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Mounds View City Council January 28, 2002 <br />Regular Meeting Page 23 <br /> <br />Council Member Marty expressed concern with appointing Mr. Miller because he is not a <br />resident of Mounds View and his business office is not in Mounds View. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre indicated that previous Council had provided a special condition because Mr. <br />Miller works as a member of Mounds View Public Schools. <br /> <br />Council Member Thomas indicated she had reviewed the other applications and feels it would be <br />beneficial to have Mr. Miller on the Police Civil Service Commission because he works for the <br />school district. <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney indicated he felt it was great that Mr. Miller was interested in <br />volunteering and thanked him for serving. He then said the function of the Police Civil Service <br />Commission is a bit different and there are candidates that live in Mounds View and have a lot of <br />police background qualifications. <br /> <br />City Attorney Riggs indicated there may be a problem with the appointment because the statute <br />requires the appointees live in the City. He then indicated he would review the matter and report <br />back to Council. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty raised what he feels is another issue concerning the Police Civil Service <br />and that is the fact that Council Member Quick’s spouse services on the Commission. He <br />commented that he sees this as a possible conflict of interest that may also pose an ethical <br />question. He then asked the City Attorney to look into whether it is appropriate to have spouses <br />of Council Members serving on Commissions and Committees within the City. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre noted that the term of the person being discussed was not presently up and <br />suggested that the City Attorney review the matter and provide a report. He then indicated that <br />he had reviewed information from the League of Minnesota Cities and had not seen anything that <br />would prevent the spouse of a Council Member from serving on Commissions or Committees <br />within the City. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty commented that due to what came up he was not sure if it was a <br />personality conflict or what it was. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre asked that since the matter was not part of the agenda the matter be set for <br />discussion at the work session in February. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Thomas/Marty. To Table This Matter for Further Information. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />9. REPORTS <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Reed reported that Mr. Hess had asked her to ask Council whether <br />Members wished to continue receiving packets via e-mail.