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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 8, 2016 Page 21 clear electronic grant application process, Councilmember McGehee opined there would probably be more community interest in the RACF. Specific to the Board of Directors for the RACF, Ms. Pust reported that, like any nonprofit, the foundation elected its board of directors. In her conversations with Mayor Roe and City Manager Trudgeon, and recognizing the city frequently re- ceived more applications for its advisory boards than it had vacancies, Ms. Pust offered for the foundation to be a recipient of the names of those applicants. However, Ms. Pust noted that not everyone would or could be elected to the board; and noted those serving took their service seriously and were constantly looking for new board members as attrition and other openings occurred. For those citizens interested in the RACF, Ms. Pust encouraged them to get their names to City Manager Trudgeon to forward to the RACF. Since the RACF just elected officers in June of 2016, Ms. Pust cautioned there probably wouldn't be much movement on the board until June of 2017 unless current members stepped down. Mayor Roe concurred, and again likened the RACF to the RVA as an independent entity with its own board of directors; and with the opportunity for an annual re- port to the City Council and public, suggested that would be a good time to make a pitch for the board. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte regarding a City Council liaison to the RACF similar to that of the RVA, Mayor Roe clarified that with his service on the RVA Board of Directors that was totally happenstance, and not official in his ca- pacity on the City Council. Ms. Pust noted that City Manager Trudgeon had served on the DAB, and wel- comed any City Council or a designee to attend their meetings. Since the RACF was a nonprofit, and not required to meet under open meeting law requirements, Ms. Pust advised that it still did so since the foundation discussed community events and activities. Since a number of great people were already involved in the community, Coun- cilmember Laliberte asked if there was any potential for conflicts of interest if they were part of the RACF but also applying for grant funds. Ms. Pust advised that a conflict of interest policy was in place for the RACF and all meeting minutes duly recorded. Councilmember Etten thanked Ms. Pust, and expressed appreciation for the annu- al report going forward, as well as the online application format and public awareness of the process, noting the benefit far the community. Specific with the public safety-related service language, Councilmember Etten admitted he too was