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Mounds View City Council January 28, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 9 Council Member Stigney commented he did not feel it was appropriate that one individual would be using well over 3/Sths of the training budget. He then commented that, as a taxpayer and a Council Member, he feels the City needs to concentrate on saving money to plan for the possibility of more reductions in state aid rather than spending money like it is "being made in the basement." Ms. Werner referred to an article from the StarTribune that ranked Mounds View as number 12 out of 109 cities for highest taxes paid on a home valued at $130,000. She then commented that the taxpayers of the City should be very concerned about that. Ayes - 4 Nays- 0 Motion carried. Resolution 5698 Scheduling a Second Work Session in February. Council Member Marty inquired as to why he was not informed of the potential of a second work session in February prior to receiving the information in his packet. He then indicated that he has to bid his work schedule for the coming month by the 18th of the month. City Administrator Miller noted the possibility of scheduling a second work session in February was discussed at the work session on January 22, 2002 because there are already 15 items on the • work session agenda for February. She then commented that Staff feels it would be more appropriate to have two work sessions rather than one marathon meeting and, because the off Monday falls on a holiday, the work session was scheduled for Tuesday. Council Member Stigney commented that it would be nice if all Council Members could be at the meeting and asked if the date could be changed to accommodate schedules. It was the consent of Council to consult calendars to determine if Thursday, February 21, 2002 would work for all Council Members. Council member Marty noted that Council Member Quick had asked at the work session that Staff contact him to determine his availability for the second work session. He then noted he had yet to be contacted by Staff to discuss his availability. City Administrator Miller indicated that Council Member Marty was not contacted because the matter was placed on Council's agenda for consideration. She then commented that the meeting would have been scheduled for the off Monday if it had not been a holiday. Mayor Sonterre suggested changing the Resolution to indicate that, pending the approval of Council Member Marty's and Council Member Quick's schedules the second work session would be scheduled for February 21, 2002. He then suggested that, if the 21 S` does not work for • the Council Members then the meeting would be held as previously scheduled on February 19, 2002.