HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 01-24 CHCAWednesday, January 24, 1979
City Hall, 8 p.m.
BROOKLYN CENTER CHARTER COMMUSSION
AGENDA
1. Call to order
2. New appointments
3. Roll Call
4. Approval of minutes of November 29
5. Reading of 1978 Annual Report to the Chief Judge of District Court
6. Audit Chairman Report for 1978
7. Report of Nominating Committee
8. Election of officers for 1979 Chairman
Vice Chairman
Secretary
9. Appointment of Audit Chairman and Public Relations Chairman
10. Report from Executive Committee on Amendments 17, 19 and 20
111. Review and approve revised amendments 3a, 5a, and 9a.
12. Report from Rules of Procedure Committee
13. New Business
14. Set next meeting date
15. Adjournment
James A. Gillen, Acting Chairman
Brooklyn Center Charter Commission
BROOKLYN CENTER CHARTER COMMISSION
Annual Report for 1978
The Brooklyn Center Charter Commission met eight times during 1978. At the
January meeting the following officers were elected:
Chairman Viola Kanatz
Vice Chairman James Gillen
Secretary Barbara Swart
The chairman appointed Mona Hintzman as Audit Chairman and Cheryl Asplund as
Public Relations Chairman.
During the year Commissioners Richard Higgins and Phyllis Papke moved from
the community and Chairman Viola Kanatz resigned as a result of new employment.
New commissioners appointed were: Jerry Campion, Michael Beauchane, and Donn
Escher.
The commission completed its study of the charter which produced a list of
24 proposed amendments. Of these, three were rejected by the commission and
21 were sent to the city council for review. Seven of the 21 were accepted by the
city council. Of the remaining fourteen, the differences between the council
and the commission appear minor and with some adjustments basically in wording
were expected to be approved early in 1979 by the council. The charter commission
will re -study the remaining six amendments in 1979 and take whatever action it
feels is appropriate for each of the proposed changes.
After experiencing some confusion and difficulty in the handling of charter
changes the commission decided at its November meeting to establish a committee
to review and update all of the charter commission's rules of procedure.
Respectfully submitted,