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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—FEBRUARY 16, 2010 11 LD TCAAP Planning Process (continued) Mayor Harpstead asked if the Council would like to hold a public meeting before the bidding process. He stated he would be in favor of this suggestion. Councilmember Holden stated she would like to see the meeting structured with staff providing a presentation on TCAAP site updates. Councilmember Grant questioned if the multi jurisdictional meeting would be held separate from the informational public meeting. Community Development Director Lehnhoff indicated he felt the meetings should be held separately. Councilmember Grant suggested the multi jurisdictional meeting should be held prior to the community informational meeting. Councilmember McClung was in agreement with the need for a public meeting, liked the idea of a presentation but wanted to allow for public input as well. Mayor Harpstead agreed there should be public input to allow the public to speak as the environment has changed since TCAAP was last discussed. He was also in favor of holding the multi jurisdictional meeting prior to the informational public meeting. It was the consensus of the City Council to direct staff to schedule, create content and plan the multi jurisdictional meeting that is to be followed by a public informational meeting. MOTION: Councilmember Holmes moved and Mayor Harpstead seconded a motion to extend the meeting 15 minutes. The motion carried unanimously(5-0). E. Personnel Committee Acting City Administrator/Finance Director Iverson presented the City Council with information gathered on a potential personnel committee. Staff received responses from a number of communities noting each had a similar structure, most with two Councilmembers, the City Administrator/Manager and other staff members. The committee addresses personnel policies and procedures, ranges for cost of living, benefit increases, new positions, classifications of positions, union negotiation parameters. The committee meets on an as needed basis to discuss and review personnel issues. Staff would like further direction from Council on the committee. Councilmember Holden indicated she was in favor of forming a Personnel Committee. This would allow the Council to better establish public policies. Mayor Harpstead agreed stating several issues come up that are personnel related that would be better handled in a small group. This would allow the Council to revisit job descriptions as well. p Councilmember McClung was in favor of the Personnel Committee.