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Roseville Human Rights Commission June 20, 2012 - Draft Minutes Page 3 of 6 89 Commissioner poneen said Article 3— General Duties incorporated the duties expressed in the 90 Code. 91 92 Chair Grefenberg suggested that items in Article 4 be prefaced with "Pursuant to City Ordinance" 93 since the City Council appointed members to the commission. He suggested dropping item E which 94 stated that commissioners must submit a written application and be available for an interview with 95 the City Council since these were already covered by the Cit.� . 96 97 Commissioners raised questions about whether recommendations on attendance be included in this 98 section. 99 100 Commissioner poneen explained that Article 6 described standing committees versus special 101 committees, noting that they folded the Diversity Committee in with the Outreach Committee. They 102 took the duties that were adopted previously and incorporated into the descriptions. 103 104 In the discussion on the section describin� the Commission's Standin� Committees, Commissioner 105 Thao asked about Youth Engagement Task Force and why that was not included as a standing 106 committee. Commissioners discussed whether the Youth Engagement ask Force met the criteria of a 107 standing committee. Youth Commissioners Marie Siliciano and Joan Dao said they thought the task 108 force should be considered a standing committee. 109 110 Some Commissioners raised questions about the age of youth commissioners and whether they 111 needed to be in school. Carolyn Curti said City Code identified youth commissioners as under the 112 age of 21, and the Code did not indicate that the youth had to be in school. Grefenber� added that 113 the Youth Commissioners were required to reside in Roseville. Commissioners agreed that more 114 wark was needed in this area. 115 ll 6 Chair Grefenberg asked about the Operations Committee, in particular, what are the internal matters 117 of the commission. He said this was an expansion of the original intent of the committee to write 118 bylaws. Commissioners discussed the purpose and role of the committee, whether it was an 119 executive committee, how to address attendance issues and how to identify volunteers. 120 121 Chair Grefenberg asked about Article 11 — Officer Removal, wondering if this should be in the 122 bylaws. He s�noted that-City Manager Bill Malinen had questioned the need for this article, and 123 had told him that the issue was irrelevant to need ^°'��r^ «�'�� +'�°�� °°a°a +^ consulti� with the 124 City Attorney, a request the O�erations Committee had made. 125 126 Commissioners discussed the process of removing a Commission officer, including the chair of a 127 committee, when and how to notify a chair that another wants him/her removed, whether the 128 removal is done at a commission meeting and other issues. Chair Grefenber� indicated that if the 129 Commission wished this article included there should be added to the bv-laws a brief descrintion � 130 131 132 133 the nrocess to be followed in arder to assure .due nrocess In response to Commissioner poneen's request Chair Grefenberg � op lled the members as to whether they believed this section �Officer Removal� be included in the bv-laws. He indicated that