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CITY OF LINO LAKES
NOTICE OF SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, JULY 23, 2007
5:15 P.M.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the Lino Lakes City
Council has been called for Monday, July 23, 2007 at 5:15 p.m. The meeting will be
held at Lino Lakes City Hall, 600 Town Center Parkway, Lino Lakes, Minnesota. The
purpose of the special meeting is to receive comments from the chairperson of the Lino
Lakes Charter Commission and to consider a request for use of the City newsletter.
This meeting is open to the public.
If you have any questions or need special accommodations, please call the City
Clerk at 651-982-2406.
Julie Bartell, City Clerk
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COUNCIL MINUTES — SPECIAL MEETING JULY 23, 2007
APPROVED
•1 CITY OF LINO LAKES
2 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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6 DATE : July 23, 2007
7 TIME STARTED : 5:20 p.m.
8 TIME ENDED : 6:00 p.m.
9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell, Reinert,
10 and Mayor Bergeson
11 MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Stoltz
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13 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Economic Development Coordinator,
14 Mary Alice Divine; Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; and City
15 Clerk, Julie Bartell
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18 LINO LAKES CHARTER COMMISSION
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20 Meet with Charter Commission Chair, Ms. Cori Duffy — Ms. Duffy presented a letter to the
21 council from the Charter Commission requesting additional funding for commission expenses related
22 to publishing and legal expenses. She asked that the matter be voted upon at the council meeting later
•23 in the evening.
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25 The council learned that the commission has an annual city budget and the amount provided in 2007
26 is $1,500, with $939 remaining. The council recognizes that the commission may need additional
27 funding related to study of the proposed charter amendment but asked that the commission put
28 together more specifics including the amount requested. The commission should have enough funds
29 remaining to provide for one additional meeting. The council would consider a more specific request
30 at their next work session on August 6.
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32 The council discussed the amount of funds that the city has provided and may continue to provide to
33 the Citizen's Task Force to Review Charter Provisons for Local Improvements and expressed the
34 desire to review future expenses related to that group.
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36 Request for use of City newsletter — Administrator Heitke explained that the city received an article
37 from Ms. Cori Duffy, Charter Commission Chair, with her request that the article be included in the
38 city's fall newsletter. The request is brought to the council because there is no precedent on this type
39 of information and staff needs council direction as to whether or not it should be included.
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41 The council determined that the article is editorial in nature and they have not included that type of
42 information in the newsletter in the past. There was no council action to change that policy.
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COUNCIL MINUTES — SPECIAL MEETING JULY 23, 2007
APPROVED
•1 Ms. Duffy pointed out a portion of the article that is informational and she asked that it be included in
2 the newsletter. There is already an article planned to announce openings for appointment to the
3 commission.
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5 Staff was directed to work with Ms. Duffy to incorporate the informational piece of the article into the
6 the newsletter in conjunction with the announcement of openings.
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8 There being no further business, Council Member O'Donnell moved to adjourn at 6:00 p.m. Council
9 Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously — Council Member Stoltz absent.
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11 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, August 13, 2007.
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John Bergeson, Mayor