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Roseville Charter Commission Roseville City Hall Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of November 17, 1999 Call to Order/Roll Call: The meeting was called to order by chair Vicki Lorenz at 7:00 p.m. All members were present. II. Guest Speaker: Joy Tierney Ms. Tierney, currently mayor of Plymouth, a charter city, discussed the situation leading to the revival of a defunct charter commission and the process of developing the charter which includes, among other provisions, a ward system, spending caps and community development. She stressed the importance of securing good legal assistance. III. Minutes: The minutes of the October 20, 1999 meeting were approved upon a motion by Bell. IV. Report of the Chair: • Public comments and questions regarding commission business can be directed to City Hall to be referred to the Chair. • Our request to waive the cablecasting fee was to be presented to the City Council on November 8. We have not received a decision. • Year, as applied to the Commission budget means the calendar year. Johnson's motion that this definition of year stands for commission business was approved unanimously. V. Unfinished Business: • The cost of a special election in Roseville is about $8,000. • The City's finance department is researching the question of the City's mayor expenditures. • Notice of this meeting was not published in the local media. The secretary will contact City Hall about this situation. • Commission members received copies of the amended by-laws. VI. New Business: • Proposals for the further conduct of commission business were received from Klausing and Sands. Based on these proposals, all members were asked to comment on their perception of how we should proceed. Following the discussion, Bell moved that Ron Riach be appointed as a committee of one to prepare a notice for the two local newspapers (Focus News and Roseville Review) announcing that at the Charter Commission meeting on December 15, 1999, the proponents of a charter will be invited to attend and give their opinions on the desirability of a charter. Any interested citizens are also invited to attend and give their opinions. Further, the notice will inform the public that specific subjects of a charter will be welcome. An expenditure of $500 from our budget is authorized to pay for the notice. The motion passed with eight in favor and one abstention. • The question of ground rules for public input was referred to the Chair by consensus. VII. Public Comments: Two citizens appeared before the Commission to speak in favor of a charter. VIII. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m. Georgians Sobola Secretary