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Lino Lakes City Council <br />Special Closed Meeting <br />Minutes <br />DATE: <br />February 2, 2026 <br />TIME STARTED: <br />5:30 P.M. <br />TIME ENDED: <br />6:13 P.M. <br />LOCATION: <br />Community Room <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: <br />Mayor Rafferty (arrived at 5:32 p.m.), Councilmembers Lyden, Nelson, <br />Ruhland and Rennaker <br />ABSENT: <br />None <br />Staff Members Present: City Administrator Karen Anderson, City Clerk Roberta Colotti, and <br />Community Development Director Mike Grochala. <br />Also Attending: City Attorney Zach Cronen and WBS Representative Ben Barker. <br />1. Call to Order and Roll Call <br />Acting Mayor Ruhland called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. <br />2. Setting the Agenda: Addition or Deletion of Agenda Items <br />The agenda was adopted as presented. <br />3. Announcement <br />Acting Mayor Ruhland stated that the next agenda item is a Motion to go into Closed <br />Session to discuss confidential legal strategy regarding possible litigation for the City's <br />acquisition of right-of-way. The Open Meeting Law, Minnesota Statutes section 13D.05, <br />subdivision 3(b), allows the City Council to close a meeting for the following purpose, <br />among others: for confidential discussions permitted by the attorney -client privilege. <br />The City Council will close the meeting to meet with its attorney regarding the City's <br />options with respect to the possible litigation and strategies for the same. There is a <br />need for absolute confidentiality because the City's position would be compromised if <br />such discussions took place in public and could be overheard by adverse parties, and <br />thus, the City's interest in maintaining confidentiality outweighs the public's right to <br />hear the discussion. Accordingly, pursuant to the law I have cited, I will hereby entertain <br />a motion that this meeting be closed pursuant to the attorney -client privilege. <br />4. Motion to go into Closed Session <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />