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Human Rights Commission Minutes September 18, 2013 —Draft Minutes Page 8of10 316 Chair Grefenberg stated he would use his discernment in planning this event to sure that the 317 expense was kept manageable. 318 319 Chair Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Becker seconded a motion to f: mm�- ° 320 authorize up to, but no more than $175 for an appreciation event to thank with the Civic 321 Engagement Task Force provided that there is significant interest on the part of said task force 322 members. Motion passed unanimously. 323 324 Assessment of Council Feedback from August 12 Joint Meeting 325 - llian»aaior 326 Af Uall in «Warr Plan far 1011 101 A 327 328 Discussion: Chair Grefenberg reviewed the council members' comments made at the August 12 329 joint Council meeting with the Commission. He was pleased with the appreciation of the HRC 330 expressed by the Council. He requested comments from the Commission members that 331 attended the Council meeting. 332 333 Commissioner Courneya found the Council to be very appreciative of the work being completed 334 by the HRC, along with the proposed work plan for 2014. She stated there was some concern as 335 to the number of eomm commissions the City should have along with the number of 336 members on each eommi'.4 commission. She thought there was consensus that Civic 337 Engagement and Human Rights were both huge issues, and that a great deal of work was being 338 done by the HRC at this time. She 339 indicated that she could not 340 discern any consensus on the Council regarding whether there should be a Civic Engagement 341 Commission separate from the HRC. 342 343 Commissioner Groff added that he also did not hear agreement by the Council on the Civic 344 Engagement and Human Rights committee issues. It was his concern that there was 345 not be funding to create another commission at this time, and that additional members could be 346 the best option for the HRC. 347 348 Chair Grefenberg suggested that if additional members were added the Commission's name 349 be changed to the Human Rights and Civic Engagement Commission. 350 351 Commissioner Singleton recommended this matter be discussed at a future meeting. He said he 352 was pursuing a plant to have an Office of Human Rights established to assure that the human 353 rights issues in Roseville were being fully addressed. 354 355 Chair Grefenberg commented the Council has already approved the preliminary 2014 budget and 356 as such there was not enough time to cxeltl itatle add this to the budget. 357 358 Commissioner Singleton stated his thoughts would be to have the pilot program funded by 359 outside sources and would not begin until 2015. 360