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• COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 8, 1997 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE : December 8, 1997 TIME STARTED : 6:34 P.M. TIME ENDED : 9:20 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT : Bergeson, Landers, Neal and Lyden MEMBERS ABSENT : Kuether Staff members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; City Attorney, Bill Hawkins; Community Development Director, Brian Wessel; City Engineer, David Ahrens; Economic Development Assistant, Mary Alice Divine; Chief of Police, David Pecchia; Environment Coordinator, Marty Asleson SETTING THE AGENDA Mayor Landers requested the addition of Consideration of Selection of a Construction Management Company for the Public Facilities Complex as Agenda Item No. 7.B., Campaign Signs under "Old Business", and Appointment to Friends of the Park as Agenda Item No. 12.B. Council Member Neal requested addition of Campaign Contributions as Agenda Item No. 12.C. Council Member Lyden requested that Agenda Item No. 9, Consideration of Amendments to the City Administrator's Employment Agreement, be deleted. Council Member Lyden moved that Agenda Item No. 9 be deleted. Motion failed for lack of a second. Council Member Lyden then presented four reasons why Agenda Item No. 9 should not be considered at this time. His first reason was that the evaluation was not complete as he had not submitted his portion of the evaluation. Second, this matter had not been presented at the most recent Wednesday Council work session. At this point Council Member Lyden pointed out that closure of the meeting at which Council conducted its review of the City Administrator's employment agreement was not consistent with the requirements of Statute 47.705, Section 1.E. City Attorney explained that the open meeting law provides that the individual being reviewed must be named in the notice of such a meeting. Mayor Landers stated that the official notice referred to the review as being of an employee. Mr. Hawkins indicated that he had not seen the notice and therefore could not opine regarding the correctness of its content. The question was raised as to the validity of the review held at the subject meeting. Mayor Landers pointed out that forms were completed and submitted, but no official Council action was taken.