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Minutes of a Public Hearing On Proposed Charter Review Revisions 8-10-10 Page 32 Charter. I called the Village Hall and made them aware of this and they told me that it had been properly corrected and it was still five years. Period. Barbara Bodnar Bonnieview I just wanted to follow up with our resident civics expert Mr. Diemert on a couple of things we talked about tonight, so a few very brief questions if you could clarify them. Number one, can Council pass a resolution of no support for the Charter amendments? Number two, can Council publish the names of Charter Review Commission on our website and can they reconvene and take input of the citizens? Number three, you are not insinuating that we here tonight are simply a vocal minority, are you? Mr. Diemert replied, I find it interesting that you would suggest that we should do something to take this off the ballot so that the voters don't have a chance to vote on it when the issue is you are trying to defend the voters' right to vote, so for those of you who have suggested tonight that you don't want this to go on the ballot are disenfranchising the people that aren't here tonight and that's, I'm not sure what the majority of the people here would prefer, the voters. Ms. Bodnar replied, everybody here knew about the meeting tonight. Mr. Diemert asked, okay, so they don't want this to go on the ballot, you're saying? That seems inconsistent with the issue that's the merits of the case. Should we let the voters make a decision? Ms. Bodnar replied, I think the Charter Commission needs to have input. Apparently there may have been some advertisement earlier on which invited people's input and nobody seems to have received their invitation. I know I haven't received mine, but I think there ought to be an opportunity there. My question is not whether you think I am a person who stands for fundamental liberties or not. My question is whether or not (a) you can, Council can pass a resolution showing no support for all or some of the amendments and number two - Mr. Diemert replied, Council can pass any resolution they want, yes. Ms. Bodnar replied, okay, and number two, whether it's possible to give us the names of the people on the Charter Commission by publishing them somewhere and asking that Commission to reconvene and take input from not just the vocal minority that's here tonight, but for anybody who wants to come? Mr. Diemert replied, it is public record. All you have to do is call the office and get the names. They have Minutes for every months of their meetings with all of their names, all of their