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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 14, 2002 Councilmember Carlson stated she agreed with Councilmember Dahl's comments. She recalled reading in the newspaper a few years ago when she was not serving on the City Council that there had been an investigation that found the women were sitting toward the back while the men sat at the table. She believed decisions such as appointing an Acting Mayor should be based on who has the best experience and training. She felt that Councilmember Dahl, the current Acting Mayor, would be the best candidate for re -appointment, because she has done a very good job over the past two years, has been on the Council twice as long as Councilmember Reinert, has served on the Planning and Zoning Board and has been involved in other community activities. If Councilmember Dahl is not the choice, Councilmember Carlson stated she would be willing to serve as Acting Mayor. She noted she has served as Vice Chair of various boards since 1976 and has served on the Planning and Zoning Board for one year prior to being elected to the Council. Councilmember Carlson noted the Planning and Zoning Board believed the City placed a great deal of emphasis on the Plannin the minutes of the Special Council meeting minutes of October he believes the Environmental Board is a sub -board relating did not believe this is the case and she believed in the impo andated by State law and she oning Board. She noted per Mayor Bergeson had stated ing and Zoning Board. She f the Environmental Board. Councilmember Carlson noted Councilmember Rein .:��' old the Environmental Board applicants that there has been some animosity from the Board e pa and the Board should work hard to embrace development, or that the City is looking or . nvironmental Board that embraces development in order to be part of the process. " ~ A ed the City needs a strong Environmental Board that will embrace development as far orking with developers with an emphasis on the Board. Councilmember Carlson believed the Mayor is male and she received 45 women are not as respected as they cil needs a role for women. She noted the current t o l:'e votes when she ran for Mayor. She believed that e in the City. Councilmember O'Donnell s cilmember Dahl has done a wonderful job as Acting Mayor over the last two years. Howe , he believed that providing another individual an opportunity to have that experience is a good i a. He stated he has not noticed any divisiveness on the Council by gender or any other lines in the two years he has served on the Council. He felt the fact that all the incumbents have been re-elected speaks to this very clearly. Therefore, he supported the appointment of Councilmember Reinert as Acting Mayor for 2002. Councilmember Reinert said he was surprised by these concerns. He noted the Acting Mayor simply runs the City Council meetings in the absence of the Mayor. He stated he appreciated the nomination. Regarding his comments during the interviews of the Environmental Board candidates, Councilmember Reinert indicated the statement "embracing development" if taken out of context, could mean a variety of things. He felt the Environmental Board should embrace development in the sense that they should be able to work with what is being developed. He stated development will occur and, if the Environmental Board realizes this, they can be an integral part of the discussions,