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Roseville Charter Commission • Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of February 21, 2001 Call to Order/Roll Call The meeting was called to order by chair Vicky Lorenz at 7:00. All Commission members were present. II. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the meeting held on January 17, 2001 were approved as mailed. III. Public Comment 1. John Kysylyczyn, Mayor of Roseville, spoke in favor of a lower limit on signatures for initiative and referendum petitions, stating that the primary purpose is to offer the initiative or referendum to a vote of the people. 2. Georgeanne Hall emphasized the authority of elected officials in making decisions for their constituents and the possibility that initiative could result in the rule of the minority. IV. Other Business -Revised copies of the Commission By-laws were distributed. -2.03 Council Composition and Election -The secretary pointed out that the phrase, "the other successful candidate" was vague and did not indicate who was the other successful candidate. Motion by Bell to substitute "receiving the third highest. number of votes" was approved unanimously. V. Chapter 5 Initiative and Referendum 5.01 General Voter Authority Motion by Sands to adopt. Section 5.1 was approved. Aye: 5, Nay: 3, Abstain: 1. 5.02 Petitions The chair suggested dividing this section into two parts: 1) the number of signatures needed on a petition, and 2) the form of the petition. Motion by Lorenz that new Section 5.02 be limited to the subject of the number of signatures needed on a petition. Motion was approved unanimously. Motion by Lorenz to use 5% of the number of registered voters as the basis for the number of signatures needed for initiative and referendum. Sobola offered a friendly amendment to limit the motion to initiative, which was accepted. Motion to use 5% of the number of registered voters as the basis for initiative passed unanimously. Motion by Bell to use 5% of the number of registered~voters as the basis for the number of signatures required for referendum failed. Aye: 4, Nay: 5. Motion by Johnson that a referendum petition be signed by 10% of the registered voters was approved. Aye: 6, Nay: 3. Exact language for these provisions, following the format in the model charter, was provided by Jack Brewer. A sample initiative petition was considered but rejected as not applicable to our case. Motion by Johnson to create Section 5.03 by adopting model charter language for Section 5.02 starting with "Each petition..." continuing to the end, and changing ci clerk to city manager was approved unanimously. A discussion of the problems that could result from dividing and renumbering Model Charter Section 5.02 followed, suggesting the option of retaining the original number and format. Parliamentarily speaking, the new sections, 5.02 Petitions and 5.03 Form of ~etition, remain in force since no amendments or new motions were made to change them. ~..