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Regular City Council Meeting — 02/09/04 DRAFT Minutes • Page 38 Mr. Kysylyczyn declined comment at this time, but opined his reserved right to comment on discussions at a later time, following Council discussion. Councilmember Maschka opined that, as he'd worked with this agenda format, he liked the flow, but was troubled by the number and type of items included on the Consent Agenda, as previously acknowledged and experienced tonight. Councilmember Maschka expressed his preference that Ordinances and Resolutions be a separate agenda item; opining that there should never be 2 or 3 questions of items included on a Consent Agenda, and those items included should be of a non- controversial nature. Mayor Klausing noted that, from staff s perspective, it was difficult for them to anticipate which items were going to prompt questions from the Council or public. Councilmember Maschka reiterated his overall acceptance of the revised agenda format. Councilmember Schroeder expressed his confusion with using a regular numbering system, with subsections (i.e., 3.1, 3,2...) when the same numbering system was used in staff reports and made it difficult to follow discussion. Councilmember Schroeder suggested returning to a Roman Numeral system, or a lettered system; and expressed his preference for a standard meeting format to be followed (i.e., Minutes approved prior to the Consent Agenda); and separate sections for Recognitions, and Communications, with those at the beginning of the meeting agenda. Mayor Klausing concurred with moving Approval of Minutes immediately following the Roll Call/Agenda Approval and Public Comment sections. Mayor Klausing concurred with having a separate section for Ordinances and Resolutions immediately following the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Schroeder questioned the validity of having a separate section that was specifically used for those items removed from the Consent Agenda.