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<br />Roseville Ethics Commission <br />Minutes of the March 12, 2001 Meeting <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Members present: Mark Battis <br /> Connie Pease <br /> Thomas Ring <br /> <br />Others present: Christine Butterfield <br /> Joel Jamnik <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order by Ring. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Minutes of the <br />March 9, 2000 meeting were approved on voice vote. All ayes. <br /> <br />I. Status of the Annual Disclosure of Financial Interest Statement Responses <br /> <br />Ms. Butterfield reported on the status of compliance with the mandated disclosures. Although <br />some statements were filed beyond the thirty-day deadline, all statements required by the Code of <br />Ethics have been received and reviewed. Two statements were not filed: one by a firm that had <br />done business with the city in the past, and one by a commission member who recently resigned. <br />With respect to the firm, the City has not been doing business with the particular firm for some <br />time. <br /> <br />II. Discussion of Ethics Commission Annual Workshop <br /> <br />Members reviewed the summary comments and data relating to the last workshop of 12/7/00. <br />Attendee comments were almost uniformly positive. The compare-and-contrast format between <br />the City’s code and the lawyer’s code of professional conduct that was employed by Mr. Klausing <br />appears to have been effective and well received. <br /> <br />With respect to the upcoming seminar, members concurred that a speaker/topic that draws <br />connections to/with the City’s code would be beneficial. In addition to a “main speaker,” it was <br />discussed that the seminar should ideally be organized so as to also present an initial, short <br />“primer” on the City’s code, after which the program would be turned over to the speaker for the <br />session. <br /> <br />Possible topics for the upcoming seminar were discussed; these included: (1) campaign finance <br />disclosure, and (2) some topic that would serve to contrast an ethical code with one’s sense of <br />personal morality. Members will forward further thoughts on speakers and/or topics to Pease. <br /> <br />III. Minnesota Statutory Update <br /> <br />Mr. Jamnik reported he knew of no statutory changes since the last meeting that are applicable to <br /> <br />the Commission or its work. <br /> <br />IV. Expansion of Membership <br /> <br />Commission membership is expected to expand to five. One new member will be a non-resident. <br />It is also possible a “student” member will be added to City commissions, including the Ethics <br /> <br />