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Roseville Human Rights Commission June 20, 2012 Page 3 of 6 93 Commissioners raised questions about whether recommendations on attendance be included in this 94 section. 95 96 Commissioner poneen explained that Article 6 described standing committees versus special 97 committees, noting that they folded the Diversity Committee in with the Outreach Committee. They 98 took the duties that were adopted previously and incorporated into the descriptions. 99 100 In the discussion on the section describing the Commission's Standing Committees, Commissioner 101 Thao asked about Youth Engagement Task Force and why that was not included as a standing 102 committee. Commissioners discussed whether the Youth Engagement Task Force met the criteria of 103 a standing committee. Youth Commissioners Marie Siliciano and Joan Dao said they thought the 104 task force should be considered a standing committee. 105 106 Some Commissioners raised questions about the age of youth commissioners and whether they 107 needed to be in school. Carolyn Curti said City Code identified youth commissioners as under the 108 age of 21, and the Code did not indicate that the youth had to be in school. Grefenberg added that 109 the Youth Commissioners were required to reside in Roseville. Commissioners agreed that more 110 work was needed in this area. lll 112 Chair Grefenberg asked about the Operations Committee, in particular, what are the internal matters 113 of the commission. He said this was an expansion of the original intent of the committee to write 114 bylaws. Commissioners discussed the purpose and role of the committee, whether it was an 115 executive committee, how to address attendance issues and how to identify volunteers. 116 117 Chair Grefenberg asked about Article 11 — Officer Removal, wondering if this should be in the 118 bylaws. He noted that City Manager Bill Malinen had questioned the need for this article, and had 119 told him that the issue was irrelevant to need consulting with the City Attorney, a request the 120 Operations Committee had made. 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 Commissioners discussed the process of removing a Commission officer, including the chair of a committee, when and how to notify a chair that another wants him/her removed, whether the removal is done at a commission meeting and other issues. Chair Grefenberg indicated that if the Commission wished this article included there should be added to the by-laws a brief description of the process to be followed in order to assure .due process 128 In response to Commissioner poneen's request Chair Grefenberg polled the members as to whether 129 they believed this section (Officer Removal) be included in the by-laws. He indicated that for this 130 informal poll the youth commissioners could participate. Five commissioners said they thought it 131 should be included while one disagreed and another abstained. 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 Commissioner Groff noted that this was an informal poll. Commissioner poneen indicated that the Operations Committee would discuss this further. Chair Grefenberg asked that the committee add a reference that the Commission uses Rosenberg's Rules of Order to conduct meetings.