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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 7, 2014 Page 5 to be attempting to amend the actual proceedings of the meeting, which he found concerning. Councilmember McGehee stated that the only reason she presented the memoran- dum was at the advice of Mayor Roe, and because many of the issues she raised had not been included in the meeting minutes. Councilmember McGehee opined that the points she brought up during that discussion were important, and kept re- turning, but since she had been advised in the past that it was inappropriate for a City Councilmember to speak during Public Comment, she had lost the ability to express her concerns, and this was the only remaining option to bring her points forward when they were not included in the meeting minutes. Councilmember McGehee reiterated that this memorandum was something she had worked out with Mayor Roe as an opportunity to bring those points forward, and even though it was a week later, it was important from her perspective to get the information out to the public. From his perspective, Mayor Roe stated that it was always a challenge with meet- ing minutes to differentiate between a reasonable accounting of what took place at the meeting versus a verbatim transcript of the meeting. Mayor Roe opined that, with respect to Councilmember McGehee's comments provided in her memoran- dum, they were indicative of a much more detailed accounting than typically in- cluded in meeting minutes. Based on his personal review of the meeting tapes, Councilmember Willmus opined that the memorandum provided by Councilmember McGehee included much more detailed information than had been conveyed at the meeting. Councilmember Laliberte opined that each Councilmember could provide bench handouts at the end of a meeting to make themselves sound more eloquent; how- ever, she further opined that the information presented in Councilmember McGe- hee's memorandum appeared to be valid. Laliberte moved, Etten seconded, to NOT include the McGehee memorandum as a bench handout to avoid setting a precedent for the future. Based on his concern in setting a precedent, Councilmember Etten opined that the memorandum provided more detail than the discussion included at the meeting; and noted that the City hired a recording secretary to provide an accurate record of meetings, subsequently adopted by the majority. Councilmember McGehee questioned when an individual Councilmember had the opportunity to correct erroneous information that had been reported in the City News and spoken inaccurately and incompletely by staff. Councilmember McGe- hee opined that her work with Mayor Roe was eliminated from those meeting minutes; and stated that she wanted those figures out there. While she was okay