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November 13, 2013 Item III Approve Minutes City of Roseville Ethics Commission Meeting Minutes Wednesday, August 14, 2013 I. Call to Order Acting Chair Lehman called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Members Present: Anne Collopy, Matthew Becker, Ben Lehman, and Nancy O'Brien Members Absent: Chair Margo Fj elstad Others Present: Administration Department Staff Representative Kari Collins on behalf of Interim City Manager Patrick Trudgeon, and City Attorney Jim Erickson on behalf of City Attorney Mark Gaughan II. Approve Minutes of May 8, 2013 O'Brien asked the minutes be amended to reflect that City Attorney Gaughan was not present at the May 8 minutes. O'Brian moved to approve the amended May 8 minutes, seconded by Collopy Ayes All III. Discuss 2014 April Ethics Training The Commission discussed the 2014 ethics training and asked staff to start looking at a potential list of speakers. Collopy and Becker agreed to form a subcommittee to help plan the event with the assistance of Interim City Manager Patrick Trudgeon. The Commission discussed possibly surveying public officials in advance of the event to get a better idea of what they want out of the training. The commission agreed that applicability to municipal issues was a priority and expressed a desire to select a city attorney to be the speaker. IV. Consider Subcommittee Recommended Changes to Ethics Code, Section B: Use of Confidential Information The commission reviewed proposed changes to section 3.13 of the Ethics Code entitled, "Use of Confidential Information." Acting Chair Lehman proposed the following addition: No Public Official shall use information gained as a Public Official which is not generally made available to and /or is not known to the public, to directly or indirectly gain anything of value, or for the benefit of any other person or entity, or make such information available in a manner where it would be reasonably foreseeable that a person or entity would benefit from it.