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City Council Study Session - 05/15/06 Minutes - Page 20 1960' s as a starting point for Council and staff to review implementation and necessary updating. It was Council consensus to properly maintain eXIstmg park assets in relationship to new facilities and amenities. 4. Councilmember-Initiated Items for the Council Meeting of May 22, 2006 Councilmember Ihlan requested an agenda item on May 22, 2006 to reschedule the Council meeting from June 19 to Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Councilmember Pust volunteered to work with City Manager Beets on a form for staff to keep the City Council updated on the nine strategic goals identified and discussed earlier tonight. 5. Discuss an Ethics Ordinance City Attorney Jay Squires provided a revised Ethics Ordinance as a Bench Handout, incorporating previous Council discussion and comment. Mr. Squires noted that the ordinance was proposed as a new Chapter (206 - Ethics Commission); and followed other advisory public commissions of the Council (i.e., Chapter 205 - Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission). Mayor Klausing requested additional comment from the City Council at tonight's meeting. Council discussion included language referring to consultants and use of consultants; "anything of value" and "exception of value" language with the language used by City Attorney Squires mirroring state statute gift law language; pursuing a prompt process for handling complaints; and Data Practices Act inclusions. Mayor Klausing momentarily left the bench at 8 :45 p.m. and turned the gavel over to Acting Mayor Maschka; returning to the bench at 8:48 p.m. Councilmember Maschka, from a consulting firm perspective, spoke in opposition to language including hired consultants as Councilmem ber- Initiated Items for the Council Meeting of May 22, 2006 Discuss an Ethics Ordinance