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Charter Commission
City of Hastings, Minnesota
April 8, 1993
Present: Tom Novak Edith Kaiser
Denice Kehn Richard Myklebust
P. Mathison
Absent: I~en Harrington Michael McCabe
Virginia Brawn
Guests: City Clerk -Barb Thompson
City Attorney -Shawn Moynihan
Councilman -Paul Hicks
ITEMS I & II
Cabo Order & Quorum
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairperson
Tom Novak, and he declared a quorum present.
ITEM III
Approval of Minutes
The January 14, 1993 minutes were distributed and read
by those present. Corrections to the minutes as follows
were approved: Under Item V, Unfinished Business, #2,
change "decision" to "recommendation."
Under Item VI, New Business, Paragraph 3, changed
"deleted" to "discussed." Same section, Paragraph 4, delete
"383d.73, and insert the ward "the" between "passed" and
"Minnesota Statute."
In Section VI, paragraph 6, a), line #3 says "and Section 204
should be eliminated." Omit this reference. Instead; it
should read "Section 2.04 and 2.05 should be consistent
with State law." The correction was also made that in this
section, the numbers should be referred to as 2.05, not 205
(insert period).
Corrections to the minutes were approved as above. It was
moved by D. Kehn, seconded by D. Myklebust to approve the
minutes as corrected. Motion passed.
ITEIi~ IV
unfinished Business:
Shawn Moynihan introduced the concept of changing the
election of the two at-large council members. Lengthy
discussion was had, and D. Kehn suggested that no decision
should be made, but that Barb T. would do some research
on how other communities handle this issue, and it will be
a topic for discussion at the next meeting.
Section 5.03 of the Charter -Board of Equalization - S.~
Moynihan noted that in addition to language change, it was
recommended that the council adopt this charter change
by board members. Add to language that the City Council,
acting as Board of Equalization, could delegate that
authority to County Board, if allowed by State Iaw. Motion
made by E. Kaiser, seconded by D. Kehn. Nlotian carried.
Section 3.07 -Contingency Fund - S. Moynihan explained
proposed change of language and recommended adoption.
Motion was made by D. Myklebust and seconded by Pat
Mathison to approve said language. Motion carried.
Section 2.05 -Petitions for Election. Motion to accept 2.05
to be consistent with State law was discussed. Made by
Edith Kaiser, seconded by D. Kehn. Motion carried. S.
Moynihan will send changes to council members.
Section 3.02 -Change Term of Electing Officers. 'The term
should begin the first regular meeting in January, and after
taking the oath of office following regular municipal
elections.
D. Myklebust questioned Section 3.06 (#8 from January's
meeting). D. Kehn suggested this matter be put on the
agenda for the next meeting as new business.
Tt was decided to hold the next meeting July 15, 7:00 p.m.
T. Novak will notify mayor, polzce chief and city
administrator.
P. Mathison, D. Kehn and T. Novak were sworn in as
Charter Commissioners.
ITEM V:
E. Kaiser moved to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted: ~ ~~icp~~
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