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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—JANUARY 22, 2013 6 The consensus among the Council is to impose the three percent local gambling tax when it is time for organizations to renew their licenses. Additionally, the Council wants to ensure that Subd. 10 requiring organizations to provide financial reports is enforced. The Council offered additional input regarding language contained in Section 330.02 of City Code, including the removal of Subd. 2 (C) and (D) in the draft, and the amendments will come back to the January 28, 2013, regular Council meeting for approval. E. Meeting Protocol Discussion Mayor Grant stated that he does not want the Council to interrupt staff while they are presenting their staff presentations. He noted that if a Councilmember has a question, it should be written down and asked after the staff member has finished speaking. In sum, he stated that there will be a staff presentation, questions, discussion, and then the motion will be made. Councilmember Holden asked if the Mayor will lead the questions. Mayor Grant indicated that sometimes he may begin the questions, but he wants to be fair and would like to take turns allowing questions. He stated that he only wants one person speaking at a time. Mayor Grant noted that when a Councilmember asks a question, the staff member should begin their answer by addressing the Mayor in order to gain permission to answer and then they should address the Councilmember who asked the question. Mayor Grant requested that when referencing something in the packet or in a document, the page number or paragraph should be stated so the location is more easily identified so everyone is able to follow along. Further discussion continued regarding meeting protocol. The consensus among the Council is for work session agenda topic requests from staff to go through the City Administrator, and Council requests should go through the Mayor. F. Discussion Regarding Council Procedure for Responding to Citizen E-mails Mayor Grant stated that in cases of resident a-mails addressed to all Council, he does not "reply all"when he answers the e-mail to avoid violating open meeting laws. Councilmember Holden noted that many times when the Council receives a resident e-mail, no one on staff is copied. She questioned how a Councilmember knows if or when someone responds. Councilmember McClung stated that if he receives a question that he does not know the answer to, he would send the email to staff. Mayor Grant explained that he wants to avoid conflicting responses.