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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 18, 2023 Page 6 agreement on it. She had no interest in putting it on an agenda unless the City Attorney comes forth and decides all the additional information is worth looking at, otherwise, she would want to wait. Mayor Roe indicated he would tend to lean in that direction as well. He thought it was important to state that he did not know of anyone who is involved in this that does not want the City to ultimately have the student resource officers in the schools. He thought the City had seen the benefit of that and the City and Council has also heard from residents,including through some engagement processes,what the District did a few years ago relating to the benefit of having the SRO's, both from the point of view from the principal specifically at the high school at the time, her experience in Roseville, the other districts, and certainly from the point of parents. He also wanted to be respectful of the differing points of view of the people in the community. He thought based on the Council's experience, barring that change to the State Law, the uncertainty as to risk to the City, as how he would characterize the advice from the City Attorney,that it created in respect to how this particular legislation relates to other existing legislation out there. Until the City Attorney can be comfortable that the risk is mitigated or that something is done to change how the various Statutes interact with each other,he was not sure he was in the position to put something on an agenda or have a conversation about it if the recommendation from City staff and the City Attorney is still the same based on all the information both might have. He thought it felt like the Council was trying to do something contrary to the advice of the City Attorney. The City Attorney is not just the staffs Attorney, it is also the Council's Attorney, so their advice is to the organization of which the Council is also representative. Councilmember Strahan asked City Attorney Mikhail, in his capacity as acting Attorney for the City, if it allowed him the ability to execute a contract on behalf of the City of Roseville. City Attorney Mikhail indicated the Attorney's office has no authority to execute a contract on behalf of the City of Roseville. Mayor Roe indicated that is the City Manager's authority. Councilmember Strahan indicated she understood that,and the Council has allotted Mr. Trudgeon the ability to execute contracts of less than $10,000 without the Council's approval and she wondered if that was correct. Mayor Roe indicated he did not want to talk for the City Attorney but the rule of the City or the ordinance of the City is that the Council allows spending authority of the City Manager up to $10,000 without those having to previously be approved by the City Council. He thought by and large contracts need to come before the City Council of whatever value they are because it is something the Council has to authorize the City to enter into.