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<br />~ <br />i <br /> <br />10) Adopt Resolution #06-12-300 Approving 7th Final Payment to Bauerly Companies for <br />Improvement Project #04-20 <br />11) Adopt Resolution #06-12-401 Approving 9th Partial Payment to W.B. Miller Inc. Project <br />#05-22 RTC City Phase II Roadways <br />12) Adopt Resolution #06-12-399 To Not Waive Statutory Tort Limits for LMCIT Liability <br />Coverage <br />13) Adopt Resolution #06-12-403 Authorizing Payinent of Pay Application No. 18 for <br />Ramsey Municipal CenterConsttuction <br />14) Adopt Resolution #06-12-404 Ratifying Change Orders for Construction of New Ramsey <br />Municipal Center <br /> <br />Motion carried. V oting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Cook, Olson, Elvig, Jeffrey, <br />Pearson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />COUNCIL BUSINESS <br /> <br />Case #1: <br /> <br />Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of an Ordinance to Amend City <br />Charter Section 2.1 <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec closed the regular portion of the City Council meeting at 5: 13 p.m. in order to <br />conduct a public hearing. <br /> <br />Public Hearing <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec called the public hearing to order at 5: 13 p.m. <br /> <br />Presentation <br /> <br />City Attorney Goodrich reviewed that the Charter Commission met on December 5, 2006, to <br />consider an amendment to the Charter. The amendment would change section 2.1 of the Charter <br />and provide that the City be governed by the Council-Manager Form of Government. Currently, <br />the City is governed by the Mayor-Council Plan. At its December 5 meeting, the Charter <br />Commission recommended that the City Council enact an ordinance to amend the Charter to the <br />Council-Manager Form of Government. The Charter Commission recommended that the <br />amendment be effective January 1, 2008. The City Council does not have the authority to <br />change that date. Council introduced the proposed ordinance at the December 12, 2006 City <br />Council meeting. The public hearing has been properly advertised for this evening pursuant to <br />State law. Mr. Goodrich indicated a letter has been distributed from Frank Frederick of the <br />Charter Commission regarding the Charter amendment. Mr. Frederick is very much in favor of <br />the amendment; his letter does not address the date issue. Mr. Goodrich indicated the Charter <br />Commission has discussed this Charter amendment on several occasions. The January 1, 2008 <br />date was chosen because the Commission felt the City will be in the process of hiring a new City <br />Administrator and it will take time to make this change effective; a City Manager could be hired <br />effective January 1,2008. <br /> <br />City Council rDecember 28, 2006 <br />Page 5 of 26 <br />