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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 06, 2014 Page 14 Councilmember Willmus noted the advantages of the current process with quar- terly updates from the HRA with the City Council, proving the full Council an update of their activities based on their annual work plan; negating the need to have the liaison report on those activities. Councilmember McGehee concurred with Councilmember Willmus' comments; opining that she found the HRA meetings exciting, noting that she and Coun- cilmember Etten were able to participate on one of the recent projects; and further opined that it was sufficient if the intent was to serve as a conduit. If the City Council wanted more frequent reports, Councilmember McGehee noted that they could make that request known to the HRA; and opined that opening up the ap- pointment to the general public versus a Councilmember may prove even more advantageous, allowing them to feel they had ultimate control of the HRA levy. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her appreciation for the regular HRA up- dates, and opined that she did not want to change that process; and reiterated her personal preference to have a City Council elected representative serving on the HRA. Mayor Roe requested a majority preference expressed by the body: whether to continue the City Council appointment process or open it to the general public, advertised as other citizen advisory commission openings are done. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her interest in serving on the HRA if the City Council appointment process continued. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Councilmember Willmus confirmed that the City Councilmember is a full-fledged voting member of the HRA. Councilmember McGehee expressed interest in opening the position to the public. Councilmember Etten also expressed interest in serving on the HRA if the ap- pointment continued from the City Council. Mayor Roe noted that this decision did not need to be made during this Council liaison discussion; but could come back at a future meeting to determine the pro- cess and whether to open it to the general public or retain the City Council ap- pointment. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Councilmember Etten expressed his willingness to consider either option; however, if the body decided to keep the current process in place, he would be interested in seeing the work done by the HRA and becoming part of that process.