01-19-2010 WSJanuary 19, 2010
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ATTEST
MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
AT CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Mayor Maxwell called the meeting to order at 8:50 pm. Present were Mayor Maxwell and Council
members Brausen, Halverson, Youakim, Rowan, and City Manager Rick Getschow
City Manager Getschow stated that the January 26 Work Session Agenda will include the topics of
Police Chief Search and Paperless Packets. Information will be available at that Work Session to
discuss those two topics.
City Manager Getschow discussed with the Council the plan for the (new) Human Rights
Commission. One idea may be to rename the commission and have a new commission cover more
topics than simply human rights. Other city commissions that are similar also deal with issues
related to citizen engagement and diversity in the community. The main point is that human rights
may be too narrow of a focus that is needed in Hopkins at this time and a new commission could
deal with a larger community issues that also do involve human rights, diversity, resident
engagement and volunteerism. The staff will come back with recommendations for the commission
in the near future.
City Manager Getschow stated that a TV news story just came out regarding the film that will be
produced and partially filmed in Hopkins.
City Manager Getschow and the City Council discussed plans for the State of the City event to be
held on February 23 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
With no further business, a motion was made by Brausen, seconded by Youakim to adjourn the meeting at 9:55
p. m. The motion passed unanimously.
Rick Getschow, Secretary
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