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y Mounds View City Council - • 2 In her August 13, 1990 statement to the Community, the Mayor emphasized that the amount of money paid our departing Clerk Administrator was determined by a contract written by Mr. Pauley and executed by former Mayor Duane McCarty in 1984 . I am confident this statement was made with full knowledge that contractual agreements made on behalf of the city are consummated with the consent of the entire council and executed by the Mayor as a matter of administrative form required by the City Charter. As the Oct . 22, 1984 official minutes of the City Council show; the motion introducing the contract written by the Clerk/Administrator was made by then Councilmember Hankner, Seconded by then Councilmember Doty and received unanimous approval by the entire council. Question: If this contract tied the hands of this council in any way, why wasn' t there a revision in the past 6 years since it' s original adoption to account for changing times and needs of the City? The Mayor' s Aug. 13, 1990 statement also implied a difficulty in that the contract with Mr. Pauley did not contain a termination date nor renegotiation terms . The Clerk/Administrator is employed at the will and pleasure of the City Council. If termination of the contract is supportable, then such action simply takes the majority vote of the City Council . This is a very basic tenant of public administration. Question: What need has been identified that written authority would be any stronger than the unwritten understanding that the Council is the employer and as such has the power to dismiss employees when appropriate under termination authority? What further need has been identified to require renegotiation terms beyond the annual reviewal of the Clerk/Administrators performance and authorization of salary increases to reward faithful services rendered, or the termination of employment as noted above? The Mayor further stated in her Aug. 13, 1990 paper, and was also quoted in local news articles that the separation package given • the Clerk/Administrator was entirely required by the referenced employment contract .