Minutes - Council - 03/19/2020 - Special

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2. Directs City staff to review ordinance and regulatory requirements, operations, civil and legal proceedings, events, and resources to determine whether the foregoing should be adjusted or suspended, and to make recommendations regarding additional emergency regulations to support the employees and residents of the City of Ramsey. 3. Directs all City departments and offices to operate and support the response to this incident, under the direction and coordination of the Emergency Management Director and Emergency Management Team, including implementing new employee protocols, strategies, and processes to ensure that public services are maintained. 4. Directs the City's Emergency Management Director and other appropriate City staff to request and coordinate appropriate aid and resources from surrounding jurisdictions, Anoka County, the State of Minnesota, and the Federal government, as needed. 5. Declares, under Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.021, that in-person meetings of the Planning Commission, and other advisory commissions of the City of Ramsey are not practical or prudent due to the COVID-19 health pandemic and the peacetime emergency declared by Governor Walz pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 12, and hereby directs that meetings of the Planning Commission, and other advisory commissions of the City shall either be canceled,, postponed, or conducted by telephone or other electronic means, and hereby directs City staff to take such action as may be necessary to enable such meetings to occur via telephone or other electronic means pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.021, until such time as it is no longer impractical or imprudent for the Planning Commission, and other advisory commission to resume in- person meetings. 6. Orders this Emergency Declaration for the City of Ramsey, Minnesota, which shall continue through Tuesday, April 14, 2020, unless further extended by or with the consent of the City Council pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 12.29, Subd. 1. 7. Orders that this declaration be given prompt and general publicity and that it be filed promptly by the City Clerk. A roll call vote was performed by the City Administrator: Mayor LeTourneau aye Councilmember Riley aye Councilmember Kuzma aye Councilmember Menth aye Councilmember Heinrich aye Councilmember Specht aye Councilmember Musgrove aye Motion carried. 5. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF INPUT Councilmember Musgrove recognized Riversbend for offering free lunches and encouraged residents to call in for curbside pick up to support that business. She recognized it's the first day of spring and encouraged residents to check out Lower Rum River (LRRWMO) or the Conservation district, she mentioned they have a lot of information about activities. She City Council/March 19,2020 Page 4 of 5