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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 11, 2011 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : July 11, 2011 5 TIME STARTED : 5:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty,Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Gallup 10 11 12 Staff members present: Administration Director Dan Tesch; City Engineer Jason Wedel; 13 City Planner Jeff Smyser; City Planner Paul Bengtson; Police Captain Kent Strege; 14 Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; Community Development 15 Director Mike Grochala; City Clerk Julie Bartell 16 17 The city's new engineer, Jason Wedel, introduced himself to the council, informed them 18 of his accessibility and thanked the city for the opportunity to serve. The council 19 requested that Mr. Wedel send them each an email so they will have his contact 20 information. 21 22 1. Charter Commission Appointment Process - City Clerk Bartell noted that the 23 Lino Lakes Charter Commission will have terms expiring at the end of this year so staff is 24 providing a report on the appointment process including how the openings are advertised, 25 how applications are received and the appointment process. There is some guidance for 26 the process included in the state statutes and the charter commission by-laws. This is 27 brought forward for council review. She added that the city administrator has suggested 28 that it makes sense that this year the application process should be centralized at city hall, 29 meaning applications will be received at city hall and submitted by the city clerk to the 30 appointing authority(the chief judge). It was noted that the process in the past was 31 centralized at city hall and so this would be returning to that practice. 32 33 The council discussed the appointment process in general and posed questions about 34 tracking applicants, eligibility requirements for appointment, how a dual process (both 35 charter and council submitting applications)would work, if a recommendation process is 36 appropriate, whether individuals could apply directly to the chief judge, and how the 37 application itself would be impacted. The council received input from former Lino Lakes 38 Charter Commission member Robert Bening. 39 40 The council also discussed the status of the commission's minutes, noting some concern 41 that the minutes of several meetings are not posted on the web. A council member 42 offered assistance to the commission in the form of city staff or web assistance to get the 43 minutes up to date. 44 1