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<br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Monday, February 26, 2024, <br />at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: Mayor Mark Kuzma <br />Councilmember Chelsee Howell <br />Councilmember Debra Musgrove <br />Councilmember Michael Olson <br />Councilmember Dan Specht <br />Councilmember Matt Woestehoff <br /> <br />Members Absent: Councilmember Chris Riley <br /> <br />Also Present: City Administrator Brian Hagen <br /> Administrative Services Director Colleen Lasher <br /> City Attorney Fritz Knaak <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br /> <br />2.01: Continue Discussions Regarding Proposed Updates to the Personnel Policy <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher reviewed the Staff report in regard to the proposed <br />updates to the personnel policy. She reviewed the proposed changes to Sections 3, Employee <br />Recruitment, Selection, Employment and Termination, Section 4, Benefits, Section 5, <br />Classification and Compensation, and Section 6, Leave. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher stated they have had a nepotism policy that has been in <br />place for decades in Section 3.9. One item that Council may want to add in, is family members of <br />City Councilmembers. She asked if there were any feelings regarding including Councilmembers <br />family members to the nepotism policy. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell asked if including Councilmember family members in the nepotism policy <br />would extend beyond immediate family. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher said they can add a definition of what a family member <br />would be considered. She noted she does not see this extending to cousins, aunts, or uncles. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / February 26, 2024 <br />Page 1 of 11 <br /> <br />