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Roseville Charter Corrunission Roseville City Hail Council Cl�ambers Minutes of Meeting of October 18, 2Q00 Call to Order/Roll Call Chair Vicky Lorenz called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m_ II. Minutes Minutes of the September 20, 2000 meeting were approved as published. III. Public Comment Dick Lambert spoke in favor of initiative and referendum and in opposition of the ward system N, Revievv of By-Laws The secretary will prepare new wording for Article ITI, Section 4, Order of Business, to allow the Comnussion chair to re-order the items listed in this section to suit the purpose of each meeting. Resolution by Sobola to dispense with the Decetzxber rneeting and to present the required annual report at the November meeiing instead was approved. V. Coxntzussian Discussion Camputer discs of the League of Minnesota Cities Model Charter were distributed to those with computers. 7ack Brewer will insert the changes made after each meeting. He will email copies showing the revisions to the email addresses and pro�vide capies to the other members, the webmaster and the secretary. The rneeting proceeded to consideration of chapters 1,2, and 3 of the madel charter. Many rninor changes in wording arrived at by consensus, including gender-neutral language, will be in the draft submitted by Jack Brewer and attached to the minutes. The following are significant changes from the rnodel charter and the voting on chapters and sections: Chapter 1- Namc, boundaries, etc. no changes were made. The vote approving chapter 1 was unanimous. Chapt�r 2— Form of Government 2.Q3, Council composition and election Motian by Sobola to retain the number of council members at four was approved. Transitionallanguage will be provided to allow for an orderly discussion of council persons' terms if the charter is adopted. A discussion on the ward system resulted in general agreement that wards wee not a good idea for Rosevilie at this tune. The language in the section stating that councilpersons will be elected at large remains. 2.04 Incompatible offices. Motion by Riach to change "one year" to "two years" passed vv�th Klausing abstaining. 2.Q5 Vacancies Motion by Bell that new language be pravided to sta�e how special elections are to be held if there are two or more years remaining in a vacated terzn, with reference to state statutes. Motion passed. 2.07 Salaries Motion by Johnson to add to this sections that the city council appoizit an advisory cornm.ission to review council and mayor salaries and make recommendations for compensation, with a compensation review every two years_ Motion passed, Klausing nay, Lorenz abstaining. A committee of Bob Bell, Ron Riach and Pat Johnson will provide the draft language for sections 2.03, 2.05 and 2.07 in time to be submitted before the next meeting. The commission will vote on chapter 2 after the new language is approved. Chapter 3 - Council Procedure 3.01 Council txzeetings Motion by Lorenz to change "three members" to " two members" passed. Motion by Johnson to add "a11 public meetings shall he televised whenever technically possible" passed. 3.04 Ordinances, resolution and motions Motion by Sands to defer consideration of Section 3.04 until after discussion of initiative and referendum. Motion passed. Sands recomrnended Seciion 3.04 of the Exemplary Charter, Section 2.12 of the NationaI Civic League Model Cities Charter and Chapter 5, Sectian 5.01 of the