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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 7,2014 Page 4 meeting minutes be tabled until that review had been done, or the meeting minutes be approved conditionally in that case. Councilmember Laliberte stated that, in general she preferred a consistent pol- icy, and if written information was accepted, they should become part of the public record, or specifically stated if that information was part of individual Councilmember consideration when making their decisions. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she did not include that written information during her deliberations on the Preliminary Plat denial. Mayor Roe noted that the challenge was the amount of information presented to a City Council, whether at the meeting or outside of that context, that was taken under consideration for agenda items and decision-making. Using the strict interpretation of meeting minutes requiring only a formal record of mo- tions and votes, Mayor Roe noted that part, all or none of that information may influence individual City Council actions, whether or not the information was attached to the meeting minute record. With no objection stated, Mayor Roe directed staff to revise the meeting minutes to reflect that Mr. LeTendre's written information provided as a bench handout at the June 23, 2014 City Council meeting be not attached or included a part of those meeting minutes. Councilmember McGehee Memorandum Dated June 23, 2014 and entitled, "6/16/14 Council Meeting—Fire Station Close Out" (Page 3, Lines 37—42) Mayor Roe sought Council consensus as to whether or not Councilmember McGehee's memorandum should be made part of the meeting record. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she recalled discussion at the June 23, 2014 meeting that the memorandum was not included as part of the record. Mayor Roe clarified that the discussion and decision at that time had been not to include the memorandum as part of the June 16, 2014 meeting minutes, but ad- vised that Councilmember McGehee had asked that the memorandum be consid- ered as part of tonight's approval of the June 23, 2014 meeting minutes as a sub- sequent attachment in response to the June 16, 2014 meeting minutes. Councilmember Willmus stated that, from his perspective, the meeting minutes as presented accurately reflected the information conveyed at the meeting; and ques- tioned whether a "do over" as Councilmember McGehee's memorandum ap- peared to him, was appropriate. Councilmember Willmus opined that any indi- vidual Councilmember could come to a subsequent meeting and take an oppor- tunity to emphasize or reiterate their comments through various avenues. Howev- er, Councilmember Willmus further opined that to him, this memorandum seemed