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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-13-2005 Mounds View Charter Commission January 13,2004 • Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes Meeting January 13, 2005 1. Call to order - The meeting came to order at 7:04 PM 2. Roll Call—Present-B. Amundsen, M. Eenigenburg, J. Miller, B. Mori, B. Thomas, J. Thomas, William Werner, Sr Absent—B. Doty Excused - 3. Approval of agenda and minutes Motion by B. Mori, second by J. Miller to approve agenda as corrected for item 7.b to be 4.02. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED Motion by J. Miller, second by B. Thomas to approve minutes of November 11, 2004 as corrected for spelling of"resubmission". UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED 4. Citizens comments from the floor None 5. Reports of the Chair a. Chair J. Thomas reviewed a discussion with Clerk Administrator Kurt Ulrich regarding Chapter 6.04 and Kurt confirmed the Council does appoint a treasurer each year. • b. Chair J. Thomas reminded members and the citizens that 4 open positions exist on the Charter Commission and encouraged interested citizens to consider applying. 6. Reports of members William Werner Sr. encouraged Council members to be involved in the budget details and through language of the charter. Barbara Thomas noted that the Minnesota Legislature is in session and she is working with state staff on corrections to "filingla vacancy" language in MN Statute _ 410. £ 7. Unfinished Business a. Review any new information for Charter Section 7.04 to 7.12. Discussion: Section 7.04 subd. 4. Replace first sentence with"The purpose of this section is to provide the public with a general guideline of the annual budget process. Section 7.06 subd. 1 sentence 7 Change "It"with "The budget" and replace "purposes"with "establishing" Section 7.07 Move sentence two to be first sentence and replace "shall"with "may". And "shall be responsible for " with "may assist with" In sentence 4 replace comma between "City, established"with "as" Motion by B. Thomas, second Matthew Eenigenburg to "Prepare resolution to adopt and forward to Council modified language for Chapter 7 as reviewed and amended by this Commission". UNANIMOUS APPROVAL • Page 1 of 2 Mounds View Charter Commission January 13,2004 IIIb. Review any new information for Charter Section 4.02. Chair J. Thomas met with the Council and received direction to change language so the filing fee would be $20. Consensus of Commission members was to use Minnesota state statute language. Motion by B.Amundsen, second B. Mori, to prepare resolution amending Mounds View Charter Section 4.02 to read"Pursuant to MN State Statute 205.13". Discussion followed and Chair J. Thomas recommended that he meet with the City Attorney to review latest ordinance and charter language because he believes we already have addressed this issue. Motion was withdrawn by the maker. c. Review any new information for Charter Chapter 5. Chair J. Thomas presented Chapter 5 language marked up along with Clerk Administrator letter requesting changes. Council suggestions to add 5 days notice in language 5.03 did not seem reasonable to commission members. Chair J. Thomas was directed to discuss issues of liability and consequence with Clerk Administrator and attorney, as well as the fact that the Council doesn't meet every five days which would require a special meeting. If attorney and Clerk Administrator get agreement from Council to drop the five day request,then a resolution will be presented at next meeting. 8. New Business a. Review and Finalize Chapter 7 resolution b. Review any new information for Chapter 4.02 c. Review any new information for Chapter 5 d. Review Resolution for continuing meeting dates • e. Review any new information for Chapter 11.06 9. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 8:35 PM Respectfully submitted, Brian Amundsen, Secretary o ''i ' , M % ' ) 0) 1 '--- tjtatAi "71111° ' q zoo' 1 iv III Page 2 of 2 City of CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING Mounds 7:00 PM Thursday, Jan 13, 2005 5 View Mounds View City Hall Council Chambers CFiarterCommission Preliminary AGENDA chair 1. Call to Order Jonathan J Thomas 763-784-5205 2. Roll Call Vice Chair Jonathan J Thomas _ Bill Doty _ Barbara Thomas _ Matthew Eenigenburg William Werner, Sr 2"Vice Chair Jean Miller William Mori Jean Miller — — 763-786-3959 — Brian Amundsen Secretary Brian Amundsen 763-786-5699 3. Approval of agenda and minutes Bill Doty Review and approve agenda 763-786-3421 Approval of Nov 11, 2004 Minutes Matthew Eenigenburg 763-783-7216 a` 4. Citizens comments from the floor 0!Hain Mori 784-3645 5. Reports of the Chair City Council appoints treasurer each year, re: 6.04. Barbara Thomas 763-780-6226 We need 4 more members. William Werner Sr '- 763-784-3603 6. Reports of members 7. Unfinished Business 4. 15 min Review any new information for Charter Section 7.04-7.12 20 min Review any new information for Charter Section 4.01_ 30 min Review any new information for Charter Chapter 5 ).,.8. New Business 4 15 min Discuss next month's and future agenda items. ( i � ,It( ilt 9. Adjournment f 0 I 110