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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
City Hall Council/Commission Conference Room
AGENDA
1. Call to Order - 6:30pm
2. Roll Call
3. Adoption of Agenda
4. Consideration of Minutes
5. Old Business
a. Special election alternatives
b. Discussion of consideration of reduction of period before ordinances go into
effect after publication
6. New Business
a. Discussion of ranked choice voting
7. Adjournment
Brooklyn Center Charter Commission
Meeting Minutes
July 19, 2018 Draft
Called to order by Chairman Mark Goodell at 6:30 pm
Roll Call: Chairman Mark Goodall called the roll.
Present:
• Mark Goodell
• Mawuli Blabuh
• Donald Bumgarner
• Gail Ebert
• Kathryn Ellgren
• Robert Marvin
• Mary O'Conner
• Beverly Rieschl
• Judy Thorbus
• Susan Warner
• Mark Yelich
• Micheal Elliott arrived at 6:33pm
• Stanley Leino arrived at 6:47 pm
Excused:
• Charlene Johnson
Absent:
• Abraham Rizvi
Guests:
• Meg Beekman, Community Development Director
Adoption of Agenda:
A motion was made by Robert Marvin and seconded by Judy Thorbus to approve the agenda. The
motion passed. A motion was made by Gail Ebert to suspend the rules and move the new business 6a
and 6b to before the discussion of the old business. Mark Yelich seconded. The motion passed.
Consideration of Minutes:
The April 19, 2018 minutes were approved as amended with a motion by Robert Marvin and a second
by Don Bumgarner. Motion passed.
Old Business:
a. Review Special Election alternative research:
Council members provided their research findings. The majority of cities follow state procedure.
Charter cities are allowed to supersede the state law per the League of Cities, information provided by
Mark Yelich. The question was raised by Chairman Goodall as to what the commission would like to
do moving forward. Mary O'Conner and Gail Ebert proposed working to clarify the current verbiage in
Section 205 of the Brooklyn Center City Charter. Stanley Leino made a motion that the commission
leave the current charter substantively as is but to bring mark-ups to review proposed changes to
Section 205. Robert Marvin seconded the motion. Mark Yelich wanted to be able to still consider other
changes to the current charter section 205. Motion was withdrawn by Stanley Leino and Robert
Marvin. It was decided that this item would be continued in old business at the October 11, 2018
Charter Commission meeting. Chairman Mark Goodall will query the city council as to what suggested
changes they would be seeking as well as a historical record of the amount of Brooklyn Center
municipal special elections.
New Business:
a) Request for Consideration of reduction period before ordinances go into effect after publication.
Meg Beekman, Community Development Director brought a request to reduce the 30 day wait
period to 1 day. The relevant section is Section 3.09 in the City Charter. She answered questions from
the Charter Commission regarding why this change was requested and the hoped for results of making
such a change. Gail Ebert moved that discussion of the proposed changes be moved to the next
meeting. Stanley Leino seconded. Michael Elliott felt that the discussion should happen now. Mark
Yelich proposed that we ask questions now. Chairman Goodall reminded us that we were currently
under a motion. Michael Elliott proposed an amendment to the motion to allow questions while still
tabling the debate for next meeting. Gail Ebert agreed to the amendment. Stanley Leino agreed. The
motion passed.
b) Update on Brooklyn Center's Comprehensive Plan
Stanley Leino moved to accept the written documents regarding the plan and end discussion.
Gail Ebert seconded. The motion passed.
c) Receiving electronic copies of the Charter Commission documents.
Stanley Leino moved to have Charter Commission packets sent electronically to those on the
Charter Commission who wish to receive them electronically. Kathryn Ellgren seconded. The motion
passed. Chairman Goodall will talk to the City Clerk about options for this.
d) Stanley Leino asked to have a discussion of ranked choice voting added to the October 11, 2018
agenda.
Adjournment:
With a motion by Robert Marvin and a second by Mary O'Conner, we adjourned the meeting at 8:31
p.m.
The next meeting is October 11th, 2018 at 6:30pm.
Kathryn Ellgren
Charter Commission Secretary