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Regular City Council Meeting <br />Monday,June21,2021 <br />Page4 <br />same time, trying to provide better wages for people that are working in the indus­ <br />try. He indicated in terms of the equity aspect of the City bidding process, he <br />thought it was good to understand how the businesses themselves, may have a di­ <br />verse workforce or recruit a diverse workforce, and how they are incorporating eq­ <br />uity into their business. He thought another piece, especially with something like <br />recycling, is how are members of diverse communities participating in recycling as <br />much as the broader population. Or, are there ways to try to improve the service to <br />make it work for everyone equally and as well, to make sure that everybody is being <br />ecologically conscious in their decision making. He thought that may be something <br />for staff to look at in terms of how they incorporate equity into the contracting and <br />RFP process. <br />Councilmember Willmus thanked staff for the presentation. He thought it was im­ <br />portant that the City gets this information out to the broader community as to what <br />they are doing and how the City is going about things. He thought it was also <br />important to recognize that while the Police Department was certainly focused on <br />diversity and inclusion issues, perhaps, before some of the other areas of the mu­ <br />nicipality, he thought Councilmember Etten deserved some credit for his advocacy <br />and really pushing staff a number of years ago to look into the GARE process and <br />focus on that. He acknowledged that the City is just getting started in this process <br />so he would like them to be forthright with folks that this is the beginning and there <br />will be steps and decisions points in the future. He thought that was certainly an <br />acknowledgment that this is the start and by no means the end. <br />Councilmember Groff thanked Chief Scheider and a team of Police Officers for <br />coming to the Juneteenth celebration. He thought it was really good to hear from <br />them and talk about the work they are doing with the multi-cultural group that was <br />formed. <br />Public Comment <br />Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment with no one indicating a <br />desire to speak. <br />b.Consider Adoption of the Roseville Energy Action Plan <br />Environmental Manager Ryan Johnson briefly highlighted this item as detailed in <br />the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated June 21, 2021. <br />Ms. Megan Weck, Energy Community Facilitator, along with Ms. Deirdre Cole­ <br />man, co-facilitator at Center for Energy and Environment were present. She also <br />introduced Ms. Tami Gunderzik, Program Manager for Partners in Energy at Xcel <br />Energy, and Mr. Jake Sedlacek, Roseville's Community Relations Manager at Xcel <br />Energy.