. >> WELCOME TO THIS LIVE BROADCAST OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETER GINDER AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. BEFORE WE BEGIN I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND
STAFF THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE RE-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF
THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THE COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE
OF A QUORUM. >> COMMISSIOR BOONE. >> PRESENT. >> CLEGG. >> HERE. >> COOPER. >> PRESENT. >> DAVIS CARTER IS ABSENT. DEMELLO. >> HERE. >> DOHERTY. >> HERE.
>> GARCIA IS ABSENT. KOZAK. >> HERE. >> NEY IS ABSENT. PERRY. >> HERE. >> SANDBERG. >> HERE. >> SMITH. >> HERE. >> VICE CHAIR RUBENSTEIN. >> HERE. >> CHAIR GINDER. >> PRESENT.
>> WE HAVE 12 PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO THE AGENDA. COMMISSIONERS, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING BEFORE US, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THEGENDA. >> SO MOVED, RUBENSTEIN.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A PROPER MOTION BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> E. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED A NAY. THAT
MOTION PASSES AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON JANUARY 15TH. >> MOVE, PERRY. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND, SANDBERG. >> WE HAVE A PROPER MOTION BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALLHOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT MOTION PASSES AND THE MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED. I WOULD NOTE FOR THE CLERK THAT
MMISSIONER NEY HAS JOINED US. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CHAIR'S REPORT. THE ONLY ITEM THAT I HAVE IS I THINK AS MANY OF Y ARE AWARE IS COMMISSIONER PAUL HILL HAS RESIGNED AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION. I KNOW HE HAD SOME
PROMOTIONS, ADDITIONAL DUTIES ADDED AT WORK AND HE FELT HE COULD NO LONGER DO JUSTICE TO THIS JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE BECAUSE HE'S A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE COMMISSION. AND I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE APPLICATION
PROCESS FOR A NEW CHARTER COMMISSION MEMBER IS NOW OPEN. SO PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE, THIS IS A TIME THAT YOU CAN REMIND THEM APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE REPORT OF OUR
COMMITTEES AND WORK GROUPS. AND THAT IS RECEIVING REPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WORK GROUP PROPOSED GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AMENDMENTS. AND I PASS THIS OVER TO THE CHR, OR CO-CHAIR, COMMISSIONER CLEGG.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR GINDER. THE REPORT, THE WRITTEN REPORT IS ATTACHED T YOUR PACKET AS THE MINNEAPOLIS CHARTER COMMISSION GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE REPORT. IN SUMMARY, WE'VE MET SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEAST FULL CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING. ALL THREE
TIMES WE WERE REVIEWING THE DRAFT AMENDMENT TO CONFORM THE CHARTER TO THE CITY ORDINANCE ON THE STRUCTURE OFGOVERNMENT. THE FIRST TWO TIMES WE WENT THROUGH EACH ARTICLE WORD BY WORD, SECTION BY SECTION. MADE SOME SMALL CORRECTIONS, WORDING
CHANGES, ET CETERA. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING COROVERSIAL. BUT OUR MINUTES ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE. THE THIRD MEETING WAS THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE OF THE MEETINGS. THE BIG ISSUE I THINK IN THE DRAFT AMENDMENT IS REALLY
BOILS DOWN TO WHAT STAFF POSITIONS DS CITY COUNCIL CONFIRM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE PAGE WHICH HAS THE RORT ON IT, YOU WILL SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN THERE, ON THE
THREE-COLUMN SECTION, THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN LISTS ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL. THE MIDDLE COLUMN REPRESENTS THE POSITIONS CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL UNDER
TH EXISTING DRAFT, AND IT'S ONLY A DRAFT. IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BY THE CHARTER COMMISSION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING A MEETING NUMBER 3 IS HOW TO RESOLVE THOSE DIFFERENCES. AND WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE A
CONVERSATION IN A JOINT MEETINGS OR MEETINGS WITH MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO GET THEIR EDBACK ON HOW THEY THINK THE AMENDMENT SHOULD READ. WHAT POSITIONS SHOULD BE CONFIRM BY THE COUNCIL. AND THAT TO PREPARE FOR THAT, WE'VE BEEN DRAFTING SOME
QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD SUBMIT TO BOTH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO GET THEIR PROPOSED INPUT. AND TO THE EXTENT THA YOU'VE NOT BEEN A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WORK GROUP BUT D HAVE QUESTIONS TO SUBMIT, PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THESE ARE BY NO MEANS FINAL. AND SO PLEASE
CONTINUE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS. WE'LL PROBABLY CUT OFF THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE A WEEK OR SO BEFORE WHATEVER TIM THE ULTIMATE JOINT MEETING IS. BUT UNTIL THEN, ALL QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CO-CHAIR CLEGG.
ARE THERE QUESTNS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR COMMISSIONER CLEGG? OKAY. >> I THINK MOST COMMISSIONERS ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE. >> I KNOW THAT MOST OF US ARE ON
THE COMMITTEE. >> BUT I DO HAVE A MOTN TO MAKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WORK GROUP. >> OKAY. >> IF I MAY. AND I'VE GIVEN A COPY OF THIS TO THE CLERK SO THEYON'T HAVE TO GET THIS DOWN. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE GOVERNMEN STRUCTURE WORK
GROUP PROPOSED QUESTIONS AND SUBMIT THEM IN ADVANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO SOLICIT THEIR IDEAS AND FEEDBACK PRIOR TO THE JOINT MEETINGS OR MEETING ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS. NUMBER TWO, TO APPROVE THE TABLE SHOWING THE THREE COLUMNS OF VARIOUS OPTIO
FOR THOSE DEPARTMENT HEAD APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE BY THE MAYOR AND APPROVED SUBJECT TO E CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS A STARTING POINT FOR DISCUSSION, AND SUBMIT THEM IN ADVANCE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, AND THREE, AUTHORIZING CHAIR GINDER TO COORDINATE WITH
THE CITY CLERK TO SCHEDE JOINT MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER AND TO SUBMIT THE QUESTIONS AND TABLE TO THEM PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS. >> MOVE, PERRY. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T SEE ANY
DISCUSSION. THEREFORE, CLERK, WOULD CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER BOONE. >> AYE. >> CLEGG. >> AYE. >> COOPER. >> AYE. >> DEMELLO. >> AYE.
>> DOHERTY. >> AYE. >> KOZAK. >> AYE. >> NEY. >> AYE. >> PERRY. >> AYE. >> SANDBERG. >> AYE. >> SMITH. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR RUBENSTEIN. >> AYE. >> CHAIR GINDER. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE 12 AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. I WILL
NOTE THAT THE CITY CLERK IS CURRENTLY ON VACATION SO AS SOON AS HE GETS BACK I WILL CONTACT HIM AND WE'LL START WORKING ON A PROCESS FOR TRANSMITTAL OF THESE ITEMS AS WELL AS SETTING A DATE TO GET THE INPUT FROM BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THE
FINAL MATTER ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECEIPT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS OFFERED AT THE END OF EACH MEETING. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SUBMIT A COMMENT, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP. INTRODUCE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU START. I'L ASK THE CLERK IF WE HAVE ANYONE WHO IS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> CHAIR GINDER, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOR HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE OUR LAST MEETIN >> OKAY. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SEEING NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.