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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 6, 2014 Page 10 McGehee suggested involving Mr. Wolffe who had written a book on aging, and would provide a lot of sill and experience in gathering information; as well as other key people whose expertise would be useful. Councilmember McGehee further suggested involving the School District since they were already promoting similar services; and should be involved eventually, if not in the initial constitu- tion phase. Councilmember Laliberte noted individual Councilmembers may have their own recommendations on how to build the task force; however, she suggested publicly noticing and posting the opportunity to allow interest from others in the communi- ty. Councilmember McGehee agreed with that suggestion, stating that she simply wanted to make sure all bases were covered. Mayor Roe suggested that the City's Volunteer Coordinator assist and provide advice and contacts, and serve as a City resource to the task force that shouldn't require any additional budget expenditures at this time. In addition to the City's Volunteer Coordinator assisting efforts, Councilmember Willmus suggested advertising the task force similar to City Advisory Commis- sions. Councilmember Etten offered his full support for this effort. Specific to the pro- posed application process identified by Ms. Barsel, Councilmember Etten asked if the City Council was comfortable with that process, how it was posted and how decisions were made, for instance who would review applications or decide the number of people on the task force. Councilmember Etten suggested no more than 8-10 task force members to avoid it becoming too cumbersome. Mayor Roe suggested parish nurses make up that core group of resources to be part of that process. Ms. Barsel noted that there was only one parish nurse currently serving Roseville, from Centennial Methodist Church, and her current responsibilities were already taxing her time. Ms. Barsel suggested putting out applications to learn of back- grounds and what those applicants could bring to the table, particularly residents with a background in public health or social work. Ms. Barsel noted that this would be in addition to inviting fire and police representatives as previously not- ed. Mayor Roe opined that it would be easy to make the application two-faceted: those interested in participating in general, and those willing to take a leadership role; with those in the core group reviewing applications and serving as an inter- view panel.