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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 11, 2025 26 Councilmember Rousseau had been thinking that, as well. Councilmember Holden said their questions have all been answered so it's done. Councilmember Monson said asking about our seasonal worker's age is so inappropriate. We don't need to discuss that in a public meeting. If that's not a sign that we have exhausted this topic, she doesn't know what is. Mayor Grant said we had an experienced person. He doesn't know how old he was but he wasn't a high schooler. Councilmember Monson said he is gone. He is with Ramsey County. It doesn't matter. Mayor Grant said he was not a high school student. He was very good. He said Council doesn't want to discuss it anymore. Councilmember Rousseau asked Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen what he needs from Council. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen he doesn't have clear direction on what we're moving forward with. It would be helpful for Finance Director Yang to know what to put in for budgeting, related to this. Finance Director Yang said she heard programming the Street Lead in the first half of the year. Then see what it looks like when pushing out the maintenance worker to the second half of the year. Councilmember Rousseau would like to see us look at the lead position right away. Mayor Grant isn't opposed to the lead. He doesn't think we need the FTE. Councilmember Weber said we haven't approved the FTE. City Administrator Jagoe confirmed. She said this will come back as part of the September budget discussion. Mayor Grant said we should just adjourn. Mayor Grant adjourned the City Council Work Session meeting at 8:53 p.m. G. Agenda Planning Council determined that there was not enough time to discuss Item 3F-Proposed Public Works Organizational Chart — Phase 2 prior to the Regular City Council Meeting so Council discussed Item 3G-Agenda Planning. Mayor Grant said there are a number of items on the Agenda Planning list. We have a number of items that were added. Some require research by Staff. Some don't.