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ARDEN HILLS <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 2016-022 <br /> RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CITY COUNCIL NORMS OF BEHAVIOR <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL THAT THE NORMS OF <br /> BEHAVIOR ARE HEREBY ESTABLISHED AS FOLLOWS: <br /> 1. Speak only for yourself,not for other Councilmembers—unless specifically tasked by your <br /> colleagues to speak for the group. <br /> 2. Don't question motives. Assume others have positive intentions,even when you disagree. <br /> 3. Be respectful of one another, and the public process, at all times. Do not criticize Staff or others <br /> in public. <br /> 4. Aim of consensus, but accept decisions of the majority once made. <br /> 5. Stay focused on the elected official role—policy,prioritization,and citizen representation. <br /> 6. Work primarily through the City Administrator or a Department Head, and through line staff with <br /> prior arrangement. May work with the writer of a memo in a packet to request information for <br /> clarification. Refrain from attending staff meetings,trainings, "rides-along"or group staff <br /> functions unless specifically invited or cleared by the City Administrator. <br /> 7. Respect Staff and the fact that they work for the Council as a whole. Don't expect or ask them to <br /> engage in the fray(secrets, gossip,triangulation),make your individual case(to take sides), or to <br /> be your"insider"(informant). <br /> ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS THIS 271h <br /> DAY OF DUNE,2016. <br /> David Grant,gayor <br /> TT T: . <br /> J ie Hanson,City Clerk <br />