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City of Roseville Ethics Commission Meeting Minutes Wednesday, November 12, 2014 I. Call to Order Chair Fjelstad called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Members Present: Norine Quick-Lindberg, Nancy O'Brien, Matthew Becker, Margo Fjelstad, and Ben Lehman Members Absent: None. Others Present: Patrick Trudgeon, City Manager II. Approve Minutes of August 13, 2014 Lehman moved to approve the August 13, 2014 minutes, seconded by Becker. Ayes All. III. 2015 Ethics Training City Manager Trudgeon reported that the date of the 2015 Ethics Training be held on Apri18, 2015, not April 15�' as listed on the agenda. City Manager Trudgeon added that City Attorney Mark Gaughan would be the presenter again for the upcoming session. The Commission talked about one potential topic, conflict of interest. Commissioner O'Brien mentioned recent news article about conflict of interest in local government. The Commission also talked about having a mock ethics complaint and walking through the process as part of the training. City Manager Trudgeon will bring back additional information about the Ethics Training to the next meeting. IV. Group Discussion — Local Government Ethics Programs in a Nutshell The Ethics Commission talked about the publication "Local Government Ethics Programs in a Nutshell" by Robert Wechsler and about the things we are already doing and the things about what we are not doing. The Commission talked about enhancing the Ciry website to provide more information about ethics and the ethics code and a link for someone to submit an ethics complaint. The Commission discussed other points raised in the publication and how it relates about Roseville's Ethics Code works. Commission discussed about how to better raise the profile of the Coinmission including visiting other Commissions and providing more information to the residents.