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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 18, 2012 Page 17 the City Council had delegated too much authority to its staff, removing the op- portunity for more options on specific issues such as this. Mayor Roe clarified that City Attorney Gaughan was basing his analysis on State Statute as well as Roseville City Code, to which Mr. Gaughan responded affirmatively. City Attorney Gaughan noted that past rationale in developing the Code was based on delegating such land use items to the expertise of its staff. Discussion ensued regarding process; past examples (e.g. asphalt plat); the ap- peal process itself; and limitations of instances where an appeal of an adminis- trative decision was applicable. Councilmember McGehee reiterated her opinion that the City Council had dele- gated more responsibility to staff than they should have; and expressed her in- terest in being able to take action prior to requiring a citizen to appeal some- thing already decided. Mayor Roe advised that the City's current Subdivision Ordinance is due to be updated as part of this year's work plan, and revisions should be addressed as part of future discussions at that time. Mayor Roe noted that, specific to prelim- inary plats, state statutes allowed local government limited discretion, even though there was some difference of opinion on how that discretion functioned, such as having surfaced in this case. c. Discuss E-Government/E-Commerce Efforts City Manager Malinen initiated discussions as detailed in the RCA dated June 18, 2012 and efforts for e-commerce and e-government solutions for City staff and residents, based on previous discussions to satisfy goals in maximizing electronic and/or communication efforts. Mr. Malinen further addressed the po- tential future use of electronic Council meeting packets. Several various op- tions and software packages were reviewed. Discussion included how to justify costs and how to ensure the software and hardware could be integrated with existing systems; opportunities available through website redesign and basing work items on service level priorities and response times for problems reported electronically by the public; and potential hardware options to pursue electronic City Council meeting packets. Mayor Roe expressed his preference for an alternate supplier for the web site update,based on information in the RCA, including pricing. 14. City Manager Future Agenda Review City Manager Malinen reviewed upcoming agenda items.