Minutes - Council Work Session - 03/15/2022 - Special

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Administrative Services Director Lasher replied she wanted all of it back as they reuse the folders and have to keep the notes on file. She stated the applications are considered confidential so she would like it all back. Councilmember Musgrove asked if she could keep the policy information. Administrative Services Director Lasher confirmed this. The consensus of the Council was that Scott Wiyninger would be offered the six-year term on the EDA, Shanna Stewart would be offered the four-year term on the EDA. Todd Arts would be offered the three-year term on the EPB, and Tom Hunt would be offered the three-year term on the Planning Commission. The policy would be reviewed on March 22, 2022 and appointment for Boards and Commission would be formalized on April 12, 2022. Per the policy, incumbents would be allowed to serve until a successor is named. 2.02: Discuss Polling Place Designations Administrative Services Director Lasher stated something came to light regarding one of the polling locations, Fire Station Number One which is Ward Three, Precinct Two had been a polling place but it was discovered to be 80 feet too far away to be a valid polling location for this precinct. She stated they asked Anoka GIS to double check it, they ran it through a couple different people there who also confirmed it was not within the one-mile requirement. She stated she spoke to the City Attorney who suggested making it right, which she is in agreement with. She stated the County has said it is an easy fix because they could flip the two. She stated Ward Three, Precinct Two, rather than going to Fire Station Number One would come to the Municipal Center and the new Ward Three, Precinct Three, would go to Fire Station Number One. This would solve the issue. She stated Anoka County does the notification postcard that would meet the statutory requirement for notifying residents of where they are voting. Mayor Kuzma replied it is not a big difference one way or the other. Councilmember Riley commented he liked the suggestion but asked if this would affect the least number of people that could be effected. Administrative Services Director Lasher replied yes. Councilmember Riley asked if they had to flip locations or could a different location be chosen so only one group would be affected rather than two. Councilmember Specht pointed out Precinct Three is new. Administrative Services Director Lasher confirmed this, Ward Three Precinct Three is new and she didn’t have a better solution. Councilmember Musgrove stated if this makes the City more compliant with the statute, she is okay with that but would like to see the City do more than just rely on the County to send out City Council Special Work Session / March 15, 2022 Page 10 of 19