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3. CITIZEN INPUT Derrick Lind, 15230 Germanium Street, came forward and shared a handout with the Council. He noted that he is representing a citizen advocate group for Anoka County that wants election reform. He stated that they have been focusing primarily at the County level. He shared his purpose for coming forward tonight is to introduce himself. He noted that they have had 30 people give 80 presentations directly to Anoka County. He stated that they are trying to reform elections and get them back to what they used to be 30 years ago. He reviewed his handout that contains their concerns with elections, including concerns with the electronic polling and voting. Councilmember Howell asked if the ask of the City is to hand count all election votes. Mr. Lind stated that he is not asking the City to do anything but rather just making the City aware of his citizen advocate group. 4. APPROVE AGENDA Motion by Councilmember Howell, seconded by Councilmember Olson,to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Kuzma, Councilmembers Howell, Olson, Musgrove, Riley, Specht, and Woestehoff. Voting No: None. 5. CONSENT AGENDA Councilmember Musgrove shared that the minutes from the Council Work Session on September 26 were narrative minutes as they did not have audio. She noted that these were not the typical minutes because of this. She added that there was a misplaced dash in the Council Regular Session minutes on page 3. Councilmember Woestehoff noted that the acceptance of withdrawal for the Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association Training Facility is on the consent agenda. He acknowledged that this has been in the papers quite a bit and shared that the Council is deflated by this outcome as they really wanted this to come to Ramsey. He thanked Dustin Reeder and Jen Niska for the work that they have done over the last year to keep their focus on what is important,which is the kids and playing sports rather than just the facility. He noted that if there is a future opportunity the Council would be happy to talk through this with them. He stated that it is a tough loss for the City. Councilmember Olson agreed with this. Motion by Councilmember Musgrove, seconded by Councilmember Woestehoff, to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda with Councilmember Musgrove's amendments: 5.01: Receive Cash & Investments for Period Ending September 30, 2023 5.02: Receive August 2023 Financial Reports - General Fund, EDA and Enterprise Funds 5.03: Note the Following Boards, Commissions, and Committee Meeting Minutes: City Council/ October 10, 2023 Page 3 of 6