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,~~ Roseville Charter Commission Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of October 18, 2000 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 IV. Review of By-Laws The secretary will prepare new wording for Article III, Section 4, Order of Business, to allow the Commission chair to re-order the items listed in this section to suit the purpose of each meeting. Resolution by Sobola to dispense with the December meeting and to present the required annual report at the November meeting instead was approved. V. Commission Discussion Computer discs of the League of Minnesota Cities Model Charter were distributed to those with computers. Jack Brewer will insert the changes made after each meeting. He will email copies showing the revisions to the email addresses and provide copies to the other members, the webmaster and the secretary. The meeting proceeded to consideration of chapters 1,2, and 3 of the model charter. Many minor 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 model charter and the voting on chapters and sections: Chapter 1 -Name, boundaries, etc. no changes were made. The vote approving chapter 1 was unanimous Chapter 2 -Form of Government 2.03, Council composition and election Motion by Sobola to retain the number of council members at four was approved. Transitional language 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 Roseville at this time. 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 with Klausing abstaining. 2.05 Vacancies Motion by Bell that new language be provided to state how special elections axe to be held if there are two or more years remaining in a vacated term, with reference to state statutes. Motion passed. 2.07 Salaries Motion by Johnson to add to this sections that the city council appoint an advisory commission 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 meetings Motion by Lorenz to change "three members" to "two members" passed. Motion by Johnson to add "all public meetings shall be 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 recommended Section 3.04 of the Exemplary Charter, Section 2.12 of the National Civic League Model Cities Charter and Chapter 5, Section 5.01 of the