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Special Session of the City Council: Saturday, 02/19/05, Cedarholm Golf Course Clubhouse, 2323 Hamline Avenue North, Roseville, MN Page 15 of 21 poses. i.) City Manager Neal Beets spoke to the following 2006 is- sues within the Administration Department of the city: 1. Performance Measurement, possibly through a program operated by the International City/County Management Association. 2. Community Involvement and Leadership, possibly through a Citizen's Academy to help increase community knowledge about the operation of city government. 3. Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees, possibly through a market-based pay scale and through positive council-staff relationships. Mayor Klausing thanked everyone for their participation. Mayor Klausing called for a 10 minute recess. 2. City Council Rules of Procedure Rules and Proce- dures of the City Mayor Klausing distributed a bench handout, attachment 4. Council He suggested the Council work through the focus questions on the handout. Council Interaction with the Public a.) Mayor Klausing asked the Council whether they feel they spend too much time on general public comment at the be- ginning of each council meeting. Councilmember Maschka indicated that too much time was spent. He suggested a 3 minute time limit, no council re- sponse to public comment except to refer it to staff or to a fu- ture agenda, and that speakers be informed that they can al- ways reduce their comments to writing and submit them in that form for council consideration. He also spoke to the value of processing most of the council's business first through a study session where Council can work through and work out the issues before bringing the item to a regular Council meeting. Councilmember Schroeder stated that he did not favor a time 15