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I'1C~~y? ~ ~I' ~ `~ age randum from City Attorney Scott Anderson entitled, "Roseville Ethics Commis- sion -Proposed Ethics Training." Commissioners Melissa Weldon; Mike Schneider; LuAnne Pederson; and Duane Cady each reviewed various portions of the procedures; formal (written} versus informal advisory opinions; point of contact(s); importance of a speedy response for employees or public officials seeking an opinion; and safe harbor status based on formal written opinion. Discussion included concurrence by the City Attorney and Ethics Commission under the proposed process, and statutory requirements; individuality of safe har- bor decisions based on a specific case and applying to that instance and person only; potential research required of federal, state, and municipal legislation and how it may apply to a given situation; decision-making roles and opinions of the Ethics Commission, City Attorney, and/or judiciary system. By consensus, Commissioners were asked to revise language to include a 60-day clause; and Mayor Klausing indicated that, following the City Council's review of the language, staff include adoption of a Resolution or approval by motion, as deemed applicable by the City Attorney, as an item on the next City Council agenda. Further discussion included the proposed Ethics Training for all public officials and City employees on the Code of Ethics and ethics in general; proposed topics to be covered; and determination that this training would be covered within the re- tainer agreement currently in place between Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney and the City of Roseville; with no additional charge or budgetary impacts to the City of Roseville. Mr. Schneider advised that it was the Ethics Commissions' intent to have a train- ing package in place by December 2007; and anticipated three to four training sessions of 1-2 hours in duration, repeating the sessions several times to meet shift and schedule considerations (i.e., 3-4 sessions of the same training initially sched- uled in December of 2007); and ultimately scheduled over a three (3) year period to provide an overall and complete training package for all parties involved. City Manager Malinen advised that it was staff's intent to videotape the training to provide to new Advisory Commissioners and public officials; as well as incor- porating the videotapes into new employee orientation, as part of an ongoing tool within the organization. Mr. Schneider sought a commitment from the Mayor and individual Council- members to attend the first training session to provide an impetus to others. Mayor Klausing expressed his commitment to attending the training. Mayor Klausing thanked the Commissioners for their work, and their attendance and presentation at tonight's meeting; and advised that individual Councilmem-