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City Council Study Session - 03/20/06 Minutes - Page 11 Ilecess Ilecess Mayor Klausing recessed the meeting at approximately 7 :24 p.m. and reconvened at 7:30 p.m. 4. Discuss an Ethics Commission Mayor Klausing summarized his memorandum dated March 14, 2006 entitled, "Ethics Commission;" and provided recommendations to the City Council for recreation of the Commission. In reviewing the history of the Commission, Mayor Klausing noted that Resolution No. 8593 remained creating ethics guidelines and creating an Ethics Commission, but a subsequent Council motion had abolished the Ethics Commission. Mayor Klausing recommended rescinding of Resolution No. 8593 and adoption of an ordinance as a more visible and permanent way for creating ethics guidelines and creating a three member Commission, featuring: ethics guidelines similar to those in the former resolution; periodic, mandatory ethics training for all City employees and officials; a three member Ethics Commission to sponsor ethics training and to give advice about the application of ethics guidelines; with ethics complaints still filed with the City Attorney as with current practice, for investigation, with the City Attorney free to seek input from the Ethics Commission to assist his investigation and subsequent report. Public Comment Douglas Iloot, 2668 N Hamline Avenue Mr. Drews spoke in support of the re-establishment of an Ethics Commission as outlined by Mayor Klausing's memo, with the exception that the City Attorney consults the Ethics Commission about all complaints, even if the Commission had no role, to provide oversight of the process for citizen consideration. Dick Lambert, 800 Brenner Avenue Mr. Lambert noted that Mr. Drews should be recognized as the Chair of the Roseville Citizens League. Mr. Lambert requested that current Ethics Commission responsibilities be maintained; opined that five, rather than three Discuss an Ethics Commission