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CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
APRIL 28, 19193
7:00 P.M,
AGENDA
11 Call to Order
2, Roll Call
3, Approval of Minutes of March 24, 1993 (attached)
4. Correspondence
A, Letter to NW News and SunPost regarding tonight's meeting
5. Old Business
A. Sub Committee Report on Appointment Process
6. New Business
A. North Hennepin Leadership Academy
is B. Charter Changes Suggestions
7, Next Meeting Date
8. Adjournment
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To: Carol Blowers
From: Bev Wolfe
RE: Letters and Public Notice
Date: April 28, 1993
Letters should be sent to the Mayor, all members of the city
council and to the Chairs for all of the city's commissions. The
body of the letter shouta read as fbY iows:
The Brooklyn Center Charter Commission is
currently reviewing the city charter to
determine which areas of the charter need to
be revised and to also determine if any
additions need to be made to the charter.
Given your position, the Charter Commission
would like to hear your views concerning any
changes that may be needed in the charter. If
you have any suggestions please call or submit
the suggestions in writing to me by May 20,
1993. Also, if you have any questions about
the charter or the charter commission, please
feel free to call me. My home number is
566 -3889 and my work number is 348 -8794.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I
look forward to hearing from you.
The press release (for the Sun -Post and Northwest News) for
residents should read as follows:
The Brooklyn Center Charter Commission is
currently reviewing the city charter to
determine if changes or additions need to be
made in the charter. The Commission is
interested in hearing from any city resident
who has any suggestions for or concerns about
the city charter. To obtain a copy of the
city's charter, please call city hall at
to request a copy. If you have any
suggested changes please send your written
suggestions to Bev Wolfe, Chair of the
Brooklyn Center Charter Commission, at
It is requested that
your suggestions be sent no later than June
10, 1993.
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Although it is too late to get into the Spring Newsletter, you
should submit it for the next newsletter, but change the deadline
to August 1, 1993.
Sorry about the delay in getting this to you. Thanks for taking
care of this.
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Senate Counsel Research
G STATE CAPITOL
ST. PAUL, MN 55155
(612)296.4791
FAX (612) 296 -7747
JO ANNE ZOFF SELLNER
DIRECTOR
Senate
State of Minnesota
COUNSEL
TO:
Members of the Metropolitan and Local Government
PETER S. WATTSON
JOHN C. FULLER
Committee
DANIEL P. MCGOWAN
KATHLEEN E. PONTIUS
ALLISON WOLF
FROM:
Daniel P. McGowan, Senate Counsel (296 -4397)
JOSEPH F. WIERSCHEM
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GEORGE M. MCCORMICK
HANS I. E. BJORNSON
D TES
March 9, 1993
MARTHA N. OTOOLE
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KATHERINE T. CAVANOR
EILEEN M. HANLON
RE:
Bill Summary of S.L INTO 250
Dill v J i' 1�1
MELISSA JOHNSON
JOAN E. WHITE Relating to Charter Comndssions
LATIVE
STS
WILLIAM RIEMERMAN Section 1 limits the membership on a charter commission to a total of
DAVID GIEL
MARK L. FERMANICH ten years rather than the current law which limits commission membership to
RANDAL S. HOVE no more than two successive terms.
GREGORY C. KNOPFF
PATRICK J. MCCORMACK
CATHERINE J. MCMAHON Section 2 provides that when a petition for a proposed charter
JACK PAULSON
CHRIS L. TURNER amendment is filed with the charter commission and transmitted to the city
AMY M. VENNE WITZ
MA,lA WEtDMA NN clerk to determine if it is properly attested and signed by the sufficient number
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of registered voters, and the city clerk files a certificate of insufficiency, a
corrected attestation or proof that enough signers have become qualified
voters is the only amendment permissible. Additional signatures or additional
petitions may not be used to correct an insufficiency in the number of
signatories to the petitions.
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DPM SCS0250A -1
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moves
to amend S.F.
No. 250 as follows:
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Page 1,
line 15,
delete
"ten years"
and insert "two terms"
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and before the
period,
insert
"except to
complete an unexpired
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term before
serving two full
terms"
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Page 2,
line 36,
before
"voters" insert "gualified
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registered"
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Page 3,
line 8, after "qualified"
insert "registered"
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Senator Betzold introduced—
S. F. No. 250 Referred to the Committee on Metropolitan and Local
Government
1 A bill for an act
2 relating to cities; limiting the service of charter
3 commission members; fixing procedures for charter
4 amendments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections
5 410.05, subdivision 2; and 410.12, subdivision 3.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 410.05,
8 subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9 Subd. 2. [COMMISSION MEMBERS; TERMS, VACANCIES.] Charter
10 commission members shall hold office for the term of four years,
11 and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except
12 that of members initially appointed eight
13 shall be appointed for two year terms and seven for four year
14 terms. No person may be appointed -to- more -tkan- two- sneeessiae
15 terms serve more than ten years as a commission member.
16 Vacancies in the commission shall be filled by appointment of
17 the chief judge for the unexpired terms. Upon the expiration of
18 each term, the chief judge shall appoint new commission
19 members. If the chief judge fails to appoint new commission
20 members within 30 days then thereafter the governing body of the
21 city shall, appoint new commission members, unless within the 30
22 day period the chief judge indicates in writing to the governing
23 body an intention to appoint new members, in which case the
24 chief judge shall have an additional 60 days within which to
25 make the appointment. Appointments shall be made by order filed
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1 with the court administrator of the district court. An
2 appointee who neglects to file with the court administrator
3 within 30 days a written acceptance and oath of office shall be
4 deemed to have declined the appointment and- the place shall be
5 filled as though the appointee had resigned. The charter
6 commission, within 30 days after the initial appointment of the
7 commission, shall make rules, including quorum requirements,
8 with reference to its operations and procedures. The commission
9 shall submit to the chief judge of the district court, on or
10 before December 31 of each year, an annual report outlining its
11 activities and accomplishments for the preceding calendar year.
12 The commission shall forward a copy of the report to the clerk
13 of the city. Any member may be removed at any time from office,
14 by written order of the district court, the reason for such
15 removal being stated in the order. When any member has failed
16 to perform the duties of office and has failed to attend four
17
consecutive meetings
without
being excused by
the
commission,
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the secretary of the
charter
commission shall
file
a certificate
19 with the court setting forth those facts and the district court
20 shall thereupon make its order of removal and the chief judge
21 shall fill the vacancy created thereby.
22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 410.12,
23 subdivision 3, is amended to read:
24 Subd. 3. [MAY BE ASSEMBLED AS ONE PETITION.] All petition
25 papers for a proposed amendment shall be assembled and filed
26 with the charter commission as one instrument. Within ten days
27 after such petition is transmitted to the city council, the city
28 clerk shall determine whether each paper of the petition is
29 properly attested and whether the petition is signed by a
30 sufficient number of voters. The city clerk shall declare any
31 petition paper entirely invalid which is not attested by the
32 circulator thereof as required in this section. Upon completing
33 an examination of the petition, the city clerk shall certify the
34 result of the examination to the council. If the city clerk
35 shall certify that the petition is insufficient not properly
36 attested or not signed by a sufficient number of voters, the
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1 city clerk shall set forth in a certificate the particulars in
2 which it is defective and shall at once notify the committee of,
3 the petitioners of the findings. A petition may be amended at
4 any time within ten days after the making of a certificate of
5 insufficiency by the city clerk, by filing a aepplementary
6 petition epos- additieaal- papers signed- and -f sled- aa- prevsded -sn
7 ease of- an- ortgrnas- petition corrected attestation or proof that
8 enough signers have become Qualified voters so that the petition
9 is sufficient. Additional signatures or supplementary petitions
10 may not be used to supply an insufficiency. The city clerk
11 shall within five days after such amendment is filed, make
12 examination of the amended petition, and if the certificate
13 shall show the petition still to be insufficient, the city clerk
14 shall file it in the city clerk's office and notify the
15 committee of the petitioners of the findings and no further
16 action shall be had on such insufficient petition. The finding
17 of the insufficiency of a petition shall not prejudice the
18 filing of a new petition for the same purpose.
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