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Roseville City Council Meeting Minutes Special Meeting of February 10, 2007 Page 5 of 10 allowing for in-depth discussion and study to facilitate decision-making. Council- member Pust questioned if the current Work Session format was the best use of Councilmember time. Mayor Klausing provided his perspective on the historic changes in Work Ses- sions; room arrangement; staff presentations; and his disappointment in how they had evolved. Mayor Klausing had anticipated Work Sessions with lin1ited iten1s, with more policy nuance (i.e., Metropolitan Council housing directives) allowing a broader framework to analyze issues to allow making specific policy decisions. Councilmember Roe shared the concerns expressed by Councilmember Pust re- garding the limited discussion time allowed using current Work Session format; and suggested an annual work plan or long-term agenda for Work Sessions, recog- nizing the limited number available each year and the limited number of topics fit- ting into that limited time frame. Councilmelnber Roe suggested setting a tentative draft at the beginning of the year to allow the Council to manage their time better rather than using the time for happenstance issues. Discussion included how to introduce new items competing with current items; and how Councilmembers could justify new items in conjunction with existing items in managing agendas. City Manager Malinen suggested that while he's still analyzing the flow and proc- ess of City Council work in Roseville as an alternative Councilmembers use the Work Sessions to provide a review of each upcoming item coming before them for action at the next business meeting. Mr. Malinen noted that this would allow that each item would come before the Council at least one time before requested action, including consent items where applicable, in a less formal setting and provide a discussion time with no anticipated vote. Mr. Malinen noted that the challenge was not enough Work Sessions scheduled to accomplish that review and recom- mended increasing meetings to business meetings every other week with Work Sessions scheduled between those business meetings; thus adding one additional meeting per month and allowing more lead time for supplemental questions and/or information and delivery. Mr. Malinen noted that this would also allow staff to be more responsive to Councilmember questions and would hopefully reduce overall hours needed for the Council to meet for regular business meetings. Councilmember Pust was receptive to that format, noting that the meetings would need to remain on Monday evenings to facilitate her other scheduling require-