HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-26-2024 - Council Work Session MinutesLino Lakes City Council
Work Session
Minutes
DATE: August 26, 2024
TIME STARTED: 6:02 P.M.
TIME ENDED: 6:26 P.M.
LOCATION: City Hall Community Room
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rafferty, Councilmembers Lyden, Stoesz, Cavegn, and Ruhland
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
Staff Members Present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton, City Clerk Roberta Colotti, Finance
Director Hannah Lynch, Public Safety Director John Swenson, Deputy Public Safety
Director/Police Kyle Leibel, Police Captain William Owens, Public Services Director Rick
DeGardner, Community Development Director Michael Grochala, City Engineer Diane Hankee
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
Mayor Rafferty called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
Setting the Agenda: Addition or Deletion of Agenda Items
The agenda was adopted as presented.
Complaint Re: Email Sent by Councilmember
The City Administrator reviewed that the City Council Code of Conduct states that the
City Council is responsible for policing its members. The City Council is to discuss any
issues at a council work session. The City is in receipt of a complaint regarding an email
response sent by a Councilmember.
The City Administrator outlined the two remedies outlined in the Code of Conduct for
the Council. The first is a letter sent to the offending Councilmember stating that they
failed to observe the Code of Conduct and requesting that the inappropriate behavior
be redressed. The other is that a Councilmember is formally sanctioned by resolution at
a regular meeting. A draft resolution prepared by the City Attorney was distributed for
discussion by the Council.
Councilmember Lyden stated that as the subject of the complaint, he wanted an
opportunity to address the Council. He reviewed his work history and community
involvement, as a record of inclusiveness. He stated that he is not racist as he is being
accused. He expressed his opposition to the tactics of the Council on American -Islamic
Relations, MN (CAIR-MN). He presented an online article from the Focus on Western
Islamism website, related to CAIR-MN, for the record. He requested that the City Council
consider a resolution regarding having safe boundaries in regards to CAIR-MN.
It was the consensus of the Council to continue the discussion to a future Work Session
to allow time to review the draft resolution.
4. Review Regular Agenda
The City Council reviewed the regular agenda items scheduled with staff, discussing the
decertification of the Tax Increment Financing District 1-12 impact on taxes, the hiring of
the part-time firefighter and two paid -on -call firefighters, background on the City's use
of the Motorola portable radios that are being proposed for donation to another
department, and the replacement radios that are currently in use in Lino Lakes.
5. Adjournment
Mayor Rafferty adjourned the meeting at 6:26 p.m.
These minutes were approved at the regular Council Meeting on September 9, 2024.
Roberta Colotti, CIVIC} ob afferty,
City Clerkayor