Minutes - Charter Commission - 10/26/2022

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Motion by Commissioner Bendtsen, seconded by Commissioner Leistico, to approve Ordinance #22-17 as presented. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Field, Commissioners Leistico, Bendtsen, Deemer, Fuhreck, May, Moore and Rusert. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Anderson. City Attorney Knaak commented that the Commission has completed one of the formal processes. He noted that this approval will be sent back to the City Council. He stated that the Commission could separately propose this ordinance for the consideration of the Council,which will keep open the option for the Council to unanimously approve the ordinance rather than going through referendum. He was unsure whether the Council would unanimously recommend this as there was one member that seemed to prefer a referendum. Motion by Commissioner Bendtsen, seconded by Commissioner Deemer, to recommend an ordinance that would amend Section 2.4 of the Charter to add that no member of the Council may serve on the Charter Commission or other Board or Commission. Further discussion: Commissioner Leistico asked and received confirmation that this process would provide the Council with the option to unanimously approve this language for incorporation into the Charter without having to go to referendum. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Field, Commissioners Bendtsen, Deemer, Fuhreck, Leistico, May, Moore and Rusert. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Anderson. 5.6 Review Ordinance #22-26 Amending City Charter Prohibiting Membership on City Boards and Commissions of Non-City Residents Commissioner Leistico commented that she already thought this was a requirement and therefore finds it reasonable. The Commission asked if this action would have any negative or unintended consequences. It was noted that a resident would tend to have more input from their neighbors on topics of interest which would be beneficial, whereas if expert input is desired that can be solicited from outside parties. City Administrator Hagen provided details on the ordinance that was introduced by the Council, which called out specific boards and commissions as there are some boards on which staff members serve upon. He stated that the ordinance included in the packet was the ordinance adopted by the Council, noting that the additional language listing the specific boards and commissions did not make it into the adopted version. He stated that the Charter Commission could approve the language that was adopted by the Council or could choose to adopt the alternate language which lists the specific boards and commissions. The Commission suggested that this go back to the Council to clean up the language and come back to the Commission in January to consider. Charter Commission/October 26, 2022 Page 6 of 8