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the right people in administrative roles this allows for the professionals to be able to do their job <br />more effectively. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell said she would like to see this reserved for a budget discussion. She <br />suggested advertising the part time role with the possibility that it could become full time. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson agreed that they should advertise that the role is currently for part time <br />work but may become full time which could help minimize the risk of turnover if the position does <br />become full time. <br /> <br />The consensus of the Council was to not approve the increase to full time hours for the Planning <br />Administrative Assistant and to bring the discussion forward again during the 2025 budget <br />discussion. <br /> <br />2.04: Communication Strategy to Share Development Interest with City Council <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen reviewed the Staff report in regard to communication strategies with the <br />Council when it comes to businesses and developers who are interested in Ramsey. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht said that if a business or developer seems serious enough or has a big name <br />brand he would like the Council to be kept in the loop or having certain things brought forward to <br />the Council for discussion before telling the developer no. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma asked for opinions from the EDA representatives on this. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley shared that Economic Development Manager Sullivan will sometimes bring <br />forward discussions with very general information on the type of business that is interested in the <br />City. He said it is a fine line of when something should come to the Council or when it should not. <br />He noted this should be done on a case-by-case basis. He added that there are some projects that <br />do not even come forward to the Council because they did not have any zoning requests, so the <br />Council does not know about them. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell said that Aldi is a good example of when Economic Development <br />Manager Sullivan brought forward very general information about an interested party but not <br />enough information to be disrespectful to the business seeking space in the City while still <br />informing the Council. She asked what City Administrator Hagen would propose to be the solution <br />for a situation like what happened with U-Haul. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen explained that the U-Haul situation was unique as Staff gave U-Haul <br />feedback on what they would need to do to move forward for consideration with the Council and <br />U-Haul skipped this step and went straight to the Council. He noted this could be due to the <br />difference in developers. He said he is not sure if this situation could have been handled much <br />differently. He shared that the City does a good job at discussing the developments that are close <br />to fitting zoning and just have some gray areas. He added that the U-Haul situation is not a <br />consistent issue that they face and that they are handling these situations relatively well. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / March 26, 2024 <br />Page 7 of 9 <br /> <br />