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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION — JANUARY 3, 2024 2 <br />Council discussed issues in the past related to processes and how they have or have not come to <br />agreement on items. <br />Ms. Gourlay said it was about perceptions and how you're feeling about the discussion. What <br />they seem to agree on the need to balance the meeting efficiency with making sure everyone's <br />voice is heard and making sure the conversation is appropriate to the topic. They could talk about <br />how to move on when all opinions have been voiced. If they feel like they're hearing the same <br />thing and want to move on for efficiency sake, how does the Mayor know? <br />Council discussed how side comments or underhanded remarks affect decorum. <br />Ms. Gourlay said you're probably not listening well if there are side comments, and people will <br />shut down if they're hearing things as attacks. That is a part of meeting decorum. It can be <br />difficult if Councilmembers are speaking for long periods of time. So how do they balance <br />making sure everyone has a voice? Maybe everyone says their initial thoughts and has longer to <br />speak after that. <br />Ms. Gourlay thought there was already a divide about how they were feeling about respect. She <br />wondered if only some people were experiencing that or if it was a council -wide consideration. <br />Council discussed past issues or events that they have felt contributed to feelings of disrespect or <br />mistrust. <br />Ms. Gourlay thought getting to a point of understanding that could be another piece of the code. <br />And whatever code they come up with everyone has to be willing to go along with. She watched <br />a video of a meeting but she didn't see much of this dynamic. <br />Ms. Gourlay said there may be a need to address some of the past hurt in some way however, <br />something that can be helpful is to look at places they've been more successful and see how they <br />can take what is working and build on that. <br />Council discussed teamwork and their perspectives on information sharing. <br />Ms. Gourlay stated they're talking about Code of Conduct, but it really keeps coming back to this <br />one issue. She asked what they needed to move forward. <br />Council discussed better communication moving forward and past issues, also discussed looking <br />forward not at the past when making decisions. <br />Council discussed adding agenda items to formally report back to Council, such as, <br />Committee/Commission updates. <br />Ms. Gourlay said one thing they were talking about was committee reports and separating that <br />from Council Comments. They also talked about agreeing to disagree about the past and not bring <br />it up going forward. They talked about annual committee updates and sharing City goals. <br />Ms. Gourlay commented that one of the things she's observing is that it's hard to get to <br />consensus because what they're talking about keeps shifting. <br />
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