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Roseville Charter Commission Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of November 17, 1999 I. Call #o Order/Roll Call: The meeting was called to order by chair Vicky Lorenz at 7:Q0 p.m. All members were present. II. Gnest Speaker: Joy Tierney Ms. Tierriey, currently mayor of Plymouth, a charter city, discussed the situation leading to the revival of a defunct charter commission and the process of developing the charter which incluaes, amo;ng other provisions, a ward system, spending caps and cammunity development. She stressed the importance of secuxing good legal assistance. III. Minutes: The minutes of the October 20, 1999 meeting were approved upon a motian by Bell. IV. Repart of the Chair: ' Public comments and questions regarding commission business can be directed to City Hali to be referred to the Chair. ' Our request to waive the cablecasting fee was to be presented to the City Council on November 8. We have not received a decision. ` Year, as applied to the Commission budget rneans the calendar year. Johnson's motion that this definition of year stands for commission business was approved unanimously. V. Unfinished Busir�ess: ' The cost of a special election in Roseville is about $8,OQ0. ' The City's finance department is researching the question of the City's major expenditures. ' Notice of this meeting was not published in the local media. The secretary will contact City Hall about this situation. ' Commission members received copies of the amended by-Ia�vs. VI. New Business: ' Proposals for the further conduct of cotnmission business v�-ere received from Klausing and Sands. Based on these proposals, all members were asked to comment on their perception of how we should proceed. Following the discussion, Bell moved that Ron Riach be appointed as a committee of one to prepare a notice for the two local newspapers {Focus News and Roseville Review) announcing that at fihe Charter Commission meeting on December 15, 1999, the proponents of a charter will be invited to attend and give their opinions on the desirability of a charter. Any interested citizens are also invited to attend and give their opuuons. Further, the notice will inform the public that specific subjects of a charter wiil be welcornne. An expenditure af $500 from our budget is authorized to pay for the notice. The motion passed with eight in favor and one abstention. ' The questian of ground rules for public input was referred to the Chair by consensus. VII. Public Cornments: Two citizens appeared before the Commission to speak in �avor of a charter. VIII. Adjourninent: The meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m. Georgiana Sobola Secretary