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SUMMARY
ACTIONS AND WORK OF THE HASTINGS CHARTER COMMISSION
City of Hastings, Minnesota
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The fallowing constitutes a summary of the actions and work of the
Charter Commission of the City of Hastings far the year 1987.
MEETING OF JAN 9, 1987
Commission approved and recommended to the Hosting City Council that
Section 3.03 of the Hastings City Charter be amended by ordinance
providing for the call of a special election to fi11 a Council vacancy
whenever the City Council. was unable to fill a vacancy by majority
vote within 30 days. (This amendment to the City Charter was
subsequently adopted by the Council.)
Commission Called the City Council's attention to the fact that
Council. Meetings were being conducted in violation of Section x.01 of
the City Charter by failing to have "an effective voice amplifying
system in operation at all public meetings of the Council. (Council
subsequently purchased, installed and activatEd a satisfactory voice
amplifying system).
MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12, 1987
Chairman Charles Caturia resigned
D. Winton Hartman elected Chairman
Dick Dobrick elected Vice Chairman
Commission authorized the employment of a paid recording secretary.
General discussion of Commission goals and work for the year.
MEETING OF APRIL 9, 1987
Quarterly Meetings of the Charter Commission in Apxil, July, October
and January authorized.
Committees as follows appointed:
Committee on By-Laws and Conflict of Interest
Committee on Public Information
Committee on Acting Mayor and Council. Committees
Committees to study the situation in their assigned areas and report
with their c4nclusio~.s and/or recammendativns at the July quarterly
meeting.
MEETING OI± JULY 6, 1987
Committees on By-Laws and Conflict of Interest and Acting Mayor and
Council Committees reported an their work to date.
No Commission action was taken for lack of a quorum.
MEETWG OF OCTOBER 8, 1987
By--Laws far the Charter Commission of the City of Hastings were
approved (copy attached.)
Commission approved and recommended to the City Council that Section
3.04 of the City Charter be amended by ordinance providing for the
election of the Acting Mayor in the event the Council was deadlocked
and unable to select an Acting Mayor by majority vote. (copy
attached). Subsequently the Council tabled any action on the
recommendation and referred the matter back to the Charter Commission
for clarification.
Commission approved and recommended to the City Council that Section
3.09 of the City Charter be amended by ordinance limiting the size of
Council Committees and providing that no Council Committee be
comprised of a majority of the City Council. (copy attached.)
Subsequently the City Council, failed to adopt this recommendation for
lack of a unanimous vote.
Commission received the report of the Committee on Conflict of
interest and discussed same but deferred any action until the Meeting
of January 14, 1988.
Respectfully submitted,
D. Winton Hartman