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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 13, 2024 Page 14 Councilmember Schroeder thought the point was that the City would start there. Councilmember Etten wondered why the City did not start with a committee and if it did not work, then it could be more constrained in the commission format. Councilmember Schroeder thought the Council was talking about all of the different variables at once and that is what made her think about this a little bit. Councilmember Etten thought if this goes to a commission format, then there should not be any exceptions so there would be zero variable changes. Mayor Roe agreed, other than doing a more overarching look at some of the open meeting law questions related to all of the Commissions. Councilmember Groff thought the purpose would change. Councilmember Etten agreed but explained none of the other variables would change. Mayor Roe thought a case could be made that a lot of the issues the City has had with the Commission has been because the City Code confuses people with too many things and everyone has a different perspective on what the Commission should be doing. If the issue is solved, perhaps that is the thing the Council needs to do. He thought the Council still needed to ensure all of the commissions in the City do not look the same as the City Council. He wondered if the Council needed to go to two-year terms for all commissions. He noted that was just to make a point. He asked if there was consensus on how the Council will take the next step, to build it around the existing commission structure. Councilmember Strahan indicated the name has changed along with the focus of the Commission. Mayor Roe noted the name has not changed yet. Councilmember Strahan thought Human Rights has not been talked about at all and is probably not a part of this group. She thought this was an internal focused group that is advisory to the Council. This is a different type of focus that is being asked of the group. She thought that was a lot of variables right there that have been changed and the Council can come back in six months to discuss and review this. Ms. Olson explained current commissions are advisory to the City Council. She asked if this was changed to include staff also so would this Commission be expected to provide recommendations rather than reviewing and providing feedback because other Commissions are providing recommendations. She noted that changes some of the scope and duties that have been talked about. Qbhf!213!pg!354