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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
1. Call to Order – The meeting came to order at 7:02 pm.
2. Roll Call – Present: J. Thomas, B. Thomas, J. Battin, J. Miller, J. Reiling, B. Amundsen
Excused: B. Doty
3. Approval of agenda
Motion by J. Battin, second by J. Miller, to approve agenda as amended.
MOTION APPROVED
Approval of minutes
Motion by J. Reiling, second by J. Miller, to approve minutes of June 8, 2011 as written.
MOTION APPROVED
4. Citizens comments from the floor
None
5. Reports of the Chair
None
6. Reports of members
Discussion of commission membership openings: can we ask the Council to appoint members? Can
we call the court to see if there are any outstanding applications? We should also have a representative
at a Council meeting to ask for new participants.
7. Unfinished Business
Discussion of Chapter 8: where are we? Chair discussed the lack of maintenance plan language in the
current text of the Charter. Consensus determined that language of that nature is basically covered
under Chapter 7, Subdivision 2.
8. New Business
Discussion of Resolution 2011-12 regarding meeting dates:
Motion by J. Reiling, second by J. Battin, to approve Resolution 2011-12 as amended.
MOTION APPROVED
Motion by B. Amundsen, second by B. Thomas, to submit Resolution 2011-12 without further review.
MOTION APPROVED
Chair, B. Amundsen and J. Reiling expressed an interest in forming a subgroup to work on language
that may or may not meet as a work group during nights regularly scheduled for full committee work.
Discussion of Section 3.01: consensus to remove “24 hour” language from the text and insert statue
and code reference language.
Discussion of Section 3.02: Chair shared memo from February 2008 mentioning the history of 3.02.
Chair recommended changing the section to address liaisons to City Commissions and Committees. B.
Thomas will try to draft language to address that change.
Chair shared TIF district overview memo from Administrator Ericson.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Chair shared memo from Administrator Ericson regarding language previously discussed as a change
to Section 8.06. The clarification changes the discussion significantly and consensus determined that
this item will need to be added to a future agenda for further discussion and reevaluation.
Chair shared memo from City Attorney Scott Riggs regarding Chapters 10 & 11.
Next Months Agenda:
Chair will provide draft language for Section 3.01
B. Thomas will provide draft language for Section 3.02
Additional discussion for notification language in Section 8.06
9. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 8:28 p.m.