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Roseville Human Rights Commission Minutes —December 14, 2010 Page 5 of 8 A commissioner questioned whether other benefits, as noted in the memo, that helps domestic partners to secure benefits. Commissioners also noted that the City Council could act on a domestic partner registry but the Council does not have any say about gay marriage. Commissioner Grefenberg said he would check with Outfront Minnesota, the group that is supporting the domestic partnership ordinances, to see if such ordinances are providing benefits. The topic was continued to the next meeting. 4c. Review Proposed 2011 meeting schedule Curti reviewed the calendar for 2011, noting the February, July and November meetings are exceptions to the second Tuesday of the month. She urged all commissioners to put the February meeting on their calendars now because it is important to show support to the essay contest winners. Commissioners asked Curti to check the availability of the Council Chambers for November 15. 4d. Amendment(s) to By -laws Continued to the next meeting. 4e. Chairman's Initiatives for 2011 Chair Singleton distributed his end of the year report and strategic plan for 2011. He highlighted accomplishments, including dialogue with the Karen community, regional Human Rights Conference, board training, Bremer Foundation grant, participation in Rose Parade, Community Dialogue, youth commissioners and essay contest. Chair Singleton explained his strategic plan. He proposed the HRC begin investigating complaints that take place within the City. He explained that at one time the City investigated complaints but because of changes in state statute Roseville discontinued that. Then state statute was changed again and cities can conduct investigations and mediations. Currently Bloomington and Winona do their own mediations. The city would have to change the code to allow the HRC to conduct investigations. He noted that the city has not received any information from the State Department of Human Rights (DHR) about what complaints have taken place here, and if the commission does not know what types of complaints there are we are ineffective to respond. Chair Singleton has asked DHR to provide data for the past three years on the type of complaints. He noted that there are a lot of unanswered questions including logistics, funding, training, and pros and cons of handling cases within the HRC.