Minutes - Council Work Session - 03/15/2022 - Special

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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Special Work Session on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Mark Kuzma Councilmember Ryan Heineman (attended remotely) Councilmember Chelsee Howell Councilmember Debra Musgrove Councilmember Chris Riley Councilmember Dan Specht Councilmember Matt Woestehoff Also Present: City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich Administrative Services Director Colleen Lasher Deputy City Administrator/ Community Dev. Director Brian Hagen 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Kuzma called the City Council Work Session to order at 7:06 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.01: City Board and Commission Interviews Administrative Services Director Lasher stated she would start the process and then facilitate bringing applicants in out and come back in at the end. She stated this is the annual recruitment for the Boards and Commissions, noting that every March they look at the vacant seats or soon to be vacant seats. Appointment terms run from April 1 to March 31 each the year and include the Economic Development Authority (EDA), Environmental Policy Board (EPB), Planning Commission, and Parks and Recreation Commission. She stated per the policy, which will be looked at, updated and revised, there are provisions that refer to building a file to have the capacity to have applicants in waiting in the event there is an unexpected vacancy. She stated that is one component they would want to touch on later. She stated they currently have the policy revision discussion scheduled for next Tuesday during the Work Session. She stated for this recruitment, Boards and Commissions were advertised in the Ramsey Resident, the City’s official newspaper, on the community sign, on Facebook, on the City’s Boards and Commissions website page, as a spotlight on the City’s homepage, and on QCTV. She stated initially going into this week, there were six candidates but that is now down to four candidates for four vacant seats. She explained the four vacant seats. One is for a full six-year term on the EDA, which is the seat Jim Steffen is choosing not to reup on. Two is a four-year term on the EDA, which was Scott Cords seat. Three is a three-year partial term on the EPB and Four is a three-year partial term on the Planning Commission. She stated regarding incumbents, there are five which are listed for the Council and City Council Special Work Session / March 15, 2022 Page 1 of 19