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Councilmember Stewart shared concern with eliminating the 30 day time frame for an ordinance <br /> to be published before it is in effect. She stated that after speaking with City Administrator Hagen <br /> and understanding that most ordinances are in progress for two months or longer, she is okay with <br /> this change. <br /> Councilmember Specht asked if residents would still have time to appeal an ordinance with this <br /> change. <br /> City Administrator Hagen said yes and explained that even with the current 30-day requirement, a <br /> resident could likely not get an appeal organized fast enough anyway. <br /> Councilmember Peters asked if the Council could put a start date on an ordinance if they did not <br /> want it effective immediately. <br /> City Administrator Hagen said yes. He moved on to discuss the recommendation to decrease the <br /> number of City newsletters from six to four per year. <br /> Councilmember Riley shared that he is constantly hearing that residents do not feel as though they <br /> get enough communication from the City and that the newsletter is the number one source of <br /> information.He said he would not support decreasing the number;however,the change is currently <br /> written to state that they must send at least four newsletter per year, so they could continue to send <br /> 6 under this change. <br /> Councilmember Specht agreed and shared that the City's demographics seem to enjoy a newsletter. <br /> He added that he does not see a benefit to making this change. <br /> Councilmember Stewart agreed. <br /> Councilmember Peters agreed. <br /> Councilmember Buscher shared that she had discussed this with City Administrator Hagen as she <br /> was also concerned with reducing the number of newsletters. She noted that they discussed other <br /> ways to fund the newsletter, including looking for more businesses to advertise in the newsletter. <br /> Mayor Heineman asked if the cost to the City is $60,000 a year for the six newsletters before or <br /> after the revenue they receive for advertisements. <br /> City Administrator Hagen said the City's cost is less than $60,000 after the advertisement revenue <br /> comes in. He added that they could also look into reducing the length of the newsletter to save <br /> money. <br /> Mayor Heineman suggested adding a page to the newsletter to put advertisements on. <br /> The consensus of the Council was to move forward with the Charter changes as proposed, with <br /> the exception of keeping roll call votes for ordinances and keeping the number of City newsletters <br /> City Council Work Session/January 28, 2025 <br /> Page 3 of 9 <br />