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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 7, 2014 Page 7 McGehee moved, Laliberte seconded, approval of an agreement (Attachment A) between the City of Lauderdale and the City of Roseville Parks and Recreation Department for the provision of summer recreation programs between June 23, and August 15, 2014 as outlined in the RCA and attachment dated April 7, 2014. Roll Call Ayes: McGehee; Willmus; Etten; Laliberte; and Roe Nays: None. 1. General Ordinances for Adoption Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 7:08 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 7:09 p.m. 2. Presentations a. Joint Meeting with Finance Commission Mayor Roe welcomed the Finance Commission members and welcomed them to this joint meeting with the City Council. With the exception of Commissioner Nagaraja Knoidena, absent due to a scheduling conflict, all commissioners pre- sent, including: John Bachhuber, Justin Rohloff, Peter Zeller, Ms. Robin Schroed- er, Edwin Hodder, and Daniel Cartier. At the request of Mayor Roe, individual Councilmembers provided their expecta- tions of the Commission as follows. Councilmember Etten, from an organizational standpoint, questioned whether the City Council preferred the Commission to meet for a few months to get up to speed and determine their individual strengths and weaknesses before choosing a Chair and Vice Chair and allowing staff to direct those initial meetings, or if they preferred to hold those elections immediately. Councilmember Etten expressed his preference for them to work together for a few months before selecting their leadership. Mayor Roe noted that, as discussed by the City Council at previous meetings, the thought was for the Commission to hold an informal retreat to make those deter- minations in a less formal setting; and if that point the chosen Chair decides not to continue serving in that role, they could reconsider their elections, as long as the Commission had someone willing to step forward in that role. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her preference for the Commission to meet informally and select a Chair, but to let them pick their own leadership and get started, opining that this was not a staff commission.