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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 06, 2014 Page 22 Related to the uniform code, Councilmember Willmus sought to clarify the rec- ommendation of the subcommittee, whether to amend the existing governing codes for respective commissions, or develop a whole new code to govern them. Councilmember Laliberte noted that this open for discussion. Councilmember Willmus sought clarification from Councilmember McGehee and her concerns with two members from an individual household serving on an advi- sory commission. Councilmember McGehee responded that the original oal was to have as many goal Y voices and opportunities from the community as possible, and unless there was a shortage of applicants, creating a need to consider more than one person per household, the community and advisory commission would be better served with diversification. Councilmember Willmus noted that just because they were of the same house- hold, they were necessarily of the same mindset on issues. Councilmember McGehee responded that it did create the issue of allowing more private discussions. Mayor Roe noted that the initial objective of a uniform code was to make sure the process and standards for advisory commissions were consistent noting for ex- ample that some but not all current ordinances allowed the City Council the right to remove members if so indicated. To the extent those standards could be made consistent, within their current context or document, Mayor Roe spoke in support of achieving such consistency, as well as making their Rules of Procedure con- sistent with those of the City Council. Mayor Roe opined that it made sense to al- low each advisory commission to establish their own procedures and processes applicable to their body, provided they are streamlined and not bogged down by their process. Regarding combining the Ethics and Human Rights Commissions, Mayor Roe questioned how prudent that would be, and suggested further consideration of that, questioning how those different bodies could mesh with their particular charges. Ethics Councilmember Etten advised that he was approximately 90% convinced the Eth- ics and HRC Commissions should be combined. Councilmember Willmus responded that he was only 10% convinced they should be combined, and concurred with Mayor Roe on the difference in their respective charges, questioning the nexus there.