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Ordinance Number 98 — Partial Payment of Assessments for Local Improvements. A motion was introduced by Artig-Swomley and seconded by Rasmussen to allow for prepayment of approved assessment. Currently, the City has allowed prepayment but had nothing in writing that authorized it. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. Ordinance Number 106 — Dangerous Dogs Oliver suggested that the City consider adopting the ordinance drafted by Ramsey County concerning dangerous dogs. The Sheriff would prefer all contract cities have the same basic ordinance to allow for more efficient enforcement. Without adoption of this ordinance there was concern that no. standard rules would allow for the control of dangerous dogs, putting the City in danger of being sued. A motion was introduced by Rasmussen and seconded by Artig-Swomley to adopt the County's standard sample ordinance. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. Sign Ordinance 43F Section 15 The need to update the City's signage ordinance was discussed. Rasmussen agreed to look through his files to see if he could locate a sample ordinance that Artig-Swomley drafted three or four years ago. No one else has been able to locate the file. Artig-Swomley said she completely rewrote the ordinance, based on language utilized in the ordinances of three surrounding cities, relying mostly on the signage ordinance of North Oaks. E-mail Communication Oliver reviewed the rules for e-mail communication between council members in order to live up to the spirit of the State's Open Meeting Laws. Basically one or two members can discuss an issue electronically, as long as there is no effort to build consensus in preparation for a later vote at an official meeting. In general emails composed by one member and sent out to all council members that are intended to provoke discussion and interaction through email should be avoided and left for discussion at a meeting. However, nothing would prevent one member from emailing another to discuss an issue, unless the communication is intended to build a consensus one member at a time expressly to avoid violation of the law: Phone calls between one council members to discuss city members are always allowed, Emails should be between one member at a time in the same manner when an issue is going to be aired and discussed. Vadnais Heights Sports Complex Artig-Swomley stated that she had been informed casually that the proposed Vadnais Heights Sports Complex might need to be moved to a location nearer to. 5