HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999 06-23 CHCABROOKLYN CENTER CHARTER COMMISSION
WEDNESDAYa!2rJune 1999
7 P.M. CITY HALL
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes 24 March 1999
4. Old Business
A. Letter to Mayor: Re: Council City Manager relationship
All Charter Commissioners have had a chance for input, the the revised
version of the letter has been produced It will be at this meeting for all to
sign. Please attend this meeting to sign this letter.
B. Other
5. New Business
7. Next Scheduled Meeting Dates
October 27, 1999; January 26, 2000
(Subject to change at the will of the Commission.)
8. Adjournment
lease call Carl Wolter at 561 -5267 or 721 -6661 if you cannot attend#
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to: Charter Commission Members
from: Sy Knapp, Secretary
date: 4/18/99
re: information/action items
1. enclosed, FYI, is a copy of the draft minutes of our March 24,
1999 meeting. No action needed until our next meeting.....
2. also enclosed is a draft copy of a letter which Rod Snyder and
I have prepared, in accordance with the direction of the
Commission at the March 24 meeting. Please note: we ask for
your review and comments, to me, b
y April 30. We will
appreciate recieving them in writing, addressed to me as
follows: Sy Knapp
7221 Riverdale Rd.
Brooklyn Center, Mn 55430 -1319
or: for minor comments, call me at 560 -0108
or Rod at 566 -6631
Following receipt of your comments, we will finalize this letter,
then circulate it to all members for your signatures.... so please,
getyour com to as by A "l 30. Thanks!!!
3. Our committment to participate in the City's Adopt A -Park
program by cleaning up Firehouse Park continues this year,
with our spring kick -off scheduled for Saturda Ap ril 24
(this is Earth Day Please meet at the park, which is
located at Dupont Avenue and 65th Avenue at 9:30. If at least
half of us show up, it should take less than an hour. Please
bring gloves the City will provide all other items needed.
4. at our March meeting, we re- confirmed our meeting schedule for
the year, i.e. June 23 and October 27. If you haven't already
done so, mark these dates on your calendar.......... Thanks!!!
DRAFT COPY
Date..................
Brooklyn Center Mayor Kragness; Councilmembers Hilstrom, Lasman, Nelson and Peppe;
and City Manager McCauley
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Mayor, Councilmembers and City Manager;
During 1995 the Charter Commission held extensive discussion on the issue of City Council/City Manager
relationships. During the course of our considerations we solicited, and received valuable input from
previous Mayors and Councilmembers, as well as from other sources. Based on that discussion our
commission decided that no change in the language of the charter was needed. However, we elected to
submit to the Council our recommendation that a four -part process be adopted to assist in the development
of a professional relationship which would be beneficial to the City Council, to the City Manager, and to the
Citizens of Brooklyn Center.
That process includes: (1) the annual establishment of goals and objectives. (2) an annual agreement on
performance criteria, (3) the conduct of an annual review of the City Manager's performance, and (4)
consideration of the performance review when determining the City Manager's salary and contract term.
It is our understanding that you have proceeded in accordance with these guidelines, and that it is your
intention to continue this practice. Please accept our sincere thank you and our appreciation for
initiating and continuing these procedures. Also, please accept our best wishes for a harmonious
working relationship in the coming year.
In addition, we ask that you take whatever steps are needed to assure the continuation, the enhancement,
and the perpetualization of this process, so that you and future Mayors, Councilmembers and City Managers
benefit by this process. In doing so, we believe, the Citizens of Brooklyn Center will surely benefit. That is
the essence of our goals and objectives.
Respectfully submitted,
Brooklyn Center City Charter Commission Members
R. Carl Wolter, Chair Walter R. Bursch Nancy Carlson
Elizabeth Dorsey Hatle James D. Holst Sylvester P. Knapp, Secretary
Stanley Leino, Vice Chair Harold Middleton Eileen Oslund
Todd Paulson Rodney Snyder Diane Sannes
Janice Thielsen Tim Willson cccmrel.I