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ROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL WORK SESSION PROCEEDINGS
MARCH 18, 2008
CALL TO ORDER
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a special work session of the Rosemount City
Council was duly held on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at 6:26 p.m. in the Council Chambers at
City Hall, 2875 145 Street West.
Mayor Droste called the meeting to order with Council Members DeBettignies, Shoe
Corrigan, Baxter and Sterner attending. Staff members present included City Administrator
Verbrugge, Assistant City Administrator Foster, Finance Director May, City Engineer
Brotzler Director of Parks and Recreation Schultz, Community Development Director
Lindquist, Senior Planner Zweber, Communications Coordinator Cox and City Clerk
Domeier.
DISCUSSION
2.B. City Administrator Search Process and Acting City Administrator
City Administrator Verbrugge provided a summary of the search process previously used in
the City of Rosemount. The City Council preferred to have the RFP break down the
services to be provided and the proposed costs for services. They wanted the option to do
some services in house to save on the consultant fees. Mr. Verbrugge stated that tiered
pricing and service options could be included in the RFP. He explained the process search
firms use in recruiting candidates. The consensus of the City Council was to appoint Ms.
Lindquist as Interim City Administrator.
2.A. Off Premise Sign Discussion
Community Development Director Lindquist stated that the discussion was related to off
premise signs. Mayor Droste stated that the enforcement component changed recently and
talked about the calls he received from builders in the area. Council Member Baxter stated
there were a lot of issues involved and he wanted more study done before a decision on the
off premise signs was made.
Council Member Shoe Corrigan stated that the off premise sign issue could not be resolved
in one meeting. She wanted the discussion combined with other sign ordinance changes.
She stated that not just the businesses are affected by the signs. Mayor Droste stated the
City needed to be realistic on the sign issue and that any rules that were made should be
enforced.
Council Member Shoe Corrigan stated she received great input from the community, from
businesses, and residents about the allowance of off premise signs. She questioned if a
moratorium was necessary until the sign ordinance was changed. City Attorney LeFevere
advised against issuing a moratorium. He added that enforcement for signs or other
ordinances is based upon available resources and City priorities. The City would need to
make a decision on how to allocate staff resources and what other priorities the Council has
for staff and the community.
The City Council was in agreement that the Ad Hoc Committee should do some of the
heavy lifting when researching off premise signs. Ms. Lindquist stated that the Ad Hoc
group would start meeting in May after the Comp Plan amendment was finished. She shared
the types of comments received from the Police Department about the off premise signs.
ROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL WORK SESSION PROCEEDINGS
MARCH 18, 2008
The City Council added that they wanted to be reasonable with businesses and residents
while reviewing the sign ordinance.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Droste moved a
motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:10 p.m. Second by DeBettignies.
Respectfully submitted,
Amy Domeier, City Clerk