HomeMy WebLinkAboutApproved Minutes 03-21-2023Mounds View Charter Commission Special Meeting Minutes — APPROVED
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
1.Call to Order. Special meeting came to order at 6:00 PM.
2.Roll Call. Commission Present:B. Amundsen (Secretary), D. Erickson, E. James, J. Peterson, A. Pratt
G. Quick, R. Scholl, R. Warren
Excused:
Absent:M. Meehan,
Council Members Present: T. Cermack, S. Gunn, A. Hull, Z. Lindstrom, G. Meehlhause
Also present: City Administrator Nyle Zikmund, and City Attorney Joe Sathe (joined at 6:35 PM)
3.Approval of Agenda and Minutes.
A. Approve Agenda.
Chair R. Warren introduced the Preliminary Agenda.
MOTION, by B. Amundsen, and seconded, by J. Peterson, to adopt the Preliminary Agenda as
presented. Discussion for changes was requested, none were offered.Motion Adopted
4.Joint Council and Commission discussion.
A. Individual introductions and personal city interest. All participants shared their time serving and their
interest in the city.
B. Recognition of city governance role of each group. City Administrator Zikmund reviewed the
cooperative governance model of a charter city and the inter-operation of the Council and Commission is
established in state statutes for making policy decisions.
C. Review Commission 2022 Annual Report, Chair R. Warren requested Secretary B. Amundsen to review
the Commission 2022 Annual Report as presented to the district court. B. Amundsen noted the report lists
the single charter amendment to update Chapter 4 Special Elections for Vacancy.
D. General discussion of potential adds, deletions, updates or change to Charter. City Administrator
Zikmund presented a six item list of ideas from a council work session and ideas from city attorney. He
suggested that the Commission might endeavor to undertake the ideas in some manner. G. Meehlhause
would like the Commission to again review special election for a late vacancy in a ballot year.. S. Gunn
would like the Commission to review Chapter 8 and flow charts. B. Amundsen would like to see a review of
the petition process and inconsistencies between chapters. City Administrator Zikmund mentioned that the
Commission does get to work with J. Sathe who does not work with the Council. There was some
discussion about simplification vs plain language nature of the charter. J. Sathe offered that a plain language
review would be beneficial to any charter. G. Quick suggested the filing fee be increased to what inflation
would have done to the original 1958 $5 fee, which is $50.05 today.
5.Next Regular Meeting.
The next regular meeting of the Commission is March 21, 2023, at 6:50 PM.
6.Adjournment: The Chair noted that the time for the meeting had expired and with no other items for the
Commission and Council to consider, the Chair adjourned the special meetings at 6:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian Amundsen,
Secretary, Charter Commission of Mounds View MN
Approved by Charter Commission, on May 16, 2023.
Attesting, Brian Amundsen, Secretary, Charter Commission of Mounds View, MN
Page 1 of 1