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DRAFT <br />-ADEN HILLS <br />Approved: May 13, 2024 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />APRIL 15, 2024 <br />5:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the Special City <br />Council Work Session at 5:00 p.m. <br />Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Tom Fabel, Brenda Holden (excused <br />herself from meeting at 6:33 p.m.), Tena Monson and Emily Rousseau <br />Absent: None <br />Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault <br />1. PUBLIC INQUIRIES/INFORMATIONAL <br />Linda Swanson, 1124 Ingerson Road, addressed Councilmember Rousseau noting she would <br />continue to exercise her rights in attending City Council meetings and she would express her <br />opinions, questions, concerns and recommendations. <br />Mark Kelliher, 3712 Chatham Court, stated he was pleased the Council would be formally <br />defining the role of Council liaison. He explained he could not offer any feedback on the <br />effectiveness of Councilmember Holden or Mayor Grant as a liaison because the slate has chosen <br />to exclude them from participating in any committee assignments. He offered firsthand feedback <br />on how Councilmember Rousseau conducted herself as a Council liaison, which was the epitome <br />of how not to be a liaison. He stated having residents serve on committees gives the Council fresh <br />perspectives and generates new ideas, but only if there is a liaison willing to listen. Instead of <br />listening, Councilmember Rousseau spends a good deal of time talking and interjecting her <br />opinions into the meetings and of course she is a legend when it comes to behind the scenes <br />maneuvers. For proof, look at the minutes from any PTRC meeting. Every third entry is <br />Councilmember Rousseau opining or interrupting the proceedings. He encouraged the public to <br />listen to the February PTRC meeting. At that meeting, there was a resident expressing a concern <br />and given Councilmember Rousseau's behavior at the meeting you would have thought she and <br />not the PTRC Chair, was in charge of the meeting. He explained Councilmember Rousseau's <br />model of actively micromanaging the committees she oversees is not effective and in fact, <br />counterproductive. He noted the PTRC was still waiting for the Councilmember to bring forward <br />the PTRC's motion to install remote locks at the bathroom at Perry Park, this has been over two <br />