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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 16,2012 Page 18 Mayor Roe advised that one of his goals, since first coming onto the City Coun- cil, was to make the different ordinances addressing advisory commissions more consistent from an organizational point, thus his development of the chart pro- vided as a bench handout. Mayor Roe noted that some were more detailed, while others remained silent in some organizational areas. Mayor Roe refer- enced line 46 of page 2 of the draft ordinance as an example, with some ad- dressing the number of members, while others did not. Mayor Roe also noted that the City Council's recent adoption of Rosenberg's Rules of Order was not addressed in any of the current ordinances, and suggested that, since this may change in the future, language should indicate that advisory commissions use the same Rules of Order as the City Council. Mayor Roe advised that he had other suggested language revisions that he would provide directly to staff. From his point of view, Mayor Roe opined that there was nothing changing in the or- dinance other than moving items to a generic organizational framework, while duties and functions remained intact. Mayor Roe referenced lines 322-325 as an example of an area of concern in which he wanted to ensure that nothing was lost in the process from a technical or operational standpoint. Mayor Roe spoke in support of an overall, general organizational ordinance as a step in the right direction; and expressed support for letting respective advisory commissions weigh in with their comments, as well as alerting the City Council of any other inconsistencies or problem areas of which they were aware. However, Mayor Roe clarified that advisory commissions were set up organizationally by the City Council and received direction from the City Council. Councilmember McGehee opined that she would like to see another topic in the section and provided to and filtered through Chairpersons and Commissions, us- ing the spreadsheet and answering questions and tied into consistent language, such as a purpose statement for each commission that they could lift or modify. Councilmember McGehee reiterated her preference that a working copy be pro- vided from commissions to the City Council. Mayor Roe questioned if it was Councilmember McGehee's intent to re-open purpose statements for advisory commissions or just how they were organized and operated. Councilmember McGehee responded that if duties needed editing, or if they needed to be repurposed or enhanced, or their duties altered, it could then be done. Mayor Roe suggested that the City Council should start with the organizational aspect, with staff's draft ordinance providing an overarching ordinance, and de- leting inconsistent or inapplicable language, not intended to change the purpose of any advisory commission.