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<br />Regular City Council Minutes -1/27/03 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />possibly in two (2) weeks. <br /> <br />Mayor Kysylyczyn questioned whether such a pathway <br />would be more appropriate on the St. Paul side, and <br />whether the Citizen Pathway Committee considered the <br />fiscal effect of its recommendations. <br /> <br />C. Legal Opinion - Legal Newspaper Bid <br />City Attorney Scott Anderson reviewed his written legal <br />opinion dated January 27, 2003 provided as a bench <br />handout. City Attorney Scott opined that Council <br />changing the "official newspaper" designation at this point <br />may expose the City to breach of contract, constitutional <br />violation claims and attorney fees claims. Mr. Scott also <br />discussed the applicability of Roberts Rules. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kough questioned whether a contract had <br />been made. <br /> <br />Mayor Kysylyczyn indicated this would con1e back in a <br />week or two. <br /> <br />Mayor Kysylyczyn called on Dr. Richard Verhagen, who <br />opined that no contract had been made and that the <br />Council's original designation of a newspaper fails for <br />lack of a definite timefran1e. <br /> <br />D. Legal Opinion - Committee and Commission <br />Appointments <br />City Attorney Scott Anderson reviewed his written legal <br />opinion dated January 27,2003 provided in response to a <br />request for his interpretation of Council Rule 10 as it <br />related to appointments of City Con1illission members. <br /> <br />City Attorney Anderson opined that Rule 10 would not <br />apply to City Commissioners as delineated by Title 2 of <br />City Code, which provided for the existence of the City's <br />Planning, Parks and Recreation, and Human Rights <br />Commissions and Code Sections 201.02, 203.01 and <br />204.04 providing that the City Council was the appointing <br />authority for those commissions. <br /> <br />2003 Legal <br />Newspaper <br /> <br />Committee and <br />Commission <br />Appointments <br />