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., <br />5.05 Disposition of Sufficient Petition Change council to city manager in the first sentence. No motion <br />made; change needed to conform with 5.04. <br />5.06 Action on Sufficient Petition Motion by Sands to change the beginning of the first sentence to "If the <br />city manager determines the petition is sufficient and the city council passes the proposed ordinance..." <br />Motion approved on a voice vote. <br />5.08 Mandatory Referendums First sentence to read: "Any proposed total expenditure of funds in excess of <br />three million ($3,000,000), not including interest, of local property tax dollars adjusted annually for inflation <br />by reference to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as of January 1, which involves community facilities, all as <br />determined by the city manager, shall be brought to the community in the form of a referendum." Approved <br />on a voice vote. <br />6.01 City Manager Delete the second sentence: "He or she...of the council." Approved on a voice vote. <br />6.02 Powers and Duties of City Manager Subdivision 2: Insert after shall "have the authority to." <br />Approved on a voice vote. <br />6.04 Purchases and Contracts Delete the dollar amount phrase and insert "an amount established by the <br />council; but all claims resulting therefrom shall be audited and approved by the council." Approved on a <br />voice vote. <br />7.06 Council Action on Budget <br />1) In the first sentence, change August back to September <br />2) Second sentence to begin: "Meetings on the budget shall be conducted..." <br />3) Fourth sentence: Insert proposed before budget. Delete "not later than (the first week of October) <br />Sept. 15." The beginning of the sentence to read: "The council shall adopt the proposed budget by a <br />resolution..." <br />4) Fifth sentence: Period after law. Delete not later than October 10. Motion approved on a voice <br />vote. <br />2.05 Vacancies Discussion of Reichenberger's proposal on vacancies resulted in a motion by Johnson to <br />retain the language developed by the Commission. Motion was approved on a voice vote. <br />This completes revision of the proposed charter. <br />The agenda for the meeting on August 15 will include final approval and signing off on the proposed charter <br />and a discussion of the role of the charter commission before the charter referendum in November. <br />V. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 9:35 p.m. <br />Georgiana Sobola <br />Secretary <br />