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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 14, 2020 Page 3 liability issue, it is more again if the City wants to place youth, as a matter of policy, in a position to have to take into account those sorts of considerations, even if it is up to the City’s Ethics Code. Mayor Roe agreed with City Attorney Gaughan. He thought that Youth Commis- sioners who do not wish to vote, should be given the option to abstain from a vote, rather than not allowing that Youth Commissioner to vote. Councilmember Groff thought if Youth Commissioners were going to be included in voting, the Youth Commissioners should attend the Ethics training or at least understand that part of it. He thought that would be a good thing for them to do because it would be a good civics lesson for them. He thought the plus outweighs the negative. Councilmember Laliberte agreed. She wondered if even though Ms. Olson ap- proached the Youth Commissioners about talking to their parents, going forward when the Council is appointing a Youth Commissioner who will have the ability to vote, shouldn’t there be some process or acknowledgement by the parent that the Youth is in this position. Mayor Roe thought that made sense. Ms. Olson indicated she was actually going to defer to the City Attorney to see if there was something that should be added to the Youth Commissioner application so the parent sign to allow the youth to enter into this process. Mayor Roe wondered if it might be more in the form of a disclaimer than permis- sion. Councilmember Laliberte thought a disclaimer would be something the student would be signing and acknowledging and again, is not engaging the parent. The only reason she is bringing this up is because there could be a decision made that divides the community,a Youth Commissioner may not consider or think about the ramifications, and then there could be fallout that the family would have to deal with. She knew this would be rare but thought it was something the family should be aware of as a possibility. Councilmember Etten thinksa disclaimer would need a signoff for a parent or guardian. Certainly, there have been controversial things before, for example with the HRIEC and strong input from the community,which is an important thing to acknowledge if this moves forward. He thought a disclaimer should talk about voting but also about the person being involved in this information.