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No particular comments were made regarding Chapter 1 of the Charter. <br /> <br />Regarding Chapter 2, Mr. Goodrich stated that this chapter <br />designates that membership to various boards and commissions <br />shall not exceed 9 and 2/3 of the membership must be residents <br />of the City. <br /> <br />After some discussion regarding Section 2.06 and 2.06.01, it was <br />agreed that creating City philosophy would be the responsibility <br />of the mayor and implementing that policy is the responsibility <br />of the City Administrator. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodrich referred to Section 2.08 and stated that he was not <br />aware of the fact that cities could subpoena witnesses. <br /> <br />Mr. Stan Data, member of the Charter Commission, stated that <br />this section was modelled after the sample charter put out by <br />the League of Minnesota Cities. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodrich proceeded to review Chapter 3. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodrich pointed out that 24 hours notice of a special <br />Council meeting is required and reasonable public notice to <br />comply with State statutes. Mr. Goodrich stated that State <br />statutes also say 'reasonable' and Council could adopt an <br />ordinance setting down requirements for public notice. <br /> <br />Mr. Gary Heitman suggested that Council set down public notice <br />requirements by rule rather than ordinance. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec returned to the meeting at 8:50 p.m. <br /> <br />Discussion ensued regarding expenditure of City funds during <br />a state of emergency. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec stated that the Charter Commission discussed this <br />subject at length and it was decided that if an emergency <br />situation does arise, it will have to just be handled according <br />to Council's discretion. <br /> <br />Mr. Heitman stated that the Charter Commission's intent was to <br />control emergency meetings called by Council for the purpose <br />of taking action and denying citizen participation; the <br />requirements for calling emergency meetings are now different <br />than they were. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodrich proceeded to review Section 3.02, Liason Function. <br />Mr. Goodrich stated that 3 of the councilmembers will each <br />represent a precinct and one councilmember and mayor will be <br />at large. <br /> <br />Motion by Mayor Gamec and seconded by Councilmember Reimann that <br />Councilmember Schlueter will represent Precinct #1, Councilmember <br />Van Wagner will represent Precinct #2, Councilmember Sorteberg <br />will represent Precinct #3 and Councilmember Reimann and Mayor <br />Gamec will serve at large until reappointments are made in January, <br /> <br />C/July 10, 1984 <br /> Page 9 of 13 <br /> <br /> <br />