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Consensus of the Public Works Committee was to direct staffto notify the Committee of the next County Public Works Committee meeting and have the item placed on their agenda. Councilmember Elvig stated that he did go with Chief Way to the County to discuss the issue and they have since placed some flashing signs out in front of the school and were going to conduct some traffic counts. A census on the C.R. #5 has not been done for speed and traffic volume for some time so the County was going to recommend to MnDOT that that occur. Conncihnember Zimmerman also noted that the speed limit reduction signs were posted for speci tic times rather than only when children are present. Councilmember Elvig stated that they did discuss the possibility of having a flashing light on when the reduced speed is in effect, but the problem was how to pay for it. 6) Update on the 145th Avenue and 146th Lane Sidewalk City Engineer Jankowski explained that Staff had not been able to get the project moving forward as of yet and if they were to start now and bring plans back on September 23rd, they would not be able to begin construction until November. It was Staff's recommendation that the project be delayed until spring starting the bidding process in February. Consensus of the Public Works Committee was to delay the project until the spring. Case #5: Report from Personnel Committee The Personnel Committee met earlier in the evening to discuss the following cases: 1) Discussion Regarding Amending the Process for Appointing Board and Commission Members The Personnel Committee recommended to the City Council that a Charter amendment be prepared and forwarded to the Charter Commission. The amendment would remove language in the Charter that requires every Board and Commission vacancy to be published. The Charter Amendment would allow the Personnel Committee and City Council to rank candidates and appoint a candidate without publishing the vacancy and interviewing the candidates. With this process it would take about three weeks to fill a vacancy. It would also for example, if they did not have a ranked candidate, allow staff to advertise the vacancy on Cable, Newspaper, Website and the Ramsey Resident depending on the timing. If they would have to advertise for a vacancy, that process would take about six weeks. Once the proposed amendment is presented for consideration to the Charter Commission, it would go before the City Council, which would involve a public hearing and would require a unanimous vote by the City Council for adoption. Councilmember Cook explained that the problem they have is that the Ramsey Resident is sent out every three months rather than every month as it had been done previously when the Charter was written. The newspaper comes out weekly. City Council/September 9, 2003 Page 10 of 16