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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January 03, 2011 Page 9 Mayor Roe spoke in support of adding a place for follow -up needed for previous- ly stated public comments; and suggested that this be made a practice, but was not necessary for revision to the Rules. At the request of City Manager Malinen, Mayor Roe clarified that, if staff was so directed by the City Council by motion or consensus to obtain additional information or provide follow -up, if appropriate for public information, staff would provide that during Public Comment to close that issue for the public, currently done by e -mail or memorandum from staff to the City Council. Mayor Roe also suggested moving the HRA Report from "Council Communica- tions" to "Presentations" in the agenda. Councilmember Pust expressed support for such a change, as a member of the HRA. McGehee moved, Johnson seconded, correction to City Council Rules and Proce- dures to update all references from "Roberts Rules" to "Rosenberg's Rules of Or- der; to revise Rule 5 to indicate that any follow -ups by staff or the City Council on previously requested Public Comments, be responded to during Public Com- ment as well; and to revise Rule 3 to relocate Quarterly HRA Reports from num- ber 4 to number 13 "Presentations." Mayor Roe requested that staff further review the simple or super majority vote issue raised by Councilmember Willmus and report back for further discussion and possible action. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Pust; Johnson; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. Mayor Roe noted that, in agenda order for presentations /discussions, if the City Council determined at their upcoming strategic planning discussion that they pre- ferred to use a more informal worksession format for those items, further consid- eration could be given to additional revisions on how best to proceed. City Manager Malinen made a note of this discussion item for the Strategic Plan- ning Meeting agenda. b. Discuss City Council Liaisons City Manager Malinen provided background information in the RCA from past discussions of City Council liaisons or city representations on various boards and /or agencies. Grass Lakes Water Management Organization (GLWMO) City Manager Malinen added one additional City Council Liaison request re- ceived from the Grass Lakes Water Management Organization (GLWMO) Board in their development of a ten year water management plan, operating under a Joint