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MINUTES OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION
APRIL 16, 2015
7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL
CONFERENCE ROOM 1
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by President Steve Smith at 7:03 p.m.
Roll Call/Status of Membership
Members present: Matt Abel, Ramona Anderson, James Guy, Roger Johnson, Mike Patiuk,
Eric Penniston, Greg Sloat, Steve Smith, Charles Tyler, Tim Utz
Members absent and excused: Lee Bak, Wes Wiggins, Carolyn Laine
Members absent and unexcused: Jeff Diehm, Rob Fiorendino
Council Liaison Bruce Nawrocki was present. The City Attorney Jim Hoeft was present. The Recording
Secretary Carole Blowers-Knoll was excused.
Guest: Bryan Olson
Approval of Tonight’s Agenda
Motion was made by Commissioner Tyler, seconded by Commissioner Utz, to approve tonight’s agenda.
Motion passed unanimously.
Approval of Charter Commission Minutes of January 15, 2015:
Commissioner Utz requested that two changes be made to the minutes as follows:
- Page 3, paragraph 1, line 1; change "40 or 50" to "several".
- Page 3, paragraph 6 line 5, change "everyone" to "most".
Motion by Commissioner Tyler, seconded by Commissioner Utz to make above stated changes and to
approve the corrected minutes; motion passed unanimously.
Correspondence
Secretary Matt Abel read the correspondence log prepared by the Recording Secretary since our last
meeting.
Old Business
Commissioner Tyler requested that the review of the City Charter that was started several years ago be
completed. Attorney Hoeft gave a brief history of what we were working on last (Franchises). Hoeft
continued with stating that there have been personnel changes at the City that could affect how franchises
are handled (or at least the cable franchise). President Smith stated that he would place the charter review
on the agenda for the next meeting.
A thank you letter to former Council Liaison to the Charter Commission, Tami Diehm, prepared by
President Smith was passed around for members to sign.
These minutes are not
approved.
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New Business
Retirement of the Recording Secretary
President Smith discussed the upcoming retirement of Recording Secretary Blowers-Knoll. Attorney Hoeft
stated that we need to check if a new Recording Secretary will be assi gned to the Charter Commission.
President Smith said he would check into this before the next meeting.
Annual Review of Charter Commission Purpose
President Smith asked that instead of having a review of the Charter Commission Purpose, that we get a
statement indicating that the Columbia Heights City Charter is in compliance with State Statute. City
Attorney Hoeft stated that the Charter is in compliance with State Statute, but there might be some out-of-
date language, but that would not have an effect on whether or not the Charter is in compliance. President
Smith indicated that he was satisfied with that as an annual review.
Next Meeting Date
The next meeting date will be July 16, 2015, 7 PM, at City Hall, Conference Room 1.
Adjournment
Motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 7:18 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Matt Abel
Secretary for the Charter Commission