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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993 04-28 CHCABROOKLYN CENTER CHARTER COMMISSION 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 0 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. L r 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. I* i 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 I GEORGE M. MCCORMICK HANS I. E. BJORNSON D TES March 9, 1993 MARTHA N. OTOOLE 1� 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 EIDMA 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. DPM:la I 0 1 03/08/93 [COUNSEL DPM SCS0250A -1 1 M moves to amend S.F. No. 250 as follows: 2 Page 1, line 15, delete "ten years" and insert "two terms" 3 and before the period, insert "except to complete an unexpired 4 term before serving two full terms" 5 Page 2, line 36, before "voters" insert "gualified 6 registered" 7 Page 3, line 8, after "qualified" insert "registered" 0 1 01/25/93 [REVISOR HMW /MP 93 -1078 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 1 R 01/25/93 [REVISOR HMW /MP 93 -1078 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, 18 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 OA 01/25/93 [REVISOR HMW /MP 93 -1078 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. n U 3