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