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City Council Minutes April 12, 2004 Page 9 Councilmember Kuester stated a concern with Human Resources, which deals directly witll council, since council should be hiring and fIring, and she wonders how many levels we should have between the council and this position. Councilmember Kuester stated the person who is assigned tllat responsibility needs to be a designated policy person at a management or department head level. Lori Johnson agreed and stated that by default tllat has fallen under tlle Finance Department. She stated that tllis can be accomplished by moving the responsibility out of the Finance Department and can be under this one person. Councilmember Dietz asked if council was going to try to agree on a proposed organizational structure tllat would be shown to staff as council has tlle upcoming meetings with Brimeyer. Mr. Klaers stated that tlle meetings witll Brimeyer are to work on goal setting and tlle possibility of a governance model, and that he wasn't hired to work with organizational planning. Mayor Klinzing stated that it was her understanding tllat council is going to do tllis organizational work. Once tlle council puts together a specifIc structure, this could create opportunities. Councilmember Kuester agrees witll Councilmember Dietz that even tllough this may not be part of sessions witll Brimeyer, she would like to go through tllose sessions and see this organizational structure come togetller after tllat. Jeff Beahen stated his concerns about what the council thinks in regards to the city prosecutor position and where it fIts in tllls structure, currently under the city administrator. But the administrator is not the one that gets the calls from tlle county, sheriffs offIce, etc. He feels by moving the city prosecutor furtller away from the Police Department it may break down conimunication. Councilmember Motin stated that we might need to discuss tlle role of the city prosecutor, tllat tllls position should not be 95% working with police issues. Council felt that they need to know tlle reality of tlle work of this position and how is the flow of communication witll the police. Mr. Klaers asked what Council's timetable is and he will work on tlle "bubble" (Finance/Administration or General Government) area. Councilmember Motin stated that we are moving forward on the Park & Recreation portion and doesn't like several montlls' delay between each new position. It was the consensus of tlle council to have this as a June Council Work Session topic. 6. Other Business No additional business. 7. Staff Updates Catherine Mehelich informed the council tllat a notice was received from tlle Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development tllat a portion of our grant application for commercial rehab was awarded.