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City Council Regular Meeting — OS/08/06 DRAFT Minutes - Page 25 and on page 4 of 6, inclusion of subsection "j," further identification of use of public facilities needed to be detailed. Councilmember Pust also suggested language and additional comments related to data privacy stipulations relating to the Ethics Commission, as well as the City Attorney or City Manager (page 5 of 6, subsection "�"); and the need to specify language of the third to last paragraph on page 6 of 6, identifying connection with professional societies or various organizations and potential conflicts of interest. Further discussion included comparison of Ethics Codes of other cities; and whether the City's Code could go beyond State Statute. Mayor Klausing directed staff to put the item on the next available Council Study Session agenda for further discussion, depending on work load and additional agenda items and timing. Public Comment Dick Lambert, 800 Brenner Avenue Mr. Lambert advised that he was speal�ing on behalf of the �QSeville Citizen's League; and noted that the proposed document incorporated the majority of the "Schultz Ethics Task Force" recommendations, with the exception of defining the role of City staf£ Mr. Lambert noted that he had initially had concerns regarding the role of the City Attorney in being the recipient of complaints, but after hearing tonight's discussion, had concurred that the City Attorney was the best person to receive those complaints, given potential criminal litigation concerns. Mr. Lambert opined that it was an "excellent document," and suggested the document include a time frame to Iirnit the Ethics Commission's investigationto bring closure to a case. John Kysylyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that several things were missing from the document: why the code would be established by resolution rather than by ordinance; addressed conflict of interest laws for cities greater then 50,000 in population