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Meeting Minutes
December 20, 2012
6:30 p.m.
1. Call to Order. Charter Commission Meeting was called to order by Secretary Lother at 6:30
p.m. Present were Commissioners:
• Brian Lother, Secretary
• Ken Kluck
• John Hausladen
• Jim Tilbury
• Dorothy Theis
• Tom Cossette
• Also present were City Administrator Daniel J. Donahue, Council member Rich Asleson
2. Agenda. Motion by Hausladen and seconded by Cossette to approve the agenda as presented.
All voted in favor.
3. Approval of Minutes. Motion by Kluck and seconded by Hausladen to approve minutes of
the 11. 10.2011 Charter Commission as presented. All voted in favor.
4. Open Forum. No one appeared at Open Forum
5. Old Business
6. New Business
a. Review of Correspondence. Donahue reviewed
i. Letter sent by Donahue to Chief Judge James Swenson on January 24, 2012
providing the Charter Commission activities during 2011
ii. Letters received from Chief Judge on the appointments of Dorothy Theis and
Jim Tilbury to the Charter Commission
iii. Notification received at city informing us that Judge Peter A. Cahill would be
replacing Judge James Swensen as the Chief Judge.
b. Nomination of Chair and Secretary. Presiding Charter Commission chair Lother asked
that nominations for Chair and Secretary be added to the agenda. The chair noted that
the past Chair ,George Gmach's appointment expired in July, 2012. All agreed. Chair
Lother also stated that his term would be expiring in July, 2014 and that he was
offering not to seek continuing on as Secretary or the Chair appointment. Discussion
followed that noted that his term had a year and a half to run and that he should
consider being nominated for one of the positions.
i. Motion by Cossette and seconded by Hausladen nominating Lother as chair
for 2013. All voted aye. Motion passed (6:0)
ii. Motion by Cossette and seconded by Kluck nominating Theis as Secretary
for 2013. All voted aye. Motion passed (6:0)
c. Future Agenda Items. None
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d. Update on Commissioner Appointments. Donahue reviewed the current terms of
appointees noting that no terms were expiring in 2013. Commissioners asked about
the minimum and maximum number of appointees that could be made to the
commission. Donahue stated that the minimum number is six but did not have an
answer as to the maximum number. He said he would research.
7. Information Exchange. The following was discussed:
a. Goals and Objectives of the city for 2013. The list was reviewed.
b. Commissioners asked about the reaction of the community to the Star Tribune article
of November 14, 2012 about sewer and water development in the city. Donahue stated
that all the feedback he received as positive.
c. Sewer and Water update. Council member Asleson provided information as did
Commissioner /Council Member Cossette on activities including the idea of extending
to the downtown area
d. Tax Increment Financing (TIF). Questions were asked about the possible use of
surplus funds for further development activities. Commissioner /Council member
Cossette and Council member Asleson provided information. Commissioners asked
about TIF spending and if there were differences between Charter Cities and statutory
cities. Donahue said he would research.
8. Adjourn. Motion by Cossette and seconded by Tilbury to adjourn. All voted in favor.
Adjourned at 7:00 PM.
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