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• CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 5, 2005 APPROVED 1 2 City Administrator Heitke noted he also inquired about their availability to appear before 3 the Council this evening. They were not available for the meeting but provided a written 4 response to the additional questions. They confirmed their flexibility to modify the basic 5 proposal, if desired by the Council. Upon approval of the proposal, they will prepare a 6 draft survey and present it to the Council for review and modifications, if needed. 7 8 Councilmember Carlson requested information regarding any type of follow-up questions 9 if there is an issue that needs an additional response. 10 11 It was the consensus of the Council that the proposal is acceptable and should be placed 12 on the October 10, 2005, regular meeting agenda for action. 13 14 JOINT MEETING WITH CHARTER COMMISSION 15 16 City Administrator Heitke advised that following the presentation on city charters and 17 charter commissions by an attorney from the League of Minnesota Cities to the Council 18 on April 6, 2005, questions were raised regarding whether the agenda proposed for an 19 April 14, 2005 joint meeting of the Charter Commission and City Council was consistent 20 with the statutory role and authority of charter commissions. 21 22 City Administrator Heitke stated the issues of holding a joint Charter Commission and 23 City Council meeting was discussed again at the July 20, 2005 Council work session. 24 Councilmember/Charter Commission Liaison Dahl was asked by the Council to provide a 25 proposed agenda from the Charter Commission for a joint meeting. He referred to the 26 proposed agenda and indicated this proposed meeting would constitute a special meeting 27 of the Council. Therefore, the Council needs to confirm that they will be holding a 28 special meeting in order for staff to provide proper legal notice of the meeting, including 29 the purpose of the special meeting. 30 31 The Council determined a special work session would be held prior to the regular Council 32 meeting Monday, October 10, 6:00 p.m. to discuss the proposed agenda for the joint 33 Charter Commission/City Council meeting. This item will also be added to the regular 34 Council agenda for further discussion. 35 36 DONATION OF LEAVE TIME 37 38 City Administrator Heitke stated Administration has been requested by members of the 39 Lino Lakes Police Department to pursue a provision in the personnel policies of the City 40 to allow for employees to donate a portion of their accrued sick leave to fellow employees 41 who may have depleted their available paid leave (sick/vacation/compensatory time) 42 because of a major life threatening event of the employee or immediate family member. 43 Provisions for donated leave do exist in the policies of several other government units, 44 including Blaine, Coon Rapids and Anoka County. 45