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�, <br />�� <br />�i <br />shall decide allegations of ethical misconduct. The Task Force <br />recommends a"clear and convincing evidence" standard as most <br />appropriate for these situations. <br />That the educational role of the Commission be strengthened and <br />broadened by increasing the awareness and understanding of the <br />public as well a s public officials to the importance of ethical <br />considerations and behavior and the role of the Ethics <br />Commission. <br />That the relationship between the Commission and city staff <br />during an ethics investigation be clarified such that the <br />respective duties of each are more clearly defined. <br />That the Council adopt the revised standards and procedures for <br />ethical conduct in the form of an ordinance, rather than a <br />resolution, for the sake of consistency with the City's other citizen <br />advisory commissions. Such an ordinance should expressly <br />provide that violations of the ethical standards in the ordinance <br />are punishable by the City Council under the terms of that <br />ordinance and are not to be deemed criminal misdemeanors or <br />any other type of crime except as those behaviors or activities <br />may separately be determined to be criminal under state or <br />federal law. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Chair David Schu�t,� <br />Ann Berry <br />Craig Klausing <br />Connie Pease <br />Deon S�t�thman <br />� <br />r <br />� <br />� <br />