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Lilydale council approves changes to Planning Commission, adopts consent-agenda rule and updates appointments
Summary
The Lilydale City Council approved two ordinances to shrink the Planning Commission and adopt a consent-agenda format, and passed related resolutions updating appointments and bank signatories; all votes were recorded 3-0.
The Lilydale City Council on Jan. 13 approved two ordinances that change how the city manages planning and its regular meeting agenda, and adopted related resolutions updating annual appointments and bank signatories.
Attorney Kori Land told the council that Ordinance 2025-01 reduces the Planning Commission from six members to five and replaces the council representative with a non-voting liaison. The council approved the ordinance on a 3-0 vote (moved by Councilmember Deborah Cornell, seconded by Councilmember Bill Kleinman).
Land also recommended revising Section 201.02 of the City Code to allow a consent-agenda format when appropriate; the council approved Ordinance 2025-02, which Land said the council should begin using in February. The motion to adopt Ordinance 2025-02 passed 3-0 (moved by Councilmember Bill Kleinman, seconded by Councilmember Deborah Cornell).
On personnel and appointments, Mayor Lyle Hanzal said he had been the council’s Planning Commission representative and named Jay Budge as the new liaison; Councilmember Cornell asked that the list also include the NDC4 Cable Representative, a citizen position that the city administrator, Mary Tollefson, said remains vacant. The council approved Resolution 2025-01 with the addition of the NDC4 Cable Representative (3-0).
The council also approved Resolution 2025-02 to update authorized signatories on city bank accounts and to allow use of a facsimile or electronic signature for certain officers. That motion carried 3-0.
Votes at a glance: Ordinance 2025-01 (Planning Commission composition) — approved, 3-0; Ordinance 2025-02 (meetings/consent agenda) — approved, 3-0; Resolution 2025-01 (annual designations/appointments) — approved, 3-0; Resolution 2025-02 (bank signatories) — approved, 3-0.
The council scheduled the revised meeting format to be used beginning in February and left the NDC4 Cable Representative position open for future appointment.
