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CHARTER COMMISSION
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007
7:00 P.M.
GAUVITTE ROOM
MURZYN HALL
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by President Mike Hartel at 7:10 p.m.
Roll Call
Members present: Barb Gertsema, Mike Hartel, Jim Johnson, Nancy King, Katy Korday (7:17 p.m.),
Scott Kyseth, Carolyn Laine, Lori Ritzko, Joe Sturdevant, Joseph Sturdevant,
Dan Vogtman
Members absent and excused: Bob Buboltz, Mike Patiuk
Members absent and unexcused: None
Council Liaison, Tami-Ericson Diehm, was absent. Councilmember Bruce Nawrocki attended for Tami.
Carole Blowers, Recording Secretary was present.
Jim Hoeft, City Attorney, was present.
Approval of Minutes of April 19, 2007:
Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Sturdevant, to approve the minutes of April
19, 2007, as presented. Motion passed unanimously.
Correspondence
The Recording Secretary advised that since the April meeting, the only correspondence was the agenda and
minutes. There will be correspondence from the City Attorney handed out tonight later in the meeting
regarding review of Chapter 3 of the charter.
Status of Membership
The Charter Commission still has two vacancies. The Recording Secretary was not aware of any applications
pending at this time.
Old Business -None
New Business
Continued Review of the City Charter by the City Attorney
The City Attorney stated that at the April meeting, Chapters 1 and 2 of the charter were discussed with
commission members. He stated he worked with the Recording Secretary and prepared a comparison of
Chapter 3 (charter vs. statutory) for commission members tonight, which was handed out at this time.
The City Attorney provided the following comments on Chapter 3:
Section 16: Councilmembers assume duties on the first Monday in January, not at the first regular council
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meeting on January. Special, not emergency, meetings may be called with 3 days' notice.
Emergency meetings do not require a posting or published notice.
Section 17: The council shall provide a means (not may) to compel absent members' attendance.
Section 18: Remove one sentence completely. A majority vote (not simple majority) of elected council
members is required to pass ordinances, resolutions, and motions. The Charter is different than a
statutory city in this section.
Section 19: Appropriations over $500 must be posted or published in a newspaper.
Section 20: No additions or changes.
Section 21: Resolutions require a 4/5 approval, not unanimous consent. It was noted that in our city
charter, Section 21 still reads unanimous consent, not 4/5. The Recording Secretary will check on
this.
There was discussion on emergency ordinances and when would such ordinances occur. The City
Attorney stated that when the city needed to put a moratorium on vehicle sales, zoning, lot
size/duplexes, an emergency ordinance was prepared.
Section 22: No additions or changes.
Section 23: No additions or changes.
Section 24: No additions or changes.
Section 25: No additions or changes.
Section 26: No additions or changes.
Section 27: No additions or changes.
The City Attorney stated we would continue discussion of the charter, starting with Chapter 4 next time.
Next Meeting Date
The next regular Charter Commission meeting date is October 18, 2007, at 7 p.m. at Murzyn Hall.
Continuation of review of the charter (Chapters 4 and 5) will be an agenda item. The Recording Secretary
will double check whether there was a charter change to Section 21 when there was a previous charter change
to Section 19 regarding the 4/5 vs. unanimous passage of resolutions and ordinances.
Adjournment
Motion by Commissioner Sturdevant, seconded by Commissioner Sturdevant, to adjourn the meeting at 7:47
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Carole J. Blowers,
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Recording Secretary
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