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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 10, 2023 Page 11 of new staff members to do this work and require a large increase in fees to cover it or tax dollars to cover it. In that conversation, one of things clarified was that the City does send out something for posting in these rentals. He asked if the City would consider including a QR code with some of their primary,other than English languages so that folks can have better access, if needed. Mayor Roe explained another item is reviewing the need of pet licenses,which was brought up by former Councilmember Willmus. Councilmember Schroeder explained she talked to Mr. Willmus and the reason he mentioned this is that he talked to the Police Chief. This is not being enforced and he wondered if the City really needed to have it because at this point, what is the need. Before he thought it was to get pets with their owners, but most pets are chipped. His thought was why bother to have this requirement if it is not enforced and most people do not know a license is needed. Mayor Roe reviewed the history and reasons for pet licenses in the City. He was not sure if a change to the ordinance is really needed. Councilmember Schroeder thought staff should be the ones to decide and bring forward a request for the Council to act on. Mayor Roe explained the next item is the Sister City relationship with an Indigenous Tribal Nation, which was initiated by Councilmember Strahan. She did not have much input in the information she sent to him regarding the meeting. In this one, she noted it is a good way to foster relationships although she would not consider looking into it until there was a new Diversity,Inclusion,Equity Manager. He thought this could be put at the end of the list and revisited. Councilmember Etten agreed it could go on the list, but he was not sure what the City is gaining here. Mayor Roe indicated this can be discussed further at a meeting where Councilmember Strahan is available to give her input. Mayor Roe noted last year, some residents came to the City Council regarding regulating roosters.He did not think the City had such regulations,but chickens are allowed. Mr. Trudgeon explained the City allows for chickens and regulates where the coop is located on the property. Traditionally, staff finds that people look into it and find it is a lot of work so there are not a huge number of chickens in the City that staff knows about. He noted this was brought up in 2022 and he has not heard anything recently from residents.