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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996 01-24 CHCMMINUTES OF THE BROOKLYN CENTER CHARTER COMMISSION ANNUAL MEETING OF JANUARY 24,1996 7 P.M. CONFERENCE ROOM B 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chair Eileen Oslund at 7:05 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Members present: Ulyssess Boyd, Byron Brekke, Sy Knapp, Tony Kuefler, Eric Marquardt, Robert Mickelson, Eileen Oshmd, Todd Paulson, Rodney Snyder, Diane Swanson, JaniceThielsen, Tim Willson, and Carl Wolter. Members absent and excused: Ted Willard 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Willson stated that he thought at the November 15, 1995, sub committee meeting, that the following sentence, "No letters will be sent to the City Council until they are reviewed at the January, 1996, annual meeting" should read: "No letters will be sent to the City Council until they are reviewed by the full commission." Motion by Tim Willson, seconded by Tony Kuefler to approve the minutes as printed with the one above correction. Motion passed unanim ously, with Bob Mickelson abstaining. 4. APPROVAL OF ANNUAL REPORT With the correction of Carl Wolters to Carl Wolter, underlining "Model City Charter and adding "er" to Commission on page 2, paragraph 2 of the report, motion by Eric Marquardt, seconded by Bob Mickelson to approve the annual report with the just mentioned amendments. Motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Snyder arrived at 7:10 p.m. 5. APPROVAL OF AUDIT REPORT Audit Chair Tony Kuefler stated to the commission that the entry amount for Carole Blowers on 12 -31 -95 should be $162.54, instead of $188.21; thus, the total should be $1,549.30 instead of $1,574.97. He stated that the commission did go over their $1,500.00 allotment; mainly because of the purchases of the Model City Charters for commission members. Motion tby Tony Kuefler to approve the audit report with the above correction, seconded by Sy Knapp, and passed unanim ously. NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT The Nomination Committee met and wished to place the following names into nomination for officers for 1996: Tim Willson for Chair Carl Wolter for Vice Chair Diane Swanson for Secretary 7. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. z Motion by Todd Paulson, seconded by Byron Brekke to place Tim Willson's name into nomination for Chair for 1996. There being no other nominations from the floor, the vote to elect Tim Willson as Chair for 1996 was unanimous. Motion by Todd Paulson, seconded by Byron Brekke to place Carl Wolter's name into nomination for Vice Chair for 1996. There being no other nominations from the floor, the vote to elect Carl Wolter as Vice Chair for 1996 was unanimous. Motion by Todd Paulson, seconded by Bryon Brekke to place Diane Swanson's name into nomination for Secretary for 1996. There being no other nominations from the floor, the vote to elect Diane Swanson as Secretary for 1996 was unanim At this time, Chair Eileen Oslund turned the meeting over to newly elected Chair Willson. 8. APPOINTMENTS Chair Willson stated that he haD asked two commissioners (and they have agreed) to serve the following positions: Byron Brekke as Audit Chair and Todd Paulson as Rules/Parliamentarian Chair. He suggested that Rod Snyder be reappointed as Public Relations Chair. Diane Swanson arrived at 7:20 p.m. SALARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Chair Willson stated that the Administrative Assistant's wages are $17.11/hour currently. He suggested that this position's wages be adjusted at least 3 in accordance with other city employees for 1996. Motion by Eileen Oslund, seconded by Bob Mickelson to approve a raise of 3% for the Administrative Assistant for 1996, thus changing the wage from $17.11/hour to $17.62/hour. Motion passed unanimously. 10. CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence since the last meeting included letters to the SunPost regarding tonight's meeting and our vacancy, and a lettter from the Chief Judge asking the Charter Commission to advertise for the vacancy. Other correspondence will be mentioned later under New Business. 11. OLD BUSINESS The commissioner currently needs one more member. 12. NEW BUSINESS *Adopt -A -Park: Diane Swanson indicated that she will complete the Adopt -A -Park application, asking to do the Firehouse Park again as the commission has done in the past. *Joint Citv Advisory Oroun Meeting: There will be a joint meeting of city advisory groups on February 7,1996, at the Community Center. All members of this commission are invited and encouraged to attend. Chair Willson will present a brief report that evening. *Sub Committee Renort on Citv Council/City Manager Relationship: Chair Willson stated that Mayor Kragness wrote a letter to Eileen Oslund dated January 8, 1996, acknowledging our letter of December 22,1995. The letter was readout loud to all members, and later copied for all members. Tony Kuefler briefly stated that the sub committee met on December 2 and then December 21. Discussion was held on whether the commission would have any further comments or actions before the April workshop that was mentioned in the Mayor's letter. Further actions could mean preparing some draft language to the charter. Comments ranged from meeting with the Council either in work session or at a regular council meeting to discuss the topic and get a clearer understanding of what the entire council feels in regards to this subject. It was also suggested that we could invite the entire Council to our next commission meeting to discuss the subject. Members could go individually before the Council or as a group. Motion by Tony Kuefler, seconded by Robert Mickelson, that the Charter Commission Chair will request to appear before the City Council as soon as possible for the purpose of responding to the Mayor's letter and to express the commission's concern and urgency about getting this process incorporated into the City Manager -City Council relationship. Motion passed unanimously. Motion by Bob Mickelson, seconded by Rod Snyder to reflect the unanimous vote in the records of 14 yes, 0 no, 0 abstaining, l absent. Chair Willson stated that he felt he needed to re- establish the sub committee members for this subject. He suggested that Tony Kuefler and Todd Paulson be co- chairs, with Eileen Oslund, and Byron Brekke re mainin g on the sub committee. 13. 1996 MEETING DATES The following 1996 meeting dates were approved, subject to change by the commission, by a motion by Bob Mickelson, seconded by Rod Snyder and passed unanim ously: February 28, March 27, April 24, May 22, June 26, August 28, September 25, October 23, and November 20. 14. OTHER BUSINESS Motion by Bob Mickelson, seconded by Byron Brekke to thank all the outgoing officers and newly elected officers for a wonderful job. Motion passed unanim ously. 15. ADJOURNMENT Motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Carole J. Blowers 9 Administrative Assistant 0