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Mr. Schnelle also noted that Staff is more than willing to publish Charter <br />Commission meeting agendas. <br /> <br />Chairman Heitman stated that regarding the agendas, his main contact has been <br />Sheila Beyer and he is very satisfied with the way it is working oUt. <br /> <br />Mr. Dorn- Stated that he has read the October 27, 1983 Charter Commission <br />minutes. Regarding his receipt of Charter minutes; in September he mentioned <br />to Chairman Heitman that he had not been receiving copies of minutes and he <br />was promptly provided with back minutes; in October he mentioned to Commissioner <br />Gamec that he had not been receiving minutes again and again received some back <br />minutes; a couple days later he received the October 13, 1983 minutes; the <br />October 27, 1983 minutes were delivered to his home; these are all the minutes <br />he has received since the end of August. Mr. Dorn then referred to Charter <br />minutes dated October 20, 1983, page 2 of 8, discussion regarding subjecting <br />resolutions to referendum and whether or not it would invalidate the entire <br />charter if it were found to be not legal; and Mr. Dorn stated that his advice <br />has been not to do so and it still is. Regarding one invalid section invalidating <br />the entire charter, the bottom line is one invalid section could subject the <br />charter to an injunction before an election even occurs. Mr. Dorn stated he <br />has reviewed case history and there is a possibility of the whole charter being <br />tossed out. Mr. Dorn stated he is trying to make his advice consistent now. <br /> <br />Chairman Heitman inquired if an injunction would only affect the election. <br /> <br />Mr. Dorn replied that was correction. <br /> <br />Chairman Heitman replied that questions raised!~by Mr. Dorn assume the Charter <br />has been adopted. <br /> <br />Mr. Dorn stated that there were three amendments proposed to the Minneapolis <br />charter, one was alleged to be unconstitutional which happened to deal with <br />subjecting resolutions to initiative and referendum, a voters group attempted <br />to obtain an injunction because it held an illegal clause, the court agreed <br />and prevented an election on all three amendments. Mr. Dorn stated that he <br />assumed the logic would be true for the charter as a whole. <br /> <br />Chairman Heitman noted that upon advice from Mounds View, he added Section <br />4.02.01. <br /> <br />Mr. Dorn stated that there is no problem with 4.02.01. <br /> <br />Chairman Heitman also noted that there is potential for change in Chapter 2, <br />that the Commission is contemplating an at large system with rotating <br />appointments of Councilpersons to represent certain areas. Chairman Heitman <br />requested that Mr. Dorn, keeping in mind the potential changes to Chapters <br />2 and 4, begin his review of the charter. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lichter inquired if the Charter went to a ward system, could an <br />elected official only be recalled by his ward? <br /> <br />Mr. Dorn replied that he is about 98% sure that would be the case. <br /> <br />Charter Commission consensus was the Mr. Dorn begin a serious review of the <br />charter. <br /> <br />Mr. Dorn dismissed himself from the meeting at 8:09 p.m. <br /> <br />CC/November 10, 1983 <br />Page 2 of 11 <br /> <br /> <br />