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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 13, 2015 Page 27 "their own members," with those subcommittees made up of their own commis- sion members, and reporting to the full body. Regarding the formation of other subcommittees or task forces, if more clarity is needed, Councilmember Laliberte suggested that prior to a commission creating a new task force, in many cases that may bring in other people without a sworn oath to work on a specific issue. Before they begin inviting the community to partici- pate, Councilmember Laliberte suggested the commission make sure the sitting City Council is in agreement with that effort, and not created outside the purview of the commission's charge from the City Council. Councilmember Laliberte clarified that this was the intent of the language that such initiatives be brought to a joint meeting of the City Council and commission for their direction and ap- proval before beginning. Mayor Roe suggested the last sentence provided that directive, "...only after ap- proval of the City Council..." Since subcommittee are only to be made of up commission members, Mayor Roe suggested striking the second reference to "subcommittees." Councilmember McGehee questioned why volunteers needed to take an oath. Mayor Roe noted this was a separate topic outside the amendments to Section 201.06.C. Page 2-3, Section 201.06: Organization Section D: Under the last sentence, Councilmember Etten suggested listing that sentence:,: "commissioners also agree to be available to residents of the city by providing a preferred phone number or email address that can be used on the city website and/or on print materials;" as a separate lettered item entitled, "Public Accessibility." New Section F: Councilmember Etten further questioned if there was a need to have each served by a staff liaison, since it is mentioned at one point that a staff liaison will be available, but don't actually know who will serve that function at that point. As a new item "F" under organization, Councilmember Etten suggest- ed stating that each commission will be served by a liaison — as a conduit — and include a definition for that liaison role in this document. Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of having that definition included. New Section G: Also under organization, Councilmember Etten suggested an ad- ditional item "G" regarding "New Commissioner Training," that ensures newly- appointed commissioners will receive such training by the Chairperson and staff liaison prior to their first meeting. Councilmember Etten opined that training