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APl'ROVE AGENDA <br /> <br />Commissioner Ebel stated that there are new Councilmembers since we last discussed a City <br />Administrator position versus a City Manager position. She suggested the Charter invite the new <br />Council in for a discussion before anything new is discussed. <br /> <br />Chair Vogt agreed that was a good idea. We need some time ourselves to have some discussion <br />and discovery. City Council will take our influence and will talk about it but it's up to them if <br />they want to take our suggestion. He added there could be some citizen input too. <br /> <br />Commissioner LaMere stated that while we have a resource here (referring to Rylee Retzer of <br />the l,eague of Minnesota Cities), we can ask questions during Case #1. <br /> <br />Chair Vogt stated he has a friend who works for Stillwater who was involved in this and we <br />could have her come in to talk to the Commission also if we like. <br /> <br />Consensus was to approve the agenda. <br /> <br />COMMISSION BUSINESS: <br /> <br />Case/ti: Presentation by Rylee Retzer, League of Minnesota Cities <br /> <br />City Clerk Thieling introduced Rylee Retzer, staff attorney in the research department for the <br />l,eague of Minnesota Cities. <br /> <br />Ms. Ret×er presented an overview of charter commissions in general, the functions of charters, <br />and how amendments happen. She reported there are 853 cities in Minnesota and 107 of them <br />arc Charter cities. Ms. Retzer also reported on legislation that took place in 2004 discontinuing <br />term limits for Charter Commissions. She added that a City may specify that no <br />Councihncmbers can be a Charter Commissioner. <br /> <br />Commissioner Simenson inquired about cities favoring Manager versus Administrator form of <br />government. <br /> <br />Ms. Rctzer stated she will send some information on that subject to be distributed to the Charter <br />Commission. She suggested looking at other City's job descriptions to see differences and added <br />that Kcvin Frazell from the LMC has a lot of experience with administrator versus manager <br />discussions. He may have some good policy advice. <br /> <br />Case #2: Appoint Chair and Vice Chair for Commission <br /> <br />With new legislation, it was noted that Mr. Vogt did not have to end his term with the Charter <br />('.ommission. <br /> <br />Motion by Commissioner Ebel and seconded by Commissioner LaMere to invite Tim Vogt to <br />remain a member of the Charter Commission and to submit a letter stating same to the Judge. <br /> <br />Charter Commission - January 20, 2005 <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />