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• <br />• <br />• <br />APPROVED <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />4 <br />5 DATE : August 4, 2008 <br />6 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. <br />7 TIME ENDED : 9:05 p.m. <br />8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members O'Donnell, Reinert, Gallup <br />9 and Mayor Bergeson <br />10 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Stoltz, <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development <br />14 Director, Mike Grochala; Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia; Finance Director, Al <br />15 Rolek; Economic Development Coordinator, Mary Alice Divine; City Engineer, Jim <br />16 Studenski; City Clerk, Julie Bartell <br />17 <br />18 1. Charter Commission Update on Proposed Charter Amendment - Cori Duffy, <br />19 Chair of the Charter Commission, reported. On July 18, 2008 the council received a letter <br />20 from the commission officially rejecting the council's second proposed amendment with <br />21 the exception of recommending approval of the repeal of Section 8.07 of Chapter 8 of the <br />22 City Charter (Special Provisions — exempt zones) as an ordinance. <br />23 <br />24 Ms. Duffy also presented the council with the commission's budget request for 2009. The <br />25 commission requests additional funding for 2009 in the amount of $7,500. <br />26 <br />27 The council discussed the implications and timing considerations of moving forward on <br />28 either of the amendments (the amendment by ordinance repealing Section 8.07 and/or the <br />29 council's second proposed amendment). The council recognized that there is agreement <br />30 with the charter commission in one area and that is valuable, however, there remains a <br />31 problem with getting roads fixed in the city. <br />32 <br />33 The council thanked the commission for their efforts and the extra time they put in on the <br />34 amendment issue. <br />35 <br />36 City Clerk Bartell reviewed the statute mandated process that would dictate a schedule if <br />37 the council wants to proceed with the amendment by ordinance. <br />38 <br />39 The council discussed the question of benefit to the city of passing the amendment <br />40 proposed by ordinance. <br />41 <br />42 The council suggested that they did not want to vote on this ordinance this evening. They <br />43 would like to first understand how the two ordinances can or cannot move forward <br />44 together. <br />45 <br />