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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 18, 2023 2 Councilmember Rousseau mentioned a code of conduct and noted the upcoming meeting with Aimee from the League of Minnesota Cities on January 3. She asked if there was interest in trying to see if a code of conduct for committees and commissions could also be added to that discussion. She asked if there would be interest in having two Councilmembers work together on drafting a document with redlines, and offered to work with the Mayor on this. She thought North Oaks may have something, or other businesses as well. Mayor Grant noted the League may have something. Councilmember Monson stated she would be okay with that (two Councilmembers working on a draft). Councilmember Holden stated she was not in favor of this. Mayor Grant asked if Councilmember Holden was okay with the code of conduct, just not combining it with the January 3 meeting with Aimee. Councilmember Holden said she was not okay with adding this to the agenda to talk about on the 3,d. She said she has a time issue. Mayor Grant suggested this not be added to the meeting on the 3rd but rather they would come up with a code of conduct and bring it back to the Council. Councilmember Holden agreed. Councilmember Rousseau said that sounded good. Councilmember Rousseau stated the next PTRC meeting would be on January 23 and she would like to have the PTRC item on the next meeting. Councilmember Monson asked if a resignation had been received. Administrator Perrault said the answer to that question was no and indicated the next Council meeting is January 8. Councilmember Monson asked if Councilmember Rousseau was asking Council to make a motion on removing the member if a resignation was not received by then. Councilmember Rousseau stated yes, at the January 8 meeting. Councilmember Monson indicated that that was in line with what was discussed in earlier conversations. Mayor Grant noted that he has always said if a Councilmember brings forward an agenda item, he would not turn away the agenda item nor filter those as long as it's clearly understood. He said he's received requests that weren't clear in the past. He stated if Councilmember Rousseau wanted that on the agenda, it was up to her and requested she provide the request in writing. He noted he would work with the Administrator to put this on the agenda. He asked the request be provided in a sentence or two.