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Re�ular City C�uncil Meeting Mouday, �7anuury 05, 2009 pa�e 9 Councilmember Johnson advised Ehat commissions hed great access to in-house assisfance throu�I� staff providing good comm�ication flow; and noted that commission Chairs cQUld serve as conduits between their respective groups anci the Cit� Council, sinlilar to ambassadors. �fayor Klausing reiterated his prefercnce that the liaison roles for the Ci.ty Coun- cil would be irlformal, �llowing for continued inde�en.dent advice from advisory comrnissions. Councilmen�ber Roe noted the original interit in havin� a City Council 12aiso to thc HRA was ta ensure a good connecfion between the two bodies. Councilmembers eoncurred thai additional thought needed ta be given; and re- quested Ehat staff prov�de an updated list af assignments a:nd invoivement in vari- ous groups by current Councilmernbers. Ivfayor Klausing asl�ed. that individual Councilmembers provide feedback to staff on their specific interests to include �vith the updated list for Councilmembers to facilitate fiirther discussion and con- sideratian. Councilmember Johnson sougl�t eTarification on the ariginal point of reference for tiai os n assi�nments, whether at the request of or frorn frustrations expressed by cotnmissions, or in th� City Counci['s efforf:s to be more cornmunicative with t�eir advisory cornmissions. Councilrnember Roe advised that �t was itZitiated from his review of othcr cities and their interactions with their advisory commissions and oFher goven�nent agencies. Councilmember Roe specificail� noted th�t roles of the City Council Ii- aisons in the Ramsey County League of Local Governments (RCLI,G} anci the Cable Comntissian, and potential need for designaied aI[ernates for those �roups. Mayor Klausing noted his angoing i�lterest in serving as an a3ternate to the Com- municaiian Comnzission. Cauncilmember Pust noted that part of the discussion should be �vhether Coun- cilmembers wished to continue serving in their current 1'iaison ra[es; ar .vhether they were interested in expanding or refreshing their interests. Mayor Klausing conc�irred, iioting thaT there was value in continuity, but also value in educating Councilmembers in other areas of interest to aid their decision- making. CounciImember Ihl�n noted that a designee to the Cable Commission coald be a mem6er of tne pubiic, as weil as a Coun�cifrneinber. . ,,.�:��.��x,.. .�....-� x,k.w.��>..-.,Rn..��.m