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Subd. 3. Commission appointments; nominees. <br /> <br />A city council, a charter commission, or the petitioners requesting the appointment of a charter <br />commission may submit to the court the names of eligible nominees which the district court may <br />consider in making appointments to the charter commission. <br /> <br /> Subd. 4. Commission meetings. <br /> <br />The charter commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year, and upon presentation <br />of a petition signed by at least ten percent of the number of voters of the municipality, as shown <br />by the returns of the last annual municipal election, or upon resolution approved by a majority of <br />the governing body of the city requesting the commission to convene, the commission shall meet <br />to consider the proposals set forth in such petition or resolution. <br /> <br />Subd. 5. Discharge. <br /> <br />If the charter commission of a statutory city determines that a charter is not necessary or <br />desirable, the commission may be discharged by a vote of three-fourths of its members. Another <br />commission may not be formed sooner than one year from the date of discharge. <br /> <br /> (1269) RL s 749; 1909 c 423; 1913 c 535 s 1; 1949 c 210 s 1; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 <br /> s 1; Ex1967 c 33 s 1; 1971 c 208 s 1-3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 44 s 20; 1979 c 330 s <br /> 3; <br /> 1986 c444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 51 s 1 <br /> <br />410.06 Compensation; expenses. <br />The members of such commission shall receive no compensation, but the commission may <br />employ an attorney and other personnel to assist in framing such charter, and any amendment or <br />revision thereof, and the reasonable compensation and the cost of printing such charter, or any <br />amendment or revision thereof, when so directed by the commission, shall be paid by such city. <br />The amount of reasonable and necessary charter commission expenses that shall be so paid by <br />the city shall not exceed in any one year the sum of $10,000 for a first class city and $1,500 for <br />any other city; but the council may authorize such additional charter commission expenses as it <br />deems necessary. Other statutory and charter provisions requiring budgeting of, or limiting, <br />expenditures do not apply to charter commission expenses. The council may levy a tax in excess <br />of charter tax limitations to pay such expenses. <br /> <br /> (1270) RLs 750; 1907 c 216 s 1; 1947 c 406 s 1; 1959 c <br /> 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1994 c 505 art 3 <br /> <br /> s8 <br /> <br />410.07 Determination of desirability; framing charter. <br />As soon as practicable after such appointment, the charter commission shall deliver to the clerk <br />of the city either (1) its report determining that a home rule charter for the city is not necessary or <br />desirable, or (2) the draft of a proposed charter, in either case signed by at least a majority of its <br />members. Such draft shall fix the corporate name and the boundaries of the proposed city, and <br />provide for a mayor, and for a council to be elected by the people. Subject to the limitations in <br />this chapter provided, it may provide for any scheme of municipal government not inconsistent <br />with the constitution, and may provide for the establishment and administration of all <br />departments of a city government, and for the regulation of ail local municipal functions, as fully <br />as the legislature might have done before home rule charters for cities were authorized by <br /> <br /> <br />