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submitted together by the City. He felt sending them all together to the Judge would validate the <br /> City's process, even without a recommendation. <br /> Councilmember Woestehoff asked if City Attorney Knaak was suggesting sending incumbents <br /> and new applicants be sent in the same package at the same time. <br /> City Attorney Knaak replied the more that can be put together into a single packet, the better off <br /> the City is. He stated that knowing how the courts work, he felt they would rather things come in <br /> the same packet. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley asked Administrative Services Director Lasher if the policy indicates that <br /> is how things will get done, or is that a modification that would need to be added. <br /> Administrative Services Director Lasher replied now the policy says it will be two separate <br /> mailings. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley asked Council if they agreed it should be one based on the attorney's <br /> suggestions. <br /> Councilmember Musgrove replied it is a unique situation when residents, according to the statue, <br /> can send a letter anyway and the Judge may use the letter they get to appoint people before <br /> incumbents are able to get their information there. She preferred everything be sent together but <br /> stated the Judge may already have to keep a separate packet if people are applying directly. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley replied he thought the City can only be in charge of what the City can do. <br /> Councilmember Musgrove agreed but didn't want incumbents to not get reappointed if other <br /> applications get in before them. She added that the Judge may have a process to not look at them <br /> until later and work them all when they come in. She wanted to discuss it and questioned if it <br /> would be valuable to have the incumbents sent separately with an indication of how many open <br /> seats there are. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley replied the attorney has suggested that if the City has a process, that would <br /> most likely carry more weight than if someone sent a letter on their own. <br /> City Attorney Knaak commented if they added a consistent process and if the court knows how <br /> things are handled in Ramsey, that they are looking for direction. <br /> Councilmember Musgrove asked if they are causing a confusion by adding that other statement in <br /> there, even though it is a part of the statue. She suggested simply putting the statue there. <br /> Councilmember Howell asked if the cover letter sent to the Judge could ask that he consider any <br /> applications that come directly to him at the same time as the packet that is put together by the <br /> City. She asked if that would take care of the issue. <br /> City Council Work Session/May 10, 2022 <br /> Page 13 of 32 <br />