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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 8, 2016 Page 28 1Councilmember Etten expressed his support of the EC format and representation 2on it by representatives of standing commissions. However, Councilmember Roe 3Etten questioned if that role should be held by chairpersons, since they already 4had a bigger work load, and suggested that each commission could annually elect 5or appoint one member, not necessarily the chairperson, to serve on the EC. 6Councilmember Etten suggested that, after hearing from commission chairpersons 7beforehand and tonight commissions that perhaps the EC could hold their annual 8meeting shortly after those elections, with the focus of the EC to prepare the an- 9nual ethics training and up-to-date ethics issues if they are the body to do so. 10Councilmember Etten suggested inserting language in to the draft EC ordinance 11to “hold an annual meeting and meet otherwise on an as-needed basis.” 12 13Mayor Roe concurred with Councilmember Etten’s suggested language. 14 15Councilmember Laliberte concurred, noting that she was going to ask for an an- 16nual meeting for those EC members to guide the ethics training versus putting that 17decision on city staff. Councilmember Laliberte further suggested inserting a sen- 18tence to the Uniform Commission Code in the “officer” section providing for that 19expectation that a member would serve on the EC. 20 21Discussion ensued on the need to review specific language of the Uniform Com- 22mission Code to determine if the officers’ section applied to the commissions 23themselves. 24 25Councilmember Laliberte suggested a meeting of the existing EC and City Attor- 26ney to walk through rationale for the current code and take input of any suggested 27recommendations for revision to it. 28 29Mayor Roe agreed and suggested that could be their parting recommendations; 30with Councilmember Laliberte agreeing with the value of that input from existing 31EC members before moving on. 32 33Councilmember McGehee agreed with those suggestions going forward, especial- 34ly those of Councilmember Laliberte, given the EC commissioner’s service and 35specific recommendations. Councilmember McGehee opined that it would be 36rude to not allow them to meet with the City Attorney to offer their recommended 37changes and address any inconsistencies. 38 39City Manager Trudgeon noted that the EC would be meeting in two days, and to 40the extent it could be accomplished advised that he would begin that conversation, 41and suggested scheduling meetings more frequently than the current quarterly 42meeting, depending on future direction of the City Council. 43 44Mayor Roe spoke in support of looking to members of commissions versus only 45the chairpersons; and agreed with a minimum annual meeting and definition of