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Mounds View City Council <br />~egular Meeting <br />Page Two <br />December 14, 1992 <br />Mayor Linke reflected on actions taken in the past week and extended an <br />apology to Councilmember Rickaby for any embarrassment he caused her. Mayor <br />Linke explained that he called for Councilmember Rickaby's resignation at <br />the December 9, 1992 Budget .Hearing stating that Councilmember Rickaby was <br />an ineffective Councilmember. Mayor Linke stated that he asked for the <br />resignation due to Councilmember Rickaby's lack of attendance at very <br />important meetings and lack of participation in the budget process, <br />therefore, not fulfilling the expectations of her position as Councilmember. <br />Mayor Linke also made reference to the fact that Councilmember Rickaby is <br />setting up a law practice and he understood that setting up a business takes <br />a lot of time. <br />Mayor Linke also stated that he had asked Councilmember Rickaby for an <br />apology to the City staff for inferences made in a letter to the editor that <br />staff did not do their job with regards to the budget process. <br />Mayor Linke publicly stated that he should have called Councilmember Rickaby <br />on Wednesday prior to the meeting and advised her of what his intent was. <br />Councilmember Rickaby stated that she would accept Mayor Linke's apology <br />under certain conditions. Those being that any further politicking and <br />campaigning at Council Meetings stop at once. Rickaby stated that Council <br />eetings are neither the time nor place for campaigning. Councilmember <br />~ickaby charged Mayor Linke with politicking in asking for her resignation. <br />Rickaby further stated that in the job description for Councilmember it says <br />nothing about doing a job appraisal on any other Councilmember. Rickaby <br />stated that she was probably out of line because she broke the staff rule of <br />criticizing staff in private and praising them in public. Councilmember <br />Rickaby could only say that she could not give publicly the reason for why <br />she left the Work Session abruptly on Monday, December 7, 1992. <br />Councilmember Rickaby also stated that she desires no more calls to her <br />office from Mayor Linke or his supporters. Rickaby stated that is why right <br />from the start that she did not give out her work phone. Rickaby stated <br />that she has supplied staff with her work number in case they need to reach <br />her during work hours. <br />Councilmember Rickaby stated that she will apologize to Don Brager or any <br />other staff members affected by the letter to the editor that she wrote that <br />made inferences to the fact that they had not done their job regarding the <br />budget. Councilmember Rickaby stated that she would stand behind any <br />statement made in that letter. Councilmember Rickaby further stated that <br />she would engage in the only part of her position that gives her any power <br />and that is getting messages to the people. Rickaby also stated that she <br />will continue engaging in her freedom of speech in stating her opinions on <br />items. <br />Mayor Linke stated that he had gotten Councilmember Rickaby's phone number <br />~rom her St. Paul office and only wanted it to make a call of apology to <br />er. <br />