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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 Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at <br />the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: Mayor Mark Kuzma <br /> Councilmember Ryan Heineman (attended remotely) <br />Councilmember Chelsee Howell <br />Councilmember Debra Musgrove <br />Councilmember Chris Riley <br />Councilmember Dan Specht <br />Councilmember Matt Woestehoff <br /> <br />Also Present: Deputy City Administrator/Community Dev. Director Brian Hagen <br />Administrative Services Director Colleen Lasher <br /> City Attorney Fritz Knaak <br /> <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:31 p.m. <br /> <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br /> <br />2.01: Discuss Updating the Policy for the Recruitment, Application, and Interview Process <br />of Appointing City Board and Commission Members <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher stated the purpose of the case was to get feedback from <br />Council regarding updating the policy for Boards and Commissions, including incumbent <br />members and new members. She noted the attachment labeled A-2 is the case that was added late <br />was not correct. She handed out an updated attachment labeled A-2 for Council consideration. <br />She stated Councilmember Howell, Councilmember Musgrove, and City Attorney Knaak met with <br />her today for two hours to go over another option for updating and improving this policy. She <br />stated the handout is similar to version C-1 and A-1 but specifically requires incumbents to <br />interview with the City Council every term, instead of odd/even numbered terms. She stated the <br />handout lays out some clearer dates and states that effective for terms beginning April 1, 2023 <br />incumbents would need to interview with the Council along with new applicants. She stated <br />version B-1 allows for a much longer recruitment period in the event Council wanted to consider <br />increasing the amount of applications, about nine months out of the year. She asked if there was <br />interest in extending the amount of time that the application is recruited for. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht replied that makes sense and thought it was a good idea because he has <br />had people approach him inquiring how to get on a Board or Commission. <br />City Council Work Session /April 12, 2022 <br />Page 1 of 18 <br /> <br />