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Roseville Charter Commission <br />• Roseville City Hall Council Chambers <br />Minutes of Meeting of May 15, 2002 <br />Call to Order/Roll Call The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. by Chair Robert Bell. All <br />members were present. Additionally, the following Roseville City Council members were present: <br />John Kysylyczyn <br />Tom Kough <br />Neal Beats <br />Greg Schroeder <br />Approval of Minutes The minutes of the April 17, 2002 meeting were approved. <br />III. Charter Discussion With City Council <br />Chair R. Bell opened the discussion with a welcome to the City Council members that were present <br />and a statement requesting their viewpoints/advice on the proposed Charter <br />Mayor Kyslyczyn: <br />• They would like the Charter on the ballot this fall <br />• Several Council members would support he Charter <br />• Desire to conform to even-year elections <br />• Would not like to see Charter on ballot when turnout is low (odd year) <br />• Don't drop Initiative & Referendum <br />• Leave implementation of Charter until 12/31/2003 <br />• Tom Kough <br />• Worked under Charter in Austin <br />• Charter places power with the people <br />• Charter prevents city from selling city property <br />• People did not truly understand Charter (in the last election) <br />• There are advantages/disadvantages to the ward system among them -possibly having a <br />representative who does not really want to serve & having representatives who all come <br />from the same geographic area <br />Craig Klausing <br />• Council Has not discussed Charter as a group <br />• The residents of Roseville were afforded the opportunity to vote on the Charter and they said <br />no <br />• During his time serving on the Charter Commission the Commission rejected Wards <br />because it was 1) difficult to get good candidates and 2) When you run for the city at large <br />you have to get tot know the whole city, not just a portion of it <br />Greg Schroeder <br />• In favor of Charter <br />• Charter document reflected the type of Government that we have now. Some <br />additions/topics of discussion could include: <br />o wards <br />o number of council members <br />o special election parameters <br />o dollar limit caps <br />• Initiative & Referendum is important <br />