2002_0422_packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Roseville Charter Commission Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of June 2 1, 2000 1 Qal.j to",Order.1-Roll Call: The meeting was called to order at 7-()(.) p.11.1 Present: All members \vere present. H, App ,Eqval. of Mire utes: A d ] Sands requested that the public coninient se 'on of the May 16, 2000 minutes show that four of the five speakers expressed support for the home rule charter. The minutes then stood appro\-ed- III hrn Button Woodbur,- Charter Commission Chair: Mr. Button recounted the experience of the Woodbury ` Commission. which began its work at the beginning of 1993 and �vas dissolved mo years later without developing 'it charter. The process was very similar to ours. It included broadcasts of commission n-lectings, Working with the 1--cague of Nfinnesota Cities. and efforts to Involve the public in the discussion. Because of lack of input from citizens, the target date Jor reaching a decision on whether to devel6p (i charter within ii year was ii-ioved up and the commission voted against it. Each commissioner was asked to write a position paper on his/her decision. "I"hese arc available from Margaret Driscoll Lit ity Hall. l'ollowing this decision, the commission sent a summary of its findings to the Woodbury ily ("OUnCil and held workshops with C.I OL111C1 I members about changes that could he made. R 4 '.1 Su 4 Charter Commission chair; and enresetitatives from F'ridley: Deb Skoen, Oty (Aerkl- aive Warren, Char Fitzpatrick, 4 C orninissioner, came to discuss the ineeting topic wards and odd-even year elections. Fridley's charter was established in 1957 and has added 20 amendments s1ricc then. Fridley has twclvc precincts divided into three wards, with one council ti-ieniber elected from each ward and o n c council member at large. Voter turnout in 1998 was 78%. The tLiniout in ,I citizen-originated referendum last year was 1511"o. 1'r'dlev has an active charter commission currently rewriting sections of the charter dealing with vacancies on the council and initiative and referendum. An ongoing review is in progress to make sure the charter conforms to state statutes. Some spending limits arc more restrictive than those allowed b the state. V'. !Zgar sentatives from Richfield: 'Foni Ferber, cite clerk and election administrator. Richfield's charter was adopted in 1964 and flicir council structure is similar to Fridley's. Their voter turnout was 6_5_701!,,E, in even wears and 10-300,'0 in odd years. 'They have some caps for capital improvement projccts- lZepresentative from both cities agreed on several points: their ward system does not restill 111 parochialism; voter turnout is much greater in even-year clections- the cost of running elections \vas not !11 much different for cven or odd year elections, the greatest expen,.se belilog, for elect 1011 JUd ge salaries. \'I I'Liblic Comment: 'Pirce persons appeared to speak to the commission. JoyU 0 Pq. School Board election official for the Roseville School District. Ms. F_nvelpert expressed --- _ _�qgL!�� _ Z:� strong support for odd-year elections, citincy t� the need for strong candidates for the school board. She maintained that their campaigns would be lost amid campaigns for national. statc. judicial and local elections in even-nuilibered years. G,coTggL4nn Hall commented on the need to consider holding special elections during general elections. .101111 Kysy Mayor of Roseville, discussed issues that could he addressed in a charter: campaign expenditures; consistency in city council minutes and the structure of council meetings. particularly III rcoZ7 and to public comment. He cited. as the main reason for inconsistency is rule changes madc when new officials arc elected.