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ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES
January 30, 1985
8:00 P.M.
City Hall
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Donn Escher at 8 :05 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Members present: Ernest Erickson, Donn Escher, John Lescault, Jean
Schiebel, Barbara Sexton, Neil Smeaton, Edward Commers,
Mary Heitzig, Dennis Kueng (Also -G. Splinter, C. Manager
Members absent and excused: Mona Hinzman
Members absent and unexcused: Michael Beauchane, Barbara Swart
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion by Neil Smeaton, seconded by Dennis Kueng to approve the minutes
of November 28, 1984, as submitted. Passed unanimously.
APPROVAL OF ANNUAL REPORT
Motion by Ernest Erickson, seconded by Neil Smeaton to approve the
Annual Report as submitted by Chairman Escher. Passed unanimously.
AUDIT REPORT
Motion by Jean Schiebel, seconded by Edward Commers to accept the
Audit Report as presented. Passed unanimously.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT
Commissioner Dennis Kueng on behalf of the Nominating Committee pro-
posed that Donn Escher be re- elected as Chairman and Barbara Sexton
be re- elected as Secretary; no name was .proposed for Vice Chairman.
At this time, Dennis Kueng was nominated for the position of Vice
Chairman; no other nominations were made for Chairman and Secretary.
Motion by Ernest Erickson, seconded by John Lescault to move an
unanimous ballot. Passed 9- 0 -3 -0.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
The following people volunteered to be appointed as committee chair-
persons for 1985 for the various committees:
Public Relations: Ernest Erickson
Audit: Jean Schiebel
Rules /Parliamentarian: Neil Smeaton
OLD BUSINESS
Mr. Splinter will provide the secretarial assistant with a sample of
plaques that have been used recently as recognition plaques. The
secretarial assistant will also contact Arnie Mavis at the City Hall
regarding more information on the plaques. Format and wording for
plaques for William Hannay and Vincent Tubman will need to be worked out.
The secretarial assistant will also see to it that everyone receives
an updated xerox copy of the City Charter.
STATUS OF ELECTIONS AMENDMENTS
Tom Bublitz, Administrative Assistant at the City Hall, contacted
Chairman Escher after our last meeting regarding the need for an
addition to our original transmittal and original proposed ordinance
regarding the elections. Section 4.01 also needed to be changed to
correspond to Section 2.03 as originally proposed. Chairman Escher
stated that he polled Executive Committee members for their approval to
such an addition. As a formality, a motion was made by Dennis Kueng,
seconded by Jean Schiebel to have our original transmittal and ordinance
to include both Sections 2.03 and 4.01. Passed unanimously.
The second hearing on the elections amendment was held on Monday,
January 28, 1985. The City Council's vote was: 2 -3, therefore defeat-
ing the amendment; the motion was remanded back to the Charter Commission.
The Charter Commission members were presented with a copy of the
Position Paper on the Election Amendment prepared by the Citizens
for Better Government (CBG). It was suggested and agreed upon that
the commissioners will read over this memorandum in the next several
weeks and take no further action tonight. The item will be discussed
again at the next Charter Commission meeting.
CODE OF ETHICS
Gerald Splinter, City Manager, handed out to the commissioners a
proposed copy of an ordinance regarding a code of ethics. It was
the consensus of the commissioners to have Mr. Splinter have the
City Attorney check over the language of this proposed ordinance,
to continue on with this proposal, with the City Manager and /or
commissioners giving feedback and /or additional changes to each other.
NEW BUSINESS
Motion by John Lescault, seconded by Barbara Sexton to change the
secretarial assistant's pay from $7.60 an hour to $9.00 an hour.
Passed unanimously.
As Commissioner Beauchane was absent from tonight's meeting, his
report on the Year 2000 will again appear on the next meeting's agenda.
NEXT MEETING DATE
The next Charter Commission meeting will be held on March 27, 1985,
at 8:00 P.M.
Before adjourning, the Chairman commented that three people have con-
tacted him regarding joining the Charter Commission. Information as
to how to apply to the Chief Judge has been sent to them this past week.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Jean Schiebel, seconded by John Lescault to adjourn the meet-
ing at 9:20 P.M. Passed unanimously.
Respectfully .,Submi ted,�
Carole J. rowers, C.P.S.
Secretarial Assistant
Chairman: Donn Escher
Secretary: Barbara Sexton
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