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Roseviile Chat�er Commission Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of September 20, 2000 Ca11 to Order/Roll Call Chair Vicky Lorenz called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. Present: Marilyn Silvis was the only absent member. II. Approval of Minutes A1 Sands requested a correction on the August 16, 2000 minutes under VI Commission Discussion. Change "exemplary charter" to "question of whether a charter is necessary," The minutes were approved as corrected on a motion by Craig Klausing. III. Bra.instarm additional specific topics... N. Brainstorm logistics to consider... V. Set up structu.re for future meetings... Discussion of the agenda items listed above resulted in the following decisions, which were arrived at by consensus. • Use of the League of Minnesota Cities Model Charter as a guide. • Jack Brewer will make use of his computer skills to prepare copies of the Model Chartex for our use and ease in malcing revisions i� dzafting our own doc�unent. • We will attempt to cover not more than three chapters of the Model Charter per meeting. When it is not possible to cover three chapters in one meeting we will resume where we left off and add chapters to total three. • Voting will be on each chapter and on sigruificant changes. • After each session, the resulting document, showing the changes rnade to the Model Charter, will be filed as an attachment to the minutes. The documeni will be available on the City's website. • The public coznment period will precede the Commission discussion. Bob Bell will supervise the time management for the public comment period. • Pat Johnson and Jack Brewer will prepare press releases announcing the topics of each meting and inviting pub�ic comment at #he beginning of each session • There will be a legal review of the coznplete document and as situations arise, during the dra�ting process. • Commissioners who need in-depth information on specific iopics can request meetings wiih city staff. A code of ethics was suggested for inclusion in the Charter. Commission members may be invited to attend a seminar to be conducted by the Roseville Ethics Commission. VI. October Agenda The assignment for the m.eeting on Oc#ober 18�' is to: � 1. Review the Commission by-laws. 2. Read chapters 1,2, and 3 of the League of Minnesota Cities Model Charter anc{ any supporting documents to prepare for the discussion. 3. Suggest for consideration, any additional logistics for charter development. VII. Other Business Motion by Bob Bell that the secretary present to the City Manager the statement sent by Duke Addicks in the amount of $300 for legal services for payment to the League of Minnesota Cities, the amaunt to be deducted from aur $1504 budget. Motion passed. VIII. Adjoiuziment The meetzng adjourned at 5:15 p.m. Georgiana Sobola, Secretary