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Warren E. Peterson <br />Jerome P. Filia <br />Daniel Witt Fram <br />Glenn A. Bergman <br />John Michael Miller <br />Michael T. Oberle <br />Steven H. Bruns* <br />Paul W. Fahning* <br />Sonja R. Ortiz <br />Ben 1. Rust <br />Jonathan R. Cuskey <br />Tracy!. Halliday <br />Jared M. Goerlitz <br />Dan M. Duffek* <br />Rebecca Brazys <br />Deputy Clerk <br />City of Arden Hills <br />1245 West Highway 96 <br />Arden Hills, MN 55112 <br />Becky: <br />In addition, 1 offer the following comments: <br />FPAM&BERGMAN <br />P R O F E S S I O N A L A S S O C I A T I O N <br />October 6, 2010 <br />(651)290 -6907 <br />jfilla@pfb- pa.com <br />1 have reviewed proposed Ordinance No. 2010 -011 relating to council meetings. It is not <br />legally necessary for the City to hold its first calendar year meeting on the second day of <br />January. Therefore, your proposal to hold the first calendar year meeting on the second <br />Monday of January is permissible. <br />1. 1 would recommend that the third sentence of proposed Section 210.03, Subd. 1 <br />relating to "adjournments" and "special meetings" be eliminated because these <br />topics are dealt with in Sections 210.03, Subd. 2 and Subd. 3 respectively. <br />2. City Code Section 210.036, Subd. 3 applies to special meetings of the city <br />council and is more restrictive than state law requires. Minnesota Statutes <br />Section 412.191, Subd. 2 provides, in part, as follows: <br />Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two <br />members of a five member council by writing filed with the <br />clerk who shall then mail a notice to all members of the time <br />and place of the meeting at least one day before the meeting. <br />Please note that a councihnember's request for a special meeting must be in writing (email will <br />do) Verbal requests are not allowed. In addition, current city regulations require two and <br />three day notices. Please review this with the City Administrator and determine whether the <br />City would like to revise this section concurrently with the revisions to Section 210.03, <br />Subd. 1. <br />Jer <br />JPF /jmt <br />C: Patrick Klaers <br />ALSO ADMITTED IN WISCONSIN <br />Very truly yours, <br />e I: Pala <br />Suite 800 <br />55 East Fifth Street <br />St. Paul, MN 55101 -1718 <br />(651)291-8955 <br />(6511 228 -1753 facsimile <br />www.pfb- pa.com <br />