City Council Meeting Date: September 9, 2025
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Sara Hoffman, Deputy City Clerk/Executive Assistant
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Consider Second Reading of Ordinance 1081 Amending City Code Chapter 2, Related to City Boards and Commissions.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council will Consider Second Reading of Ordinance 1081 Amending City Code Chapter 2, Related to City Boards and Commissions.
Summary Report:
The City Council received a presentation at the July 1st meeting regarding the updates below. The Council voted to postpone the first reading of Ordinance 1081 to allow staff time to make changes in response to Council feedback. Staff updated the ordinance draft and presented the changes to the Council at the August 4th meeting. Council approved the first reading at that meeting. Per a request from the Northfield Hospital + Clinics CEO, some changes to the Hospital Board section have been removed from the second reading. The City and Hospital will discuss further and bring edits with the next round of code updates. There are some amendments planned for a first reading at the second meeting in September with proposed changes in board and commissions as proposed at the last budget meeting. An updated draft of the second reading for this item with these edits has been attached.
A summary publication for Ordinance 1081 is a separate item on the consent agenda for this meeting.
At the May 20th City Council work session, the Council received an update on the board and commission governance work and provided feedback on a draft amendment to code. The Council expressed no concerns over the attached redlined draft of code updates. Council also discussed the roles of Council members on boards and commissions and the appointment timeline. Other topics discussed in the meeting, such as the consolidation or eliminations of boards and commissions, will be discussed further as part of the governanc...
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