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1 1 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 22, 1992 Mr. Schumacher was asked if the chairman is strong enough to conduct these meetings. Mr. Schumacher said he has been at times and has directed the committee to get back to the issue and leave personalities out. However, Mr. Schumacher asked what is the issue? He noted that the committee has reams and reams of material and said he believes that this is not what the Municipal Board has requested. Mrs. Thiltgen explained that the Centerville members came to the very first meeting with six (6) pages of single spaced typed issues. The Lino Lakes members did not come prepared and felt that consultants should be doing the work required. Mr. Houle gave a brief background on how this matter started. He noted that there were two (2) factions in Centerville fighting with each other. One of the factions prepared the petition for consolidation with Lino Lakes and filed it with the Municipal Board. The Centerville City Council did not want anything to do with consolidation and choose members who are all against consolidation. The Centerville membership is vehemently opposed to consolidation and they are doing everything possible to prevent any "meeting of the minds ". Mr. Schumacher noted that the petitioners are upset because there was no one appointed to the consolidation committee from the opposing side. Mr. Houle said the Centerville consolidation committee members try to confuse the issue and do not want to hire consultants to do any of the work. Mayor Reinert asked what the relationship of the Municipal Board was with the consolidation committee. He asked if the Municipal Board has set out any guidelines. Ms. Marier said that the Municipal Board has asked that each community set out stipulation and Lino Lakes has presented their stipulations. Mrs. Thiltgen suggested that the stipulations from Lino Lakes and from Centerville be set out side by side and compared and the differences will be immediately known. She said that Centerville is requiring all of the other material as a way to stall the matter. Mrs. Thiltgen noted that Centerville has relatively few policies and statements as compared to Lino Lakes. She told the Council that she is not prepared to do pages and pages of research. If this is what the City of Lino Lakes wants, they should look for another person to replace her on the committee. Mayor Reinert suggested going back to the committee and saying that Lino Lakes feels that they should not go beyond what the Municipal Board is requiring. Mrs. Thiltgen explained that the Lino Lakes committee members have already said this but Centerville wants this expanded because questions may come up during the public hearing such as what is the Lino Lakes severance pay policy, what form of government would the newly PAGE 2 277