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City of Roseville Amended Ethics Commission Meeting Minutes Wednesday, November 14, 2012 I. Call to Order Chair Fjelstad called the mee ting to order at 6:34 p.m. Members Present: Anne Collopy, Margo Fjelstad, Ben Lehma n, LuAnne Pederson, and Nancy O’Brien Members Absent: None. Others Present: City Manager Bill Malinen and City Attorney Mark Gaughan II. Approve Minutes of August 8, 2012 Meeting Lehman moved, Pederson seconded approva l of the minutes of the August 8, 2012 meeting, as presented. Ayes all. III. Discuss Ethics Complaint Received October 4, 2012 Chair Fjelstad thanked Attorney Gaughan fo r providing a clear and understandable report for the Commission to work from. Procedures for responding to a complaint were listed on page four of Gaughan’s report and include: The investigation and fact-findi ng of an ethics complaint are conducted by the City Attorney’s office per the Roseville Code of Ethics. The Ethics Commission receives the report from the investigation conducted by the City Attorney and has certain ac tions it can take, but the Co mmission is not authorized to conduct its own investigation. The Ethics Commission is not aut horized to conduct public hear ings as some of the other Commissions are. The Ethics Commission can take public comment if it wishes, but is not required to do so. O’Brien asked about the definition of po litical campaign activity. Attorney Gaughan indicated the “plain meaning” of political campaign activity would constitute activity. Gaughan indicated it didn’t follow any State law, because it’s a City Code. Collopy questioned whether partisan “political campaigns” should be a part of the definition. O’Brien suggested City offi cials be provided with a clea rer understanding of political campaign activity. Pederson asked if Gaugha n could provide some guidance from State