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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 24, 2017 Page 20 Amendment to the Motion McGehee moved Line 80, Item C (Engage) language revised as follows: "Com- mission shall engage residents and businesses by developing and supporting events and projects that embody the commission's purpose." Mayor Roe declared the motion failed for lack of a second. Councilmember Laliberte clarified that the Task Force had discussed "may" and "shall" and had intentionally left it at "may" to address instances where the mem- bers of the commission may not be responsible for the actual work (e.g. city staff as an option). For the other recommended changes, Councilmember Laliberte ex- pressed her appreciation for the edits and suggestions, all serving to expand the efforts of the Task Force in making a better document. Mayor Roe also spoke in support of the changes, hoping that they served to ad- dress some of the concerns expressed tonight. Mayor Roe recognized those pub- lic comments, and offered the City Council's interest in being responsive to them; and the overall intent to help the commission get off to a good start. Mayor Roe clarified that this motion was to approve revised ordinance language only, and did not serve as official adoption of the ordinance itself. Roll Call (Ordinance Language) Ayes: Laliberte, McGehee, Willmus, Etten and Roe. Nays: None. Motion (Commission Title) Etten moved, Willmus seconded, approval of the newly-formed commission title as the"Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission(HRIEC)." Councilmember Etten stated that tonight's testimony, and emails and phone calls received to-date had steered him toward the need for"inclusion." Councilmember McGehee stated her support for "human rights" and "engage- ment," but considered "inclusion" as a different issue in many ways and a result of giving people their human rights and engaging then, at which point they could be included or not as they wished. Councilmember McGehee stated her prefer- ence for "Human Rights and Engagement Commission" rather than as proposed in this motion. Councilmember Laliberte questioned the wordiness of the proposed title; admit- ting that the Task Force had also shared strife over the name to recommend; and clarified that the Task Force was not attempting to impose this name, but seeking this very discussion. In the wake of the Task Force work, Councilmember Laliberte reported that she had sought counsel of the experts at the Minnesota