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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — JANUARY 9, 2023 33 Councilmember Fabel explained he was hesitant to serve as the representative because he did not know anything about the Ramsey County League. A short discussion ensued about the Ramsey County League appointment. Councilmember Monson questioned if the Council could table action on the appointment to the Ramsey County League and Karth Lake Improvement District for further discussion at a future work session. Mayor Grant stated this action could be taken. MOTION: Councilmember Monson moved and Councilmember Rousseau seconded a motion to table action on the Ramsey County League and Karth Lake Improvement District appointments to a future work session for discussion. A roll call vote was taken. The motion carried 3-2 (Councilmember Holden and Mayor Grant opposed). G. Rescind Meeting Cancellations — January and February 2023 Councilmember Fabel stated in December, the City Council previously cancelled the second meetings of January and February 2023; he stated he would like to reverse that action. He supported these meetings being on the calendar because business comes up from time to time. MOTION: Councilmember Fabel moved and Councilmember Monson seconded a motion to rescind the previous cancellation of the second City Council meetings for January and February 2023. Mayor Grant provided the new Councilmembers with a bit of history. He noted the Council took this same action last year because there were not many planning cases that come forward in the winter months. He explained the Planning Commission meeting in January was canceled because there were no cases to reviewed and noted he was not aware of any cases that would be reviewed in February. He stated this meant there was no business for the Council to discuss at the second meeting of the month. He reported January, February and March were typically slower months for Council activity and planning cases which led the Council to cancel these meetings in 2022. He discussed how extra meetings impacted City staff, who lived outside the community. He commented on how putting these meetings back on was an easy process, if a matter needed to be discussed a special meeting could easily be called. He stated the only intention behind cancelling these meetings was to be sensitive to staff since there were no planning cases to discuss and it worked well last year. Councilmember Fabel recommended the second meeting in January be held in order to address Item IOH. He anticipated the second meeting in February would be required to allow the Council to address the JDA Chair appointment. Mayor Grant stated he understood Item IOH required a minimum of 10 days to be noticed, but stated there could be more than 10 days.