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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—APRIL 15, 2024 2 years. He recommended that as the Council formally defines the role of liaison, he urged the Council to mandate the liaisons spend less time talking and more time listening as this would bring about a better result for the City. 2. RESPONSE TO PUBLIC INQUIRIES None. 3. AGENDA ITEMS A. Work Session Scheduling City Administrator Perrault stated Council recently changed its worksession schedule from the third Monday of the month to putting the worksession prior to regular meetings. Now, the worksessions start at 5:30 PM and the regular Council meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Should Council want to make a change to the worksession start-time permanently it would require an ordinance change. Should Council want to consider alternative start times on a temporary basis it could be done by having a special worksession,however, this would limit the flexibility of the agenda. Councilmember Rousseau indicated she would be interested in moving the worksession meeting start time to 5:00 p.m. Councilmember Holden commented she may not be able to attend worksession meetings at 5:00 p.m. She explained she would be willing to move back to the original meeting schedule holding worksessions on the third Monday of each month. Councilmember Fabel stated he supported holding the worksessions at 5:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of the month. Mayor Grant supported the Council staying the course with worksessions beginning at 5:30 p.m. Councilmember Holden questioned when worksessions would begin at 5:00 p.m. Councilmember Rousseau indicated she was willing to change the schedule around to 5:00 p.m. sooner rather than later and holding special meetings when agendas get too long. She recommended the start time for worksessions be permanently changed to 5:00 p.m. Councilmember Holden commented this change would take her out of each worksession meeting for 30 minutes. Councilmember Rousseau stated she could support making the change to 5:00 p.m. for just the summer months. Councilmember Holden indicated as soon as school was out, there was extra aides that were available. Mayor Grant questioned if the worksession time could be adjusted just for the summer months. Councilmember Rousseau agreed to this change.