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City Council Study Session -11/21/05 Minutes - Page 17 Councilmember Kough spoke in opposition to a moratorium; but encouraged public input. Mr . Welsh referenced the HRA' s successful model in working with neighborhood groups on neighborhood issues; and noted that it was relatively inexpensive. 7. Discuss City Policies City Policies Mayor Klausing requested that City Manager Beets review his November 4, 2005 City Manager's Report related to City policies. City Manager Beets reviewed his memo and the specific section of the City budget book related to policies; whether their inception was by Council vote, or simply department procedure and practice; and addressed his research into minutes related to policy adoption. Mr. Beets surmised that the majority of the policies were actually departmental policies tabbed by department in a three-ring notebook, and most written by department directors as current practices, procedures and policies by department, not adopted by the City Council. Mr. Beets noted that, in the early 1990's, policies started to come forward to the City Council during discussions, but as no minutes were kept at that time on Council Work Sessions, if the policies weren't voted on at a regular business meeting, there was no formal Council action (i.e., amendments to the Tax Increment Financing policy). Mr. Beets concluded that he could find no formal motion by a City Council to adopt the policies as part of the budget book. Mayor Klausing deferred to Councilmember Schroeder who had requested that this discussion be included on tonight's Study Session agenda to find clarification. Councilmember Schroeder opined that, if the "policies" were a published document for residents or anyone to pick up, the policies would be interpreted as being accepted by the City and factual. Councilmember Schroeder further opined that, if we seem to have policies that aren't accurate, then they shouldn't be