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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 11, 2023 Page 8 Mayor Roe explained the normal process for a future agenda item would be to have it on for the next meeting in Section 8, to have guidance from the Council as to how to do it. He asked if there was any desire on the part of the Council to bypass that process and put it on the agenda without that step. Councilmember Strahan thought that the Council could do that. She knew the City Attorney would be absent, which might be their primary consideration. She asked the City Attorney Tierney if she would be back in two weeks' time. City Attorney Tierney indicated she would be back. Councilmember Strahan thought the Council could consider adding this topic to the agenda in two weeks when City Attorney Tierney is at the meeting for guidance and counsel. Mayor Roe asked if there was any Council objection to putting this item on the agenda in two weeks. Councilmember Etten wondered how much more would the City know in two weeks. He indicated the City Council had a flurry of information over the weekend, things seem to keep shifting, and he does not want to prejudge this and move too fast. He thought one of the concerns is that the State Legislature did not take their time to talk to the people who are affected by this, whether it is the teachers, schools, cities, or police departments, so he did not want the City to jump in the same way. If the City Attorney comes back and says they will be ready to have a robust discussion on September 25th, that is fine but if the City Attorney comes back and indicates she did not know how the attorneys can handle all of this and have really robust discussion, then he does not want to push it unnecessarily. Mayor Roe indicated this topic could be placed on the September 25th agenda and then if that needs to change,based on what can be accomplished by staff and the attorney by that time, an adjustment can be made to the October 9th meeting. Councilmember Schroeder indicated there is a process. Mayor Roe stated after discussion, he determined the City Council did have sufficient objection to bypassing the normal process for councilmember-initiated items, so the item would be placed in Section 8 of the September 18th agenda per the process in the council rules. 12. Adjourn Etten moved, Strahan seconded, adjournment of the meeting at approximately 6:52 p.m. Roll Call Ayes: Strahan, Etten, Schroeder, Groff, and Roe.