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<br />Roseville City Council - Minutes <br />of 2/06/07 Special Meeting <br /> <br />Pg 6 of 10 <br /> <br />time for any additional research; and then action and moving on to other <br />Issues. <br /> <br />Additional comments included broadening discussion items tonight, rather <br />than specific issues, many of which involved land use issues, specifically not <br />allowing additional testimony beyond what was presented at the Planning <br />Commission. <br />Mayor Klausing summarized discussion and consensus up to this point: <br />1) To see meetings run more efficiently; <br />2) To pursue working outside of the City Council meeting by task <br />forces or subcommittees, while not appointing additional standing <br />committees to have less impact on staff workloads; and <br />3) The positive consensus in receiving packets earlier. <br /> <br />Further discussion involved how best to proceed with individual and <br />corporate expectations, whether by written rules and procedures, or whether <br />those in place were adequate. Discussion included establishing policies or a <br />set of rules for conducting Council business; previous adoption of Roberts <br />Rules; how and when to televise and tape meetings; and whether the Council <br />was in agreement to move to a more explicit document regarding rules, <br />expectations and policies that would clearly identify norms. <br /> <br />Comments included: <br />1) A written record would be easily accessible, but needed to be clear; <br />2) Past experience with having substantial discussion and wasting time <br />by not achieving consensus, or adopting piecemeal rules and <br />procedures; <br />3) The purpose of rules and procedures to accomplish public and policy <br />work; <br />4) Problems in not being able to execute policy and procedure items due <br />to misunderstandings, and the need for a clear benchmark to avoid <br />misinterpretation; <br />5) Resolving issues immediately when misunderstandings or <br />disagreements occur; and identifying areas that are working; <br />6) The need to leave a legacy of "how to" for future Councilmembers; <br />7) General rules for broadcasting meetings; <br />8) The need to keep the specificity level of rules and procedures as broad <br />as possible (i.e., similar to a constitution or framework); and <br />9) Consensus to have the rules and procedures in written format. <br />