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July 24, 2018 Page 1 of 7 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Pursuant to notice thereof, a regular meeting of the New Brighton City Council was held Tuesday <br />July 24, 2018 at 6:30 pm in the New Brighton Council Chambers. <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Johnson, Councilmembers Allen, Burg, Dunsworth, and Jacobsen <br />Absent: <br /> <br />Also Present: Dean Lotter-City Manager, Brenda Davitt-Finance Director, Craig Schlichting- <br />Community Assets & Development Manager, Jennifer Fink-Parks and Recreation <br />Director, Sandra Daniloff-Deputy City Clerk, Ben Gozola-Sambatek <br /> <br /> <br />Call to Order <br />Mayor Johnson called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. <br /> <br />Pledge of Allegiance <br />Mayor Johnson led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br />Public Comment Forum <br />Mayor Johnson opened the Public Forum for comments from the public. <br /> <br />Ben Jones, 631 17th Avenue NW, expressed concerns he had regarding Consent Item VII6 and <br />stated he believed the ballot question relating to election years was not worded properly. He <br />recommended the ballot question be rephrased in order to comply with State Statute. He <br />encouraged the Council to provide residents with more straight forward information and <br />suggested the ballot question read: Shall City Code Section 216 be amended to move <br />municipal elections from odd to even years and move the next municipal election from 2019 to <br />2020, with the effect of changing the current Mayoral term from two years to three years and <br />the current Council terms from four years to five years. He requested the Council consider <br />making the suggested change in order to keep the ballot question clear and transparent. <br /> <br />Approval of Agenda <br />Approval of the July 24 , 2018 Council Agenda. <br /> <br />Mayor Johnson requested an item be added to the agenda under Special Business to allow for <br />the introduction of the new IT staff members. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Jacobsen, seconded by Councilmember Burg to approve the <br />agenda as amended. <br /> <br />5 Ayes, 0 Nays-Motion Carried <br /> <br />Council Minutes <br />Approval of the Council minutes from June 12, 2018. <br /> <br />Call to Order <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Pledge of Allegiance <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Public Comment <br />Forum <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Approval of Agenda <br />Approval of the <br />July 24, 2018 Agenda. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Council Minutes <br />Approval of Council <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS <br />THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON