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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – JANUARY 9, 2023 2 Councilmember Holden expressed concern with how the open meeting laws may have been broken and questioned how Councilmember Fabel knew how the majority of the Council would be voting. Mayor Grant reported he would like the Council to discuss the logic behind the Mayoral appointments. He requested the agenda remain as is. Councilmember Fabel stated the order of the agenda should be amended because it would be much more logical to look at these items at the end of the meeting. He reported no open meeting violations have occurred. He explained the current Council majority was a group of people that had worked very closely together for several months to address the issues that were of great importance to the City, including TCAAP. He noted the new majority is of one mind and that the three had attended many meetings together prior to becoming public officials. He understood the history of what the new majority of the Council wanted to accomplish. He asked that the question be called. Councilmember Holden stated if the new Councilmembers were of one mind, she would not need to show up for future meetings since the new three members already knew they would all be voting the same. She expressed great concern over this. Mayor Grant explained to the public that calling the question meant that the discussion ends, and is appropriate under Robert’s Rules of Order. Mayor Grant noted he would be requesting that staff complete a roll call vote. A roll call vote was taken. The motion to move New Business item 10A to the end of New Business carried 3-2 (Councilmember Holden and Mayor Grant opposed). Mayor Grant asked for further amendments to the agenda. MOTION: Mayor Grant moved and Councilmember Fabel seconded a motion to approve the meeting agenda as amended to discuss the Public Inquiries process prior to Item 2, moving Item 4A the Public Inquiries process discussion, and moving Consent Agenda Item 7K to Item 8A. A roll call vote was taken. The motion carried (5-0). Public Inquiries Process Discussion Councilmember Holden requested the Council hold a discussion on how Public Inquiries would be managed. She questioned if the Council wanted to allow the public to speak under each agenda item or if public comments should be taken under Public Inquiries. She suggested people be allowed to speak for more than three minutes under Public Inquiries and that members of the public be allowed to speak on any topic on the agenda. Mayor Grant supported the rules for Public Inquiries being reworded. He understood the public supported there being more opportunities for public comment.