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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 22, 2024 Page 7 Mayor Roe thought, as an example of something the City may have thought about as hypothetical during the drafting process,was the notion that if through the receipt of individual people's issues over time, and if the Commission sensed a trend about a particular type of infraction against somebody's human rights seems to be happening a lot in the community, perhaps then the Commission could say, not specifically advocating on behalf of the individual, but explaining the issue seems to be in the forefront of the community and the Commission has had some discussions with possible solutions by the City and then make recommendations to the City in that regard. The Commission concurred. Councilmember Schroeder wondered why the Commission removed the wording "Perform other duties and function as directed by the City Council." Commissioner Tidball explained he would not object to it being in there but the paragraph right before that pretty much says how the Commission functions on a regular basis. One would think in that whole process,whatever the Council wanted the Commission to do or whatever the Commission felt it should be doing, should all be taken care of. Councilmember Schroeder explained the Council is trying to have consistency in the formats of all the Commissions. Commissioner Tidball thought if it helps in the whole process to have that sentence in there, he did not see why the Commission would object. The sentence was not put in there because it seemed redundant to what the Commission was writing. Councilmember Groff tried to be involved in the discussion but was having audio difficulties. Mayor Roe asked if Councilmember Groff needed to see the rest of the Council and Commission for legally being in attendance. City Attorney Tierney explained because there is not a vote,there is less of an issue and the City can allow him to participate but he would not be considered present at the meeting as a voting member under the open meeting law. Councilmember Groff was able to get his audio working and thanked the Commission for all of the work that has been done. He indicated he was getting all of the points he has been concerned about as far as retention, direction, understanding, and making the work simplified. The other document was too complicated. He thought the Commission was heading in the right direction and he supports the work.