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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, Apri113, 2009 Page 14 dividual councilmember decision-making; and further refinement from the origi- nal draft of a policy to what the City Council was attempting to accomplish. Further discussion included whether a disclaimer was necessary; and the public nature of the majority of Council information if not protected by attorney/client privilege or related to personnel issues protected under data privacy laws. Councilmember Pust sought further clarification on record retention of personal computer documents and expressed confusion with categorization of documents on page 4 of the report. City Attorney Anderson noted that law was incredibly unclear related to retention; and advised that there was considerable discussion and disagreement within their firm as to requirements for home computer records for Councilmembers as they related to government records; and advised that nothing under MN law was con- clusive at this time. Councilmember Pust questioned a situation where a citizen e-mailed her at home, but later referenced that a-mail in a public meeting; and if she then needed to pro- vide acopy of the a-mail to the City Manager as it had then became public data. In an attempt to provide further guidance to Councilmembers, City Attorney Anderson advised that he would pursue that issue further by a more detailed re- view of the Record Retention Act, as the Data Practices Act did not address such a situation. 14. City Manager Future Agenda Review City Manager Malinen briefly reviewed upcoming agendas, apologizing that he did not have information available for the Apri120, 2009 meeting. 15. Councilmember-Initiated Items for Future Meetings Councilmember Johnson requested that an update and status report on the Parks and Rec- reation Master Plans be included on the Apri120, 2009 agenda. 16. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 8:03 p.m. •