 1. Call to Order Jonathan J Thomas j 763-784-5205 2. Roll Call Vice Chair Michele Sandback 763-783-1770 _ Jonathan J Thomas _ Bill Doty _William Mori Michele Sandback _ Matthew Eenigenburg Daniel Sach Le 2id Vice Chair Daniel Freimuth Dana Mandoza William Werner, Sr Daniel Freimuth 763-780-3371 Brian Amundsen _ Jean Miller Secretary Brian Amundsen 3. Approval of agenda and minutes 763-786-5699 Bill Doty Review and approve agenda 763-786-3421 Approval of May 8, 2003 Minutes Matthew Eenigenburg 763- 83-7216 4. Citizens comments from the floor 0Da el Sach Le ; 763-783-5943 5. Reports of the Chair Dana Mandoza 763-784-8942 6. Reports of members Jean Miller 7. Unfinished Business 763-786-3959 William Mori 763-784-3645 8. New Business William Werner Sr 763-784-3603 45 min Presentation and open forum discussion of city budget and taxation issues by Charlie Hansen 15 min Review proposed change to Bylaws changing size of the Charter Commission from 15 to 11, Resolution 2003-03 I 30 min Review of changes for chapter 5 10 min Review meeting schedule for Aug 2003 through Jan 2004 Resolution 2003-032 15 min Discuss next months and future agenda items. • 9. Adjournment