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COMMISSION BUSINESS <br />Case #1: Appointment of Chair and Vice Chair <br />It was the consensus of the Charter Commission to address the appointment of the Chair and <br />Vice Chair at a future meeting. <br />Case #2: Continue Discussion Amendment Consideration to Chapter 2 of the Home <br />Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey relating to the Form of Government of <br />the City <br />City Attorney Goodrich summarized the deadlines for action. <br />Commissioner Sherman asked if the Commission's actions were irrelevant. <br />City Attorney Goodrich summarized the statute and process for a Charter amendment. He noted <br />when there was a public vote on an issue, the Commission's input was not as important. <br />Commissioner Sherman stated she was frustrated with the Charter process. She noted it was <br />possible this could be changed again when a new Council came into office and she believed this <br />was a waste of time. <br />Temporary Chair Frederick agreed and stated the Charter was useless if it could be so easily <br />changed. <br />Commissioner Anderson believed there was not much for the Commission to do as this was <br />going to public vote. <br />Temporary Chair Frederick asked if the Commission wanted to vote at this meeting considering <br />there was nothing to discuss, or to just continue the discussion to the next meeting. <br />Commissioner Anderson stated as long as the Commission was involved in coming up with the <br />question, she believed they should vote on this tonight. <br />Motion by Temporary Chair Frederick, seconded by Commissioner Sherman to leave the <br />Ordinance Amendment as previously stated and reject the proposed Ordinance as presented by <br />the City Council. <br />Further Discussion: Commissioner Niska stated he supported the Ordinance. He believed this <br />was an important issue of government structure and the power of the voters. He stated the voters <br />should have a voice in the form of a vote and he believed what the Council was doing was the <br />right thing and it was wrong the way it was handled in the past. He believed a referendum was <br />the right way to handle the question. Commissioner Sherman disagreed. She believed they <br />elected the Councilmembers to represent the citizens and not every decision should be put in the <br />hands of the voters. She noted it was difficult to inform the voters of this and that was what the <br />Councilmembers were paid to do. Commissioner Field stated the voters were not voting on <br />Charter Commission/ May 5, 2010 <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />