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Home My WebLink About11-10-2005 Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes Meeting November 10,2005 1. Call to order -The meeting came to order at 7:05 PM 2. Roll Call-Present- B. Doty, C. Mueller,B. Thomas,J. Thomas, William Werner, Sr Absent- Excused-M. Eenigenburg, J.Miller, B. Amundsen 3. Approval of Agenda and Minutes Motion by Bill Doty, second by Barbara Thomas,to approve the Agenda as presented. APPROVED Motion by Bill Doty, second by Carol Mueller, to approve minutes of October 13, 2005 as amended with clarification that Petition discussion was moved toNovember meeting. ce�4 wr L . APPROVED al %' 4 dt 4. Citizens Comments None 5. Reports of the Chair J. Thomas discussed the petition time line process with the City Attorney. Chair's position is that existing language doesn't define the time line for the process sufficiently. The Chair recommends the Commis ion should review case law and state statutes relat k,our Charter's petition.gr V'v ile also taking a careful look at conditions that could result in - 11111 delay of ordinance. 6. Reports of Members None 7. Unfinished Business a. Discussion of Guidelines for 7.03 J. Thomas opened the discussion witlha question to the Commission about the scope of the issue. He expressed concern thatZurrent scope requires more Commission time and - effort than is probably available in the next 5 months. J. Thomas indicated his desire to have the"System of taxation"to be guidelines providing direction of necessary services to residents. Consensus was a common goal would be to have a levy limit, special taxing authority(ex. Sales tax)would need to go to ballot. Chair J. Thomas offered to review city budgets for the last 10 or 20 years and do a comparison of levy changes per year for next meeting. Discussion was closed and consensus was to add item to agenda for December meeting: b. Review of Chapter 5: Discussion Discussion was opened by C. Mueller who stated she was uncomfortable with the changes in the time line that were proposed at the October meeting. Chair J. Thomas provided and-updated version of the language and time line for Commission review. - Changes included: 1. Clerk Administrator has to review the submitted petition for accuracy and sufficiency and present it to the Council. 2. The time line has to give the Clerk Administrator enough time to review and present to the Council. 3. Update `publication can't be less than 7 days to a maximum of 14 days'. Chair J. Thomas also recommends adding a definition for `registered voter' Discussion continued on the need — Page 1 of 2 Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes Meeting November 10, 2005 for 30 days to correct. Chair J. Thomas indicated the City Attorney would be asked to review the time line and language before the final version for Commission and Council consideration. Discussion was closed and consensus was to add further discussion item to December agenda. 8. New Business Agenda for December 2005 meeting: 1. Resolution for future Meeting Dates Discussed moving future meetings to 1st Tuesday of the month beginning January 2006. Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 8, 2005, at 7 pm. JT: We will be back in our City Hall in April 2006. In the meantime, 1St Tuesdays are open for our meetings in New Brighton City Hall. That would make January 3, 2006, February 7, 2006, and March 7, 2006,the meetings in 2006 in New Brighton City Hall. Motion by B. Thomas, second by B.Doty,to change meeting night to 1St Tuesdays starting in January 2006. APPROVED Chair J. Thomas to prepare Resolution accordingly for next Meeting. 2. Discussion of 7.03 language 3. Discussion of Chapter 5 9. Adjournment Motion by B. Doty, second B. Thomas to adjourn. APPROVED Meeting adjourned at 8:40PM Respectfully submitted, Carol Mueller, filling in for Brian Amundsen, Secretary V€1 .ad44-Ke-t444.6e S Page 2 of 2 CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING Mounds 7:00 PM Thursday, Nov 10, 2005 View ** New Brighton City Hall ** Charter Commission Preliminary AGENDA Chair 1. Call to Order Jonathan J Thomas 763.784.5205 2. Roll Call Vice Chair Bill Doty 763.786.3421 _ Jonathan J Thomas Matthew Eenigenburg _ Bill Doty _ Carol Mueller 2°d Vice Chair _ Jean Miller _Barbara Thomas Jean Miller Brian Amundsen William Werner, Sr 763.786.3959 — — Secretary 3. Approval of agenda and minutes Brian Amundsen 763.786.5699 Review and approve agenda Approval of Oct 13, 2005 Minutes Matthew Eenigenburg 763.783.7216 4. Citizens comments from the floor Carol Mueller 763.780.1251 5. Reports of the Chair Wrbara Thomas a 63.780.6226 William Werner Sr 6. Reports of members 763.784.3603 7. Unfinished Business 30 min, Discussion of 7.03 language. 30 min, Review Chapter 5 Updates. 8. New Business 15 min, Discuss and pass resolution re: future meeting dates. 15 min, Discuss next month's and future agenda items. 9. Adjournment •