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2. What types of topics should be included often in the newsletter? (Upcoming events, parks and recreation events, Council benchmarks, new businesses, etc.) 3. Who should be requested to submit newsletter topics? (Department directors, all staff, residents, Council?) 4. The goal is for the newsletter to be sent to the printer the last week of each month. Does Council support a deadline of the first Friday of each month to submit topic suggestions? (i.e. Friday, October 6 would be the deadline to submit topics for the November newsletter) 5. Regarding City Councilmember suggested topics, who has the final say on whether a topic gets included? (Council liaison, City Admin, etc.) 6. How should Council provide feedback regarding the newsletter? (Council Liaison, City Admin, etc.) 7. After reviewing Attachment A, you will find that most of our neighboring cities have little involvement from their City Council members when creating their newsletters. Still, some do and even have articles written by Council members. The City of Maplewood has Council members take turns writing one article per edition. The Mayor writes one in January, and then each month after a different Councilmember writes one, and the cycle repeats itself. Arden Hills City Council used to do something similar to this until around 2018, when that was transitioned away from. Does the Council have a desire to write articles for the newsletter? And if written, what would be allowed or not allowed in a Council -written article? 8. Just before the newsletter is sent to the printer, it goes through multiple proofreading reviews. Who should be part of the final review/proofreading process? 9. Who has the absolute final say before the newsletter is sent to the printer? Budget Impact N/A Attachments Attachment A — Document with information from 19 neighboring cities with self -reported information about their own newsletter processes. Page 2 of 2