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Date: 05/20/02 Item: WS II. A. Roseville Ethics Task Force Report April 23, 2002 Background Upon recommendation by Roseville Mayor John Kysylyczyn and subsequently by a February 4, 2002 motion of the Roseville City Council, the Ethics Task Force was created to undertake an independent review of the Ethics Commission Resolution. Its review would include an examination of the Commission's history, its goals and procedures, and result in recommendations regarding its operations. The Ethics Task Force met on March 12, April 2, and April 23, of 2002. All five members of the Task Force were present at each meeting: Chair David Schultz, Ann Berry, Craig Klausing, Connie Pease, and Deon Stuthman. The minutes of those meetings are attached as Exhibit A. Although receiving general public comment was not part of the Task Force's charge from the City Council, the Task Force did hear from the Mayor and from all members of the Roseville Ethics Commission, the standing ethics citizens' advisory commission. In addition, the Task Force reviewed a notebook of material dealing with public ethics and municipal ethics codes and structures. This report, its findings and recommendations are endorsed by all of the Task Force's members. Findings Based upon this input and our deliberations, the Task Force makes the following findings [references in parentheses ( ) refer to the meetings at which the topics were discussed, or describe authority for the finding]: A. Roseville has had an Ethics Commission since July 23, 1990. (Resolution 8593) B. In the first five years of its existence, that is from 1990 through 19951 the Commission received two ethics complaints: one dealt with the decision process associated with the construction of the John Rose Minnesota OVAL and was dismissed by the Commission; the second complaint dealt with a political concern and was withdrawn by the complainant. (March 12, 2002 Meeting) C. In the last year, the Ethics Commission received six ethics complaints: