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CITY OF LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, JANUARY. 6, 1981 -5- Admini.stra.tor's Contract - Eder moved, seconded by Novak; to delete the work ''seek' from paragraph two, pago two "TERM", line three. Motion carried 5-0. The Council agreed that a 60 day notice requirement is normal and acceptable. Mottaz moved, seconded by Morgan, to amend paragraph four B on page three to reflect that the Administrator's insurance will be adjusted as the insurance is adjusted for all employees. Motion carried 5-0. Mottaz moved, seconded by Morgan, to approve the Contract with the City Administrator_ as amended. Motion carried 5-0. A copy of this contract is attached to and hereby becomes a part of these minutes. I. Commissions: Appointments and Reporting Policy - 1. Planning Commission Appointments - Fraser indicated that she would like to review several things with respect to appointments, communications, expectations, and goals for the Planning Commission before considering appointments to the Planning Commission. Fraser moved, seconded by Novak, to delay the consideration of appointments to the Planning Commission and the Park Commission until after the goals and objectives meeting; and to ask the present members to stay on the Commission until they are reappointed or replaced. Novak reminded the Council that the City had a policy on absenteeism with respect to committee appointments. Morgan said he felt reappointment of present members should not be contingent upon this discussion about commission policies. Fraser indicated that she would be willing to reappoint present members but would like to withhold discussion on new appointments until after the goals and objectives session. Fraser withdrew her motion, Novak withdrew her second. Mottaz moved, seconded by Morgan, to reappoint Leroy Forsblad, Betsy Halden and Nancy Prince to full three year terms and to move Vicki Gifford from alternate to the unexpired term of Laura Fraser as a full member. Motion carried 5-0. 2. Park Commission Appointments - Mottaz moved, seconded by Novak, to reappoint Ed Nielsen, Sue Dunn and Dave Morgan to full three year terms on the Park Commission. In discussion, Fraser indicated that she had two problems with this motion. First, she f.elt:.it was not appropriate to have a City Council person serving on an advisory commission and secondly, she felt that this appointment would be illegal under common law. She believes that Councillor Morgan automatically lost his seat on the Park Commission when he was elected to the City Council and that the Park Commission DL member"shorthas been operating without a Chairman,*pp man short, since mended 1/20/81 his election to the City Council four years,ago. Mottaz in- dicated that former Mayor Armstrong had found that the Attorney General's opinion sited in the Handbook for Statutory Cities referred to Park Boards only and not to Commissions.