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