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Ethics Commission Meeting Minutes <br />Wednesday, October 11, 2017 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />1 City Manager Trudgeon suggested once the draft minutes are received he can send them <br />2 out for review and corrections. He can also post the draft minutes on the website so they <br />3 are available to the public. When the Ethics Commission meets in the following year, <br />4 they can be formally adopted. <br />5 <br />6 they should also be posted because there is also no <br />7 guarantee that anyone who comes back in a year to approve them was actually here for <br />8 that meeting. <br />9 <br />10 Member Bull commented it is better for the City Council to have them sooner so they can <br />11 review what took place at the meeting. <br />12 <br />13 Mr. Trudgeon stated the last meeting on October 3, 2016 was significant because it <br />14 involved an ethics complaint, which they do not always have. He agreed it is important <br />15 to have the minutes available sooner. <br />16 <br />17 Chair Cihacek summarized in the future, the minutes will be drafted, sent to <br />18 Commissioners for review and comment, and then posted as draft minutes until the next <br />19 scheduled meeting. <br />20 <br />21 Commissioner Bull moved to approve the October 3, 2016 minutes as presented, <br />22 seconded by Commissioner <br />23 <br />24 Ayes: 4 <br />25 Nays: 0 <br />26 Motion carried. <br />27 <br />28 V. Annual Ethics Training April 11, 2018 <br />29 City Manager Trudgeon announced the 2018 Ethics Training will take place on April 11, <br />30 2018. Typically, the City has utilized the City Attorney to present on the code and <br />31 different scenarios, and take questions from attendees. The City requires all <br />32 Commissioners, Department Heads, and elected officials to attend. He requested Ethics <br />33 Commissioners provide ideas on topics and themes to include in the training or <br />34 suggestions for things that could be changed. Since it is an election year, they may want <br />35 to consider election topics as they relate to the ethics code. <br />36 <br />37 Chair Cihacek inquired about attendance at the training. <br />38 <br />39 Mr. Trudgeon responded about 50 percent of people who are required to attend actually <br />40 attend. Staff is well represented, and about half of Commission Members attend. <br />41 <br />42 rien agreed that staff is well represented and only about half of the City <br />43 Council attends. However, she has heard them make comments on it which shows they <br />44 watch the training video. She commented the basic and underlying code does not change <br />45 and the City Attorney cannot change that part of the presentation. The differing examples <br /> <br />