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t . -- .."" , I Minutes of Regular Council Meeting Village of Arden Hills Monday, July 30, 1984 - 7:30 p.m. Village Hall Call to Order Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Woodburn called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Roll Call Present - Mayor Robert Woodburn, Councilmembers Thomas Mulcahy, Michael Christiansen, Kathleen Rauenhorst Absent - Councilmember Dale Hicks Also Present - Engineer Donald Christoffersen, Bond Counsel Tom Deans, Clerk Administrator Charlotte McNiesh, Deputy Clerk Dorothy Zehm Point of Personal Privilege Mulcahy said he had three items to be placed on tonight's agenda and gave them to the Clerk on Thursday evening; realized that the agenda is very long; said he did not wish to burden Council with any more business than absolutely necessary; noted that one of items is appropriately covered under the Clerk's report, wants two other items on the agenda: - Procedure for appointment of Council member (will withdraw for this evening). - Questions concerning the Mayor's letter to residents, to be inserted between items 8 and 9. (Comes after the individual persons concerns, and not under Other Business, when no one is here to appreciate the matter.) Mulcahy said that the point of personal privilege that he would like to make is that he believes the item should be inserted in the position of 8.5 and he urged its inclusion there. McNiesh said she thought the agenda was very long and she did advise Mr. Mulcahy on Friday that these items were not put on the agenda as line items. McNiesh noted that we do not have a procedure in our bylaws for changing an agenda; stated she thinks it would take a motion. Mulcahy stated that a "point of personal privilege" is not subject to a motion. He said he is asking the Chair to place the item on the agenda at 8.5. Woodburn said he thinks the items is an inappropriate item; referred it to the Council to see if it should be an agenda item. Woodburn said the Chair believes that a change in the agenda usually takes a motion. Mulcahy concurred that a change in the agenda does take a motion, and the proper motion is to re-order the agenda; said he is not making that motion at this time; but is raising a point of personal privilege. which he expects the Mayor to rule on. Woodburn asked for Council comments. Rauenhorst said that the Clerk did ask her to look at the agenda on Thursday at the Finance meeting; felt with 30 items on the agenda, the item could be brought up under "Other Business"; didn't realize it was as important to Mulcahy as it obviously is. Mulcahy said he thinks the item is too important to take up as late as Other Business. Christiansen said he has no comment. Woodburn said the Chair is ready to answer all questions presented in the ways that ar.e common to the previous organization of the Council; said that since the ruling has been asked, and its a unique ruling, he'll have to be guided by guidelines that have been set up, one is Roberts Rules of Order which generally prohibits direct inquisitory questions of anyone; the second is