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CITY OF MAPLEWOOD
5:00 p.m. Monday, December 1, 1997
Maplewood Room, City Hall
MINUTES
A. Call to Order '
Acting Mayor Koppen called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
B. ~Rol1 Ca11
ctrng Mayor Marvin Koppen Present
cilmember Sherry Allenspach Present
Co~cilmember Dale Cazlson Present
Councilmember George Rossbach Present
Others Present.
City Manager Michael McGuire
City Attorney Patrick Kelly
Assistant to the Manager Tim Busse
C. AnorovalofAgenda
City Manager Michael McGuire requested the inclusion of miscellaneous Mayor's. items
as item Fl. Councilmember Cazlson moved annroval of the agenda as amended
Councilmember Allenspach seconded the motion.
Ayes: All.
D. Mayoral vacancy
Acting Mayor Koppen explained that with Mayor Gazy Bastian's resignation, the Council
was required to fill the mayoral vacancy. Councilmember Allenspach asked for
clarification as to whether the Council needed to formally appoint an acting mayor until a
new mayor is sworn in. Mr. McGuire said a formal appointment wasn't necessary. Mr.
Kelly explained that, according to the League of Minnesota Cities, the Council has two
options: Allow the Acting Mayor to serve until a new Mayor was sworn in; or appoint
someone else to serve as Mayor until the new Mayor is sworn in. The Council agreed
that the best course of action was to have Acting Mayor Koppen serve until the new
Mayor is sworn in on January 12.
Council members Cazlson and Rossbach then presented their thoughts, goals, and
aspirations regazding the Mayor's office.
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ARer a short discussion, Councilmember Allenspach moved that Councilmember
Rossbach be appointed Mavor Councilmember Rossbach seconded the motion
Ayes: All
Councilmember Rossbach will be sworn in at the January 12 Council meeting.
E. Council vacancy
With the Councilmember Rossbach's appointment to the Mayor's office, the Council
discussed the process for filling the Council vacancy. The Council set the following
guidelines to fill that vacancy:
•Applicants must submit a letter of interest in order to be considered. The letter must be
addressed to Council Secretary Terrie Carlson, Maplewood City Hall, 1830 East County
Road B, Maplewood, MN 55109. Applications must be received by Monday, December
15 at 4:30 p.m. Late applications will not be considered.
•Applicants must include home and work telephone numbers in their letter of interest.
Ms. Carlson will contact applicants on December 16 to schedule interviews.
•The City Council will interview applicants on Wednesday, December 17 and Thursday,
December 18 beginning at 5 p.m. Each interview will last approximately 30 minutes.
The interviews will consist of a set ofpre-determined questions compiled by the Council
as well as any necessary follow-up questions.
•Af[er the interviews are complete, the Council will choose who they consider to be the
best candidate from the list of applicants.
•The term of the appointed council member will expire on December 31, 1999. The
council seat will be on the ballot of the next city general election on November 2, 1999.
F. Other business
1. Miscellaneous Mayor's items.
Mr. McGuire discussed a variety of Mayoral items that needed to be addressed. Mr.
McGuire stated that the Mayor's column for Maplewood in Motion was due. Former
Mayor Gary Bastian agreed to write a final column, and Acting Mayor Koppen agreed to
act as the backup in the event Mr. Bastian was not able to complete the column.
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Mr. McGuire recommended canceling the Mayor's Forum for December 6 and January 3. .
He suggested that a change in format may be necessary to increase citizen participation
and asked that the new Mayor consider holding meetings with a specific theme. The
Council agreed and asked staff to publicize the cancellation of the December and January
Mayor's Forums.
Finally, Mr. McGuire asked the Council's help in planning a fazewell party for former
Mayor Bastian. The Council tentatively agreed to Thursday, Januazy 22 1998 as the date
for the party, and appointed Mr. McGuire, Councilmember Allenspach and Community
Oriented Service Representative Colleen Dirkswager to a party planning committee.
Councilmember Rossbach reminded those present that he will be installed as President of
the Ramsey County League of Local Governments on December 11, and invited everyone
to attend the ceremony.
I. Adjournment
Acting Ma
o~Kop en n adjourned the meeting at 6.05 p m