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Roseville Charter Commission Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of January 19, 2000 I. Call to Order/Roll Call: The meeting was called to order by chair Vicki Lorenz at 7:00 p.m. All commission members were present. II. Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the December 15, 1999 meeting were approved as published. III. Guest Speaker: Dick Houck was invited to return to answer additional questions raised by his remarks at the last meeting. Craig Klausing led the questioning. Mr. Houck's responses centered on financial issues including TIF, lack of representation (ward system) and initiative, referendum and recall. IV. Guest Speaker: 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 proponents of the Charter. She urged a thorough discussion of the issues. V. Unfinished Business: The City Council has agreed to waive the cablecasting fees for commission meetings. VI. New Business: Al Sands presented a plan for proceeding with Commission business, including a meetings schedule. Following a discussion of the plan and time taken for public comments his motion to devote the next meeting to considering major City expenditures was 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 Zasadny and Terry Moses. Of special note are Stanke's comments about the difficulty of getting information about our meetings. Vicki Lorenz read letters received from Jerome Leifert and Roger Toogood. VIII. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m. Georgiana Sobola Secretary