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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes
Meeting October 14, 2004
1. Call to order - The meeting came to order at 7:03 PM
2. Roll Call—Present-B. Amundsen, B. Doty, J. Miller, B. Mori, M.Sandback,
B. Thomas, J. Thomas, William Werner, Sr
Absent—
Excused- M. Eenigenburg
3. Approval of agenda and minutes
Motion by B. Doty, second by J. Miller to approve agenda as amended adding 10
minutes to elect 2°d Vice Chair for vacancy and move New Business before
Unfinished Business UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
Motion by B. Thomas, second by B. Doty to approve minutes of Sept. 9, 2004 as
corrected with page numbers added to footer. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
4. Citizens comments from the floor
Roger Stigney—Personal comments speaking to Chapter 7 section 6, 7 and 8.
5. Reports of the Chair
a. Review Commission Member Qualifications. Statute 410.05 specifies
membership elegibility. Because of the residency requirement and Dan
Friemuth moving out of Mounds View, he would no longer qualify as
Commission member creating an open seat and open 2nd Vice Chair.
b. Membership Appreciation. Chair offered sincere appreciation to Dan Friemuth
and Michelle Sandback, for their service to the Commission over the years. —� L
c. Council Action on Commission Resolutions 2003-04. Chair reviewed
Council action on language amendments from Resolution 2003-04. Council
approved language amendments via Ordinance 742, 748 and 749,respectively
Chapter 2.06, Chapter 4.05, and Chapter 9.01. Chapter 5 language was not
approved and will be returned with suggestions for clarification and
modifications.
d. Candidate Forum Report. Chair offered appreciation to Barb Haake for —
moderating the Candidate forum. Attendance was estimated at 50 people. The
Commission's question about Chapter 7 and budget control wasn't asked since
the audience had enough questions to fill the time allotted.
6. Reports of members
None presented
2. New Business
a. Election of new 2nd Vice Chair. Motion by B. Amundsen, second by B. Doty
to unanimously declare J. Miller 2nd Vice Chair. UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED
b. Review of Annual Report: Draft Report was reviewed. Commission
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forwarded to the Court.
c. Discuss Next Months Agenda: Chapter 7 finalization, Chapter 11, and
Chapter 6 subd. 4
8. Unfinished Business
a. Review Charter 7 Section 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 7.08, 7.10, 7.11 and 7.12.
Discussion with Commission about the suggested language changes
for draft 9 occurred., recap here:
7.04 subd. 03 Delete added language "by June 1". Add"changes"between
"any major"and"in financial policies".
7.04 subd. 04 Add"change by"after"subject to"and move"the City Council
and"before"MN Statute".
7.05 subd. 01 Add"st"after"June 1". Add"at least the following"between
"consist of'and"four elements".
7.06 subd. 06 Change"1"to "15L"and add space. Change sequence of"MN
Statute 275.065, as amended,the City Council, and this Charter"to "this
Charter, the City Council and MN Statute 275.065, as amended." Place a
period after"each department"in sentence five. Replace added sentence six
language with"It shall indicate the sums to be raised and from what sources
and the sums to/be spent and for what purpose." —
7.06 subd. 02 Move "as specified by MN Statute 275.065, as amened,"to
beginning of sentence. Move "before the budget is adopted for the ensuing
fi$al year"before"a public hearing".
7.06 subd. 03 Replace "an additional"with"up to".
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9. Adjournment r '
Meeting adjourned at 9:19 PM ,
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Respectfully submitted,
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Brian Amundsen,
Secretary
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CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING
Mounds 7:00 PM Thursday, Oct 14, 2004
S View Mounds View City Hall Council Chambers
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CYiarterCommission Preliminary AGENDA C:
Chair
1. Call to Order
Jonathan J Thomas
763-784-5205
2. Roll Call
Vice Chair
Michele Sandback
763-783-1770 _ Jonathan J Thomas _ Bill Doty _ Barbara Thomas
_ Michele Sandback _ Matthew Eenigenburg _William Werner, Sr
2°d Vice Chair Jean Miller
Brian Amundsen William Mori
Secretary
Brian Amundsen
763-786-5699 3. Approval of agenda and minutes
Bill Doty
763-786-3421 Review and approve agenda
Approval of Sep 9, 2004 Minutes
Matthew Eenigenburg
763-783-7216
4. Citizens comments from the floor
Jean Miller
•_786-3959
5. Reports of the Chair
William Mori
763-784-3645 6. Reports of members
Barbara Thomas
763-780-6226 7. Unfinished Business
William Werner Sr
763-784-3603 45 min Review any new information for Charter Section 7.04-7.12
8. New Business
ID Aimb
20 min Review Annual Report.
15 min Discuss next month's and future agenda items.
9. Adjournment
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