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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 14, 2020 Page 2 made to the Council based on action. She noted that Youth Commissioners are not the taxpayer and asked at what point do the numbers not work if the City is open to adding more Youth Commissioners. Mayor Roe stated this was something he had thought about and one approach that could be taken is to have Youth Commissioner votes be advisory votes and not official votes in the count of the tally, noting there are pluses and minuses to that approach but it is one way to deal with it. Another thing is that certainly in the case of the Planning Commission or actions before the Parks and Recreation Commis- sion, such as recommending park dedication and those type of things that have some fairly significant ramifications, the City could outline in the Ordinance that those are the types of votes that Youth Commissioners cannot vote on. But the Youth Commissioners could vote on other items with a broad consensus already on the Commission. The other approach would be all advisory or no voting at all. He thought some type of hybrid would make sense, but he was not sure how to get there. Councilmember Groff indicated having served on a Commission, it is really helpful to have continuity on the Commission with Youth Commissioners. If the Youth Commissioner is changed every year, their experience is not as valuable to a Com- mission. He did not think it was as valuable to an individual either and preferred having a longer renewal for the Youth Commissioners. He did not think any of the Commissions had multiple Youth Commissioners at this time. Ms. Olson noted currently the Parks Commission has two Youth Commissioners, the Public Works Commission has one, and the HRIEC has one. Councilmember Groff did not think the Commissions would have the majority of Commissioners youths. Mayor Roe noted the current Ordinance states up to two Youth Commissioners on a Commission. Councilmember Willmus agreed with Councilmember Groff. He thought most of the items at the Commission level, removing the Planning Commission, are largely consensus items that are before the Advisory Commissions. He would be curious how a hybrid voting system would work. He would also be interested in legal counsel input on whetheror not this is a good idea. City Attorney Gaughan indicated his input is in the staff report but he would strongly recommend not committing youth votes on the Planning Commission or when it comes to park dedication on the Parks Commission. Those are matters often times with significant legal ramifications and legal competency issue and also as a policy matter, not wanting to place youth in certain situations. He indicated the other Commissions are advisory commissions and it is not necessarily a legal