Minutes - Council Work Session - 05/10/2022

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involved not having City input but creating a better application and allowing the Judge to make the appointment but now there is this new information. She asked for Council comment. Mayor Pro Tem Riley asked Councilmember Howell to ask her question from before the meeting was recessed. Councilmember Howell apologized for losing the email from her inbox and for resending it. She asked if this is something that is required because it is a strong recommendation or if the Council can do its own thing. City Attorney Knaak replied the Council isn't required to do anything. He stated there is no basis in the statutes or reason why the Council should be picking this group or that group. He stated the problem is that there are reappointments every two years. He stated there is no process other than the process the Council has. He suggested the process they have is done consistently so they know what to expect. He stated it was within the Council's discretion to set up something this elaborate but there is no requirement that they do so. Mayor Pro Tem Riley commented it seemed to him that the Judge didn't like this part of his job. He stated he didn't care for the Judge's suggestion but preferred they come up with something they think makes sense and present it back. He agreed with wanting to make the Judge's job easier with improved questions on the application. Councilmember Musgrove commented she didn't like it either. She thought it would be helpful to see the email that went out with the question to help with clarity. She thought they had better direction from the Judge last time in the previous email with having a policy that they wanted and how other cities do it someway, some do it another way, and they had a consensus that they had reached before. Councilmember Musgrove replied she didn't see the email Administrative Services Lasher had sent. Administrative Services Director Lasher replied it is in an attachment to the case called "Judge email". She stated she had sought out sample policies from other cities and hadn't had any luck and asked if the Judge had any policy recommendations. Councilmember Woestehoff commented he agreed with what has been said so far and the process outlined by the Judge isn't in alignment with what he would want. He stated from the last discussions, the Council has no real purview of who the applicants are but to send the applications and allow the Judge to make the decision. He stated he would like to stick with that. Councilmember Howell concurred that she liked the direction they were going and had a good, simple working plan. Councilmember Heineman commented removing the City Council from the decision-making process is important if the Charter is going to be a co-lateral entity. City Council Work Session/May 10, 2022 Page 17 of 32