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City Council Study Session - 03/20/06 Minutes - Page 13 possible conflict of interest issues. Councilmember Ihlan noted that Section 6, regarding financial interest disclosure, was not currently being enforced, and opined that it should be codified in the proposed ordinance. Discussion included whether conflict of interest concerns with the City Attorney were applicable given his hiring by the City Manager with City Council approval; the need for a citizen group to do the initial investigation; inclusion of the majority of the Task Force report in the proposed ordinance; and current information and disclosure of financial interests of Councilmembers. Councilmember Pust expressed concern regarding complaints brought against employees for public discussion creating a huge liability issue for the City related to confidentiality in workplace policies in place by the City and employment law rights. City Manager Beets noted that, under current City resolution, complaints against staff, other than himself, would be directed to the City Manager for an internal investigation. Mr. Beets noted that he understood the Mayor's recommendation and ordinance language would only provide for mandatory ethics training for all City employees. Mayor Klausing opined that he saw the primary function of the Ethics Commission to be educational, not enforcement, noting that in his professional employment, it was found that most ethics violations were initiated by a misunderstanding of the rules, rather than from willful intent. Councilmember Maschka and Pust expressed their support of the proposed Ethics Commission re-instatement and ordinance. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of an ordinance reflecting and adopting the Task Force report; withholding her total support without knowing what provisions would be included. Councilmember Kough spoke in support of including advisory commission members, in addition to appointed officials.