1999 Communication on Charter Commission

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monthly meetings or the business from a special meeting is not completed and necessitates additional meetings, the commission shall establish, by resolution, a schedule of additional regular meetings. All meetings shall be held in the Roseville City Hall unless meeting notices state otherwise. All meetings shall comply with the Minnesota Open Meeting Law (Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.705). All regular and special meeting notices shall be posted on the Roseville City Hall bulletin board. Section 2. Special Meetings. A majority of members of the Commission may call a special meeting to transact any business stated in the meeting notice in accordance with state law. Notice of the special meeting shall state the time, date, place, and business to be conducted at the special meeting and shall be provided to members not less than three (3) full days prior to the meeting. The business to be considered at special meetings shall be limited to that stated in the meeting notice unless all members of the Commission are present and vote unanimously to conduct additional business. Section 3. uorum. The powers of the Commission shall be vested in the members thereof in office form time to time. A majority of qualified and acting members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the Commission's business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Section 4. Order of Business. The following items shall be included in the order of business. The Commission chair may arrange agenda item to meet the convenience and needs of the Commission members and other participants. (Amendment 1, adopted November 15, 2000) 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes 4. Reports of the Chair 5. Reports from members or committees 6. Unfinished Business 7. New Business 8 Public Comment 9. Adjournment. All resolutions shall be recorded in the minutes of the Commission meetings. The meetings will be conducted in accordance with the simplified parliamentary procedure attached hereto as Exhibit "A". Section 5. Manner of Voting. The voting on all issues coming before the Commission shall be recorded in the minutes, which shall state what was done and not what was said. The votes on resolutions, unless unanimous, shall be by roll call, and state the number of "yeses", "nays", and "abstentions". When a quorum is in attendance, action may be taken by the Commission upon a vote of the majority of the members present unless another provision of these by-laws specifically states otherwise. -3-