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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 23, 2012 Page 22 At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Miller confirmed that such an operation would need to be licensed by the City. Pust moved, Willmus seconded, directing staff to work with the City Attorney's office to develop language banning any of these types of establishments for sam- pling in the City of Roseville, and that this language be brought forward post haste to have an ordinance in place before any applications came forward for con- sideration. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Willmus; Johnson; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. b. Consider Adopting Financial Policies as Ordinances At the request of Mayor Roe, Councilmember McGehee noted that, since she had originally brought forth this request, she had come to the conclusion that the same majority vote rules would apply, therefore negating her preference to revise these policies into ordinances. Councilmember McGehee noted that her original re- quest was made in light of the recent Council majority vote to override their standing policy regarding voter referendums and use their Port Authority to issue bonds. However, at this time, Councilmember McGehee suggested leaving the policies as they are; but she personally encouraged the City Council to follow their own policies. Mayor Roe recognized Councilmember McGehee's point; and clarified that a 3 vote majority was required for ordinance enactment, a policy or resolution could be adopted on a 2/1 vote if a full City Council was not in place at that time. Councilmember Pust advised that she didn't quite agree that changing an ordi- nance was as easy as changing a policy, since there were different notice and pub- lic hearing requirements before such action. Mayor Roe noted that the City Council had adopted an ordinance earlier this evening, without a prior public hearing. City Attorney Bartholdi advised that enactment of an ordinance did not necessari- ly require a public hearing, but needed to be deliberated and voted upon by the City Council, with no separate notice requirements, other than publication of it af- ter enactment. c. Discuss Funding Change for Engineer Position in Public Works Public Works Director Schwartz summarized this request as detailed in the RCA dated January 23, 2012, and staff recommendations regarding funding for an En- gineer position in Public Works, previously a shared position with the City of Ar- den Hills under provisions of a JPA.