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Roseville Charter Commission Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of January 19, 2000 I. Ca11 to Order/Roll Call: The meeting was called to order by chair Vicky Lorenz at 7:00 p.m. AIl commission members were present. II. Approval of Minutes_ The minutes of the Decembcr 15, 1999 meeting were approved as pub.lished. III. Guest Speaker: Dick Houck was invited to return to answer additional questians raised by his remarks at the last meeting. Craig Klausing led t�e questioning. Mr. Houck's responses centered on financial issues including TIF, lack of representation (ward system} and initiative, referendum and recall. IV. Guest Spea.ker_ Carolyn Cushing spoke on behalf of the League of Women Voters. She presented members of the Commission with a list of questions to be asked when considering the issues brought up by the proponenis of the Charter. She urged a thorough discussian of the issues. V. Unfinished Business: The City Councii has agreed to waivc the cablecasting fees for commission meetings. VI. New Business: A1 Sands presented a plan for proceeding with Commission business, including a meetings schedule. Following a discussion of the plan and time taken for public commenis his znotion ta devote the next meeting to considering major City expenditures vvas approved. Ed Burrell will be invited to clarify current policy on major expenditures. VII. Public Comment: These Roseville residents presented a wide range of opinions: Randall Stanke; Georgeann Hall; John Kysylyczyn, as Roseville Mayor; Mark Zasaclny and Terry Moses. Of special note are Stanke's comrrients about the diff culty of getting information about our meetings. Vicky Lorenz read letters received from Jerome Leifert and Roger Toogood. VIII. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned afi 9:50 p.m. Georgiana Sobola Secretary