HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-02-24 Council Work Session MINUTES
OF THE STUDY SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
11:30 A.M.
Mayor Hovland called the meeting to order at 11:30 a.m. in the Community Room of City Hall.
Answering rollcall were: Members Bennett, Brindle, Housh and Mayor Hovland. Member
Swenson was absent. Staff present included: Heather Worthington and Debra Mangen, City
Clerk.
Mayor Hovland said the purpose of the work session was to discuss the current attendance
policy of the City Council's Advisory Boards and Commissions, to review the content of the
City Council's minutes and to receive an update on the Con Agra site, which is the potential
site for a new Public Works facility.
The Council discussed the City's Code Section 180 governing Advisory Boards and
Commissions. Following the discussion consensus was to leave the code alone while
acknowledging that better communication between staff liaisons, Boards and Commission
members and the City Council would be desirable.
The Council also discussed reformation of the Human Rights and Relations Commission. After
the City Attorney has reviewed potential changes to Code Section 140, it will be placed on the
Council's agenda for consideration.
Assistant Manager Worthington explained the reasons staff desire to simplify the content of the
Council's meeting minutes. Ms. Worthington and Clerk Mangen answered questions of the
Council regarding the minutes. It was explained the Granicus site on which the City's meetings
are web streamed and archived would be the verbatim record of each meeting with a more
summary version of the minutes kept as the official written record. Council's consensus was to
use the summarized version of the minutes as long as the minutes met statute, were accurate,
consistent and balanced.
Ms. Worthington briefed the Council on the status of the "No Action" letter received from the
Pollution Control Agency; the purchase price negotiations which were underway, and the
proposed timing of a bond sale for the site, noting the Council would consider calling for a
bond sale at their March 3, 2009, meeting and then sell the bonds March 17, 2009.
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 1:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Debra Ma en, City Clerk
Minutes approved by Edina City Council, March 3, 2009.
James C. Hovland, ayor