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. ~ r Roseville Charter Commission Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of July 18, 2001 Call to Order/Roll Call Vice-Chair Robert Bell called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Vicky Lorenz, absent; all others present. II. Minutes The minutes of the June 20, 2001 meeting were approved as printed upon a motion by Sands, accepted by Bell. III. Public Comment The chair introduced Neal Beets, newly appointed city manager of Roseville. Mr. Beets expressed his appreciation for the volunteer work of city commissions. The chair indicated a desire to complete work on the charter by August 15, and requested Mr. Beets to react to the document before it is submitted to the City Council. Mr. Beets agreed to do so. Bruce Kennedy, who appeared at the last meeting to ask the commission to consider including instant runoff voting in the charter, came to update us on the reaction of Duke Addicks to this proposal. There is concern about the design of ballots, since the design of ballots is governed by law. IV. Chapter 6 -Administration of City Affairs 6.01 Cit~ana~r Ron Riach reported on the question of whether the city manager is paid during a period of suspension. Motion by Riach that the next-to-the-last sentence read: "Pending the hearing and removal, the council may suspend the manager, with or without pay, at the Council's discretion, from office." 6.05 Purchases and Contracts This section was held over from the last meeting because of uncertainty over the dollar amount the city manager can approve without the consent of the city council. Mr. Beets, when asked for his opinion, believes there is no definite answer; it is the amount with which the community is comfortable. Motion by Riach to table this section to the next meeting. Chapter 7 -Taxation and Finances Action on this chapter was based exclusively on the League of Minnesota Cities Model Charter. A revision presented by chair Vicky Lorenz was rejected. 7.05 Capital Improvement Prog am Sands moved adoption, changing June 1 in the first sentence to December 1 and August 15 in the last sentence to December 31. Motion was approved. Sobola, nay; others, aye. Note: This section was approved at the previous meeting with a small change in wording. This motion revises the dates. 7.06 Council Action on Budget Sands moved adoption, changing September to Au ust in the first sentence and October 10 to September 15 in the last sentence. Motion was approved on a voice vote. 7.07 Enforcement of the Budget Riach moved adoption as stated in the model charter. Motion was approved on a voice vote. 7.08 Alterations in the Budget Brewer moved adoption as stated in the model charter. Motion was approved on a voice vote. 7.09 Funds Crump moved adoption as stated in the model charter. Motion was approved on a voice vote. 7.10 City Indebtedness Johnson moved adoption as stated in the model charter. Motion was approved on a voice vote. 7.11 Anticipation Certificates Silvis moved adoption as stated in the model charter. Motion was approved on a voice vote.