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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NOTE CHARTER CO~ISSION AND AIP~ORT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 1) Regular Charter Commission meeting minutes dated October 13, 1983 - Commission noted. 2) Special Charter Commission meeting minutes dated October 20, 1983 - Commissioner Cox referred to page 5 of 8, 4th paragraph regarding Mr. Doty's comments pertaining to local elections being held in major election years. Commissioner Cox stated that Mr. Doty's recommendation not to combine local and national elections could be viewed as an effort to weed out certain people from voting and it would appear to support the opinion of some that a charter would perpetuate special interest elections. Commissioner Cox referred to page 5 of 8, 13th paragraph regarding Mr. McCarty's comments that 15 people caused a change in Mounds View's budget because they were aware of their rights under charter. Commissioner Cox stated that Ramsey Council takes into consideration that a majority of the people are not present at Council meetings and here is an example of 15 people in the whole city of Mounds View exerting enough pressure to alter something which could have been a vital expenditure for the city. Commissioner Cox further commented that he does not believe in a lot of spending but it appears that much of the charter philosophy is special interest government. 3) Regular Charter Commission meeting minutes dated October 27, 1983 - Commissioner Cox referred to page 5 of 14, 4th paragraph and 7th paragraph regarding Staff educating Charter Commission as to budgetary processes and Ramsey commission m~rs attending Charter meetings to provide input. commissioner Cox stated that this City is run on a lean operation and utilizing Staff to educate the Charter Commission could be costly. Mr. Schnelle stated that Mounds View charter representatives informed Ramsey's Charter Commission that opposition to the charter in Mounds View was from their Council and Staff, therefore Ramsey Staff has determined it would be best to stay out of a lot of the issues. Commissioner Cox agreed that Staff should not get in the middle of this issue. Commissioner Schmidt noted commissioner Cox's comments are his personal opinion and not those of the Economic Commission and also pointed out that Staff should answer any questions regarding budgetary processes. Commissioner Cox stated that there are b~dget hearings which people can attend to become knowledgeable. Mr. Schnelle stated that Staff has no problem answering questions, Staff just does not feel comforable attending charter meetings and possibly getting into an adversary role. Commissioner Miller referred to page 13 of 14, first few paragraphs and stated that some of the comments were derrogatory. Commissioner Cox pointed out that the ~arter Commission seems to be leaninG toward a majority of comm. issi~? ~£nr .... d_ up of Ramsey residents. EDC/November 9, !~