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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 26, 2018 Page 9 sample proclamations such as from the NAMI site. She stated the information could be added but it would mean that the HRIEC would need to research it. Councilmember Etten stated in regard to the Americans with Disabilities Procla- mation in the sixth Whereas down, he was struck with the specificity of that and wondered if the word `reverence' should be `relevance.' Youth Commissioner Hansel indicated she got the proclamation from the State of Minnesota. She contacted the Minnesota Disability Council in Minneapolis who suggested the State proclamation for that should be used. She was not sure if the wording needed to be changed but the wording in the proclamation was what was recommended. Councilmember Etten thought the word `relevance' made more sense. Mayor Roe wondered if the Council felt the proclamations needed to be more consistent across all of them. Also, the impacts of the people in those various cat- egories on society or in the City and challenges of the folks in the various groups faced. He asked if the City wants to be fairly consistent across all of the procla- mations to the extent that the information is available to do that. Councilmember Laliberte stated she liked the idea of highlighting the contribu- tions and impacts but the problem is that some of the proclamations are issue re- lated and some are more celebratory, recognition based, so she thought it would be harder in some cases than others. She also thought when there are National themes, the proclamations must be easy to get at because staff has always provid- ed them in the past. Councilmember McGehee agreed and thought some of them do not lend them- selves to contributions in the same way. She also wondered if over time the community is becoming more diverse so at some point, she thought the City should have proclamations for other cultures and groups that are in the communi- ty as well. Mayor Roe agreed. Councilmember Willmus thought where applicable, the City should try to incor- porate those items mentioned into the proclamations. Mayor Roe thought there needed to be a little more work on the proclamations be- fore final adoption. Commissioner Peterson asked if the Council preferred the proclamations to come back as a group or individually moving forward.