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----- r ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - OCTOBER 28. 1996 5 - Councilmember Hicks noted if this reference is removed, the Council could still schedule a special meeting after the first of the year so he supports removing it since the Council can maintain that flexibility. However, Councilmember Hicks indicated support for holding the first meeting of the year just after January 1 st to allow new Councilmembers to get involved immediately instead of having to wait for two weeks. I Mayor Probst stated he does not support adding things to the Code if it is not required. He asked if the meeting dates (first and last Monday) need to be specified in the Code or could simply indicate "twice a month". . Mr. Fritsinger noted the Council has reviewed Section 2.40 which deals with personnel issues and discussed removing it from the Code and adopting a personnel policy by resolution. Mayor Probst reviewed the definition of "terms" as indicated in Chapter 1, Pages 1-9, and suggested the examples used be pertinent to the Code. He also supported the use of the word "administrator". Mr. Fritsinger explained under the Code it can be called "city administrator", "city clerk", or "clerk administrator" just as long as it is consistent. Mayor Probst stated if there are no objections he would suggest using the term "administrator" consistently, Councilmember Malone provided some background by explaining that in an Optional A city (such as Arden Hills), the chief position is a "clerk administrator" and according to State law, there is no "administrator" it is "clerk administrator". He suggested the Code conform with the State's use of terminology. Councilmember Malone stated he believes the City of Arden Hills outgrew the status of Optional A some time ago and believes Optional B is a better classification for the City. However, such a change must be done at a general election. Councilmember Malone explained that with an Optional B classification, the term would be "city manager", Mayor Probst suggested that, perhaps, this is a good time to work towards a change in classification to Optional B, a Councilmember Aplikowski asked how many Code changes would be needed if Arden Hills becomes an Optional B city, Mr. Fritsinger explained this chapter and the personnel policy 1ll would be impacted; however, with this codification the City will have the documents on computer disk and be better able to make a change. 'rc Councilmember Hicks stated it may be wordy to use "clerk administrator" and suggested a better ^ term for the lead employee is "administrator", Councilmember Aplikowski concurred and added that the term "clerk" brings to mind a different sort of responsibility. Councilmember Malone stated he has no objection to the use ofthe term "administrator", -----