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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 12,2012 Page 9 action to take, Councilmember Pust advised that she needed more information from those individuals. Mayor Roe noted the differences in appointment to the HRA by Mayor; and ad- vised he would need to review State Statutes and HRA by-laws to determine the process proscribed for sanctions. Regarding failure for filing of other commis- sioners, Mayor Roe questioned what was appropriate for disciplinary action based on the silence of the Ethics Code specific to this failure. City Manager Malinen opined that on the part of staff, they had been diligent in giving the individuals advanced notice of their obligations, as well as subsequent staff follow-up to remind them of their responsibilities and the date for them to comply. Councilmember McGehee suggested that the Ethics Commission may need to provide additional information and a process for the City Council to handle this situation. Councilmember Pust opined that she was not prepared to assume that the individ- uals were refusing to comply; but if that was the case, that would dictate the City Council's code of follow-through; however, she further opined that such infor- mation was needed to confirm individual rationale in not filing, or if there was any confusion of those individuals in thinking they had filed. City Manager Malinen opined that based on staff contact to-date, none of the in- dividuals had filed to staff's knowledge. Councilmember Pust opined that circumstances were different if individuals re- fused to file versus they had yet to get it done. Mayor Roe questioned the preferred action of the City Council and whether a new deadline should apply. Since there is nothing written as a sanction in the Ethics Code, Councilmember Pust suggested that staff pursue individual explanations from those individuals be- tween now and future action. Mayor Roe concurred, suggesting staff to add this as a action item on the March 26, 2012 City Council business agenda, with individuals required by then to either file by then or submit their rationale for not doing so. Mayor Roe suggested that Mr. Campbell had a legitimate reason for not filing even though that may pre- clude him from certain activities relative to police service. Mayor Roe suggested that the City Council further review the current Ethics Code and discuss how to move forward based on the apparently glaringly absent sanction.