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Similarly, the proposed rule declaxes that all purchases and all out-of- state tra�el shall be pre-approved by the Council. In my view, Council's role in a Plan B form of government is primarily to set an appropriate budget for all tra�el and city purchases, and then lea�e it to me to administer and manage travel and purchasing within those Council- approved budgeted amounts. I do not envision the City Council micro- managing each expenditure within the budgeted amounts Council has already set. A related issue is the equality of all Council Members. As I understand the Plan B form of government, all Council Members are colleagues with one vote apiece. No Council Member is superior to another. The Mayor has certain responsibilities with respect to presiding at Council meetings, but otherwise has one vote on all policy issues to be decided by the Council as the governing body. The proposed rules, however, seem to give special prerogatives and special powers to the Mayor on subjects completely unrelated to the Mayor's responsibility to preside at a Council meeting. For example, under the proposed rules • the Mayor - not the Council - shall appoint the Acting Mayor, • the Mayor - not the Council - shall appoint liaisons to citizen boards and joint powers organizations, • and the Mayor - not the Council - shall be the "official spokesperson" for the City. I question this delegation, or abdication, of the Council's responsibility as the governing body for the City of Roseville to only one member of that five-member governing body. The Mayor, like any other Council Member, is certainly free to state his preference for Acting Mayor, is free to state his preferences for other appointments, is free to state publicly his personal views about City policy. Perhaps, due to his office or his character, other Council Members will defer to the Mayor's preferences and views on a case-by- case basis. Perhaps other Council Members will listen and agree with the Mayor or another Council Member, perhaps not. But at least they have a choice. That is a choice each Council Member has as each policy issue comes forward for decision. On every policy issue, the Council is a group of five who together constitute the governing body that determines these matters. Attached to my comments are the Minnesota sta.tutes establishing the Plan B form of government. I don't have a Minnesota law degree so I won�t purport to interpret them. I suggest, however, that each Council Member consider these statutes in deciding the proper role of the entire �