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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 8, 2018 Page 3 Ms. Diane Hilden, 466 Bayview Drive Ms. Hilden stated when she called the City today to find out the name of the City Attor- ney, the staff member she talked to did not know and it is not on the website. She thought the attorney's name was Gaughan. City Attorney Hartmann stated Attorney Mark Gaughan is the lead City Attorney and he (Hartmann) subs at some City Council meetings. Ms. Hilden thought it would be helpful to have that on the City website in case people want to know who the City Attorney is and what firm represents the City. Ms. Hilden stated approximately three weeks ago, a neighbor she has known for years came to her house on a Monday morning and wondered why she was not at the meeting last night. Ms. Hilden indicated she did not know about a meeting that occurred, so she asked her neighbor what it concerned and was told the meeting was at Councilmember Etten's house in regard to a political meeting, encouraging the re-election of Coun- cilmember Willmus and Mayor Roe. Ms. Hilden's neighbor told her about the meeting and considered it to be somewhat by invitation only. There were some neighbors at Councilmember Etten's house and some of them asked why she was not there. People that know her, know that she has been involved in Southeast Roseville politics for 27 plus years and she often goes to meetings of this kind. Ms. Hilden stated when her neighbor talked about this meeting, she talked about the po- litical things the Council discussed previously, and it made her uncomfortable. Her neighbor asked Ms. Hilden to look into this item. Ms. Hilden thought this appeared to be a violation of the open meeting law to have that kind of a meeting. She stated she called City Manager Trudgeon regarding this item and he understood her concern and told her he would talk to the City Attorney. Mr. Trudgeon stated he talked to City Attorney Gaughan regarding this issue. Ms. Hilden stated Mr. Trudgeon called her back after talking to City Attorney Gaughan and told her the City Attorney considered it a possible violation and so did Mr. Trudgeon who indicated he would speak to the individuals involved. Ms. Hilden did not know what the outcome had been. She has not heard of any ramifica- tions. She did hear from Mr. Trudgeon that it is hard to enforce any open meeting law. She thought it seemed that the City Council does in fact, when there are committees, in- form the committee members of the open meeting laws. She assumed the City of Rose- ville was aware of the open meeting laws. Ms. Hilden read a request for Council action from 2003 regarding open meeting laws for Roseville. She stated with the upcoming elections, she was concerned this was an ethical