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Regular City Couneil Meeting Monday, March 13, 2017 Page 17 pressed confidence with the responses from candidates as'to their interest in a merged HRC/CEC, they were agreeable. In the instance of Candidate Djevi, Mayor Roe noted this candidate's personal background with human rights and the areas brought out during his interview that would also work in the community en- gagement area as well. Mayor Roe stated his concern in having candidates apply for a vacancy and not appointing anyone at all; but instead stated his preference to move forward and deal with transitional issues once the matter was settled by the subcoinmittee. Mayor Roe noted the City Council's important responsibility to be clear on the scope, duties and functions of the combined group going forward, ad- vising that both he and Councilmember Laliberte, and the selected representatives of the CEC and HRC were also well aware of the need to learn from past errors and since acicnowledged since creating the CEC. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus, Etten, McGehee, Laliberte, and Roe. Nays: None. 8. Approve Minutes CoYnfnents c�nd co�rections to draft fninutes hccd been szcbmittecl by the City Cozancil p�^ior to tonight's meeting ancl those revisions were inco�po�c�ted into the d�c�ft presentecl in the Council pc�cket. a. Approve City Council Minutes — February 27 McGehee moved, Etten seconded, approval of the February 27, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes as presented. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus, Etten, McGehee, Laliberte, and Roe. Nays: None. 9. Approve Consent Agenda At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Tnidgeon briefly highlighted those iteins be- ing considered under the Consent Agenda; and as detailed in specific Requests for Coun- cil Action (RCA) and related attachments dated March 13, 2017. a. Approve Payments Councilmember McGehee expressed her personal frustration in having a counter in administration, separating staff from citizens, as running counter to the goal for openness and transparency in governance. Councilmember Laliberte suggested waiting for completion of the space needs study before installation the service counter for the Administration/Finance De- partment.