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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION -4- December 1, 2008 APPROVED 034 balance projects future revenues with expenditures due to current economic conditions, the 35 council has decided that they will engage in a strategic planning process to establish the Plan. 136 The council may want to address the resolution in place that states that the council will adopt the 137 Plan each year by December 31. To meet the existing deadline, the council would hold a public 138 hearing and adopt the draft plan in its current form. If the council wishes to extend the adoption 139 of the Plan for further work, that should be made clear by council resolution. 140 141 The council received clarification that the deadline is self-imposed (not required under law). The 142 council concurred that the deadline for adoption the Five -Year Financial Plan should be 143 permanently moved to the end of the first quarter of the first year of the Plan. 144 145 6. Code Project — Title 600, Business and Activity Licenses — City Clerk Bartell recalled 146 that the code project is underway with the council being asked to review certain chapters 147 independently and bring question to work sessions. 148 149 A council member asked why there was not a provision requiring that council meeting notices be 150 published and it was clarified that there is a provision in the state Open Meeting Law directing 151 the city on noticing meetings so it is not necessary to duplicate that in the Code. Regarding 152 Section 202.07, it was clarified that the speaking limit for council members is five minutes even 153 though there may have been a practice or an inference that it is four minutes. 154 155 Regarding Section 203.01, Subd. 3, regarding Council Compensation, a council recommended 6 that within the section on compensation for special meetings, the money figures should be taken 57 out of the code also (as are the council salary amounts). Staff will verify that is feasible. 158 159 It was clarified that the term "Clerk -Treasurer" has for the most part been removed and it is 160 replaced in some areas with the term "City Clerk" and with other staff references as appropriate. 161 162 The council reviewed Chapter 602 regulating the sale, possession and use of the tobacco 163 products and tobacco related devices in its entirety. The council agreed to the remove the city's 164 current penalty language and replace the same with the penalties established in State Statute 165 461.12 166 167 The council reviewed Chapter 611 regarding Lawful Gambling in its entirety. The council 168 requested that staff check on how the proposed regulations would work if the city is approached 169 for additional or additional types of gambling activities. Staff will obtain a legal review. 170 171 Regarding Section 611.11 regarding Profits from Gambling, the council discussed staff's 172 suggestion that, with the change in language from "city" to "trade area" for the benefited area, 173 other cities seem to have a higher percentage requirement on use of funds and who they benefit. 174 The city's is current ten percent. The council concurred that fifty percent would be appropriate 175 but they would like the gambling organizations to be notified in case they have an issue. 176 177The council reviewed Chapter 613 regarding Transient Merchants, Peddler, Canvasser and m78 Solicitor, in its entirety.City Clerk Bartell noted three decision points for the council. 79