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L *.• <br />It was very unfortunate that the meeting regarding the personnel matter was intemqjted. All continuity <br />of the previous discussion was totally lost when the City Administrator returned. It is also unfortunate <br />that Council member Nygard determined that his need to immediately discuss his concerns regarding <br />the worksession superceded the importance of allowing the City Administrator to continue his meeting <br />uninterrupted. <br />Both Council member Nygatd’s insistence on interrupting the City Administrator ’s meeting, and his <br />conduct in relation to the administrative staff are of concern. According to City Ordinance, an <br />individual Council member may not provide direction to staff (i.e. insist that the City Administrator <br />interrupt a meeting, or demand to participate in a meeting of the City Administrator) unless a quorum of <br />the City Council have authorize such action. The conununication channels between the City <br />Administrator and Council are very open. The City Administrator alwiys tries his best to accommodate <br />requests by Council members to meet. But this needs to be a two-way street. There are times when it <br />is not possible to meet immediately with a Council member. All Council members need to respect and <br />be considerate of those times <br />While two different administrative staff advised Council member Nygard repeatedly that the City <br />Administrator could not be disturbed, he would not be put off. He indicated he was a Council member, <br />and he was going to talk to the City Administrator. This put the administrative staff in a very <br />uncomfortable position. The administrative staff did very well in trying to deal with him in a <br />professional way, trying to maintain the decorum of the office. But they should not have to be placed <br />into that position by a Council member.