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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 8, 2019 Page 14 because he was the Chair and the leadership of the meeting or is it the continua- tion of service. The reason she was being cautious on this is because this will set a precedent with whatever is decided and in other situations, the Council has en- couraged when there has been conflict, for people to work it out and for the Council to not get involved. While she understands this is not something that is getting together to work out a problem, she thought what was being weighed was a lack of confidence in this Chair or by the fellow Commission members and if that is the case, then she wished the Commission would tell Mr. Bull that the Commission has confidence in him as the Chair. Then that leads to service as a whole and the precedent that is decided tonight. Councilmember Willmus noted with respect to precedent, he did not believe that if a member was removed from a Commission by the Council that it sets a prece- dent because that has happened in the City of Roseville before. It has also hap- pened where Members seeking reappointment have not been reappointed. What would precedent setting is if the Council stepped in and said it is going to make a determination on behalf of the Planning Commission as to who its Chair and Vice-Chair are. That would be setting a precedent. It comes back to what is be- fore the Council in black and white in the Uniform Commission Code and that is simply if there are three members of this body, that for whatever reason do not agree with service of a particular member, that member can be removed without cause. He thought this is where the focus needs to be, and all of this other con- versation really is an aside and does not do the City of Roseville or the particular individual any good. He noted he has had an opportunity and heard from a num- ber of members in the community and also heard from all but two Commission members, which will be in part his basis for ultimately what his vote will be on the motion that is before the Council. Councilmember Willmus indicated he has also had the opportunity to talk to Mr. Bull last week, prior to the packet coming out and he probably did not realize this might be coming. He thought in the future, when these things come forward and there is an issue such as this, he knew the City Manager reached out, but he thought it is upon the Council and Mayor to reach out and have that conversation with the individual. Mayor Roe indicated he forgot to ask for public comment before Council discus- sion. He offered an opportunity for public comment, with no one coming for- ward. Councilmember Etten indicated on the question on Chair or general Commission- er, the Council even saw in that meeting, right after that discussion with Mr. Bull and the attorney, another member of the Commission recusing herself She did architectural work for CommonBond, one of the applicants, which was a much less connected thing but indicated she felt she needed to step away. He thought within that minute of the meeting, there was another member making a complete-