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MEMORANDUM
Date: January 12, 2022
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ginny Sawyer, Policy and Project Manager
Thru: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Assistant City Manager
RE: Work Session Summary January 11, 2022 Remote Work Session Follow-up
Mayor Pro Tem Francis and Councilmembers Pignataro, Gutowsky, Peel, Ohlson, and
Canonico were present. Staff presented a summary of details and resources required for all in-
person, all remote, and hybrid meetings and shared that the current standard of the in-person
default with remote option is the most intensive especially in terms of security and building
management.
General Thoughts:
Councilmembers shared that overall the remote meetings are functional along with a
recognition that it is also nice to work in-person for the relational aspects of working
together.
Councilmembers inquired how remote meetings were working for staff. While staff had
not been formally polled for a response, anecdotally the response has been positive.
There was overall support for changing work sessions to a default of remote meetings
with an option to be in-person.
Should Councilmembers wish to be in-person, 24-hours notice will be needed.
There was also a desire to continue to revisit the remote work session standards moving
forward, likely on a 6-month cadence.
Next Steps:
The City Attorney will draft a new Resolution capturing the desired changes.
Staff will bring the Resolution forward at the first available meeting in February 2022.
Staff will ask Council about revisiting Work Session norms in July 2022.