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City Manager Malinen said the City Council would need background information, advantages and disadvantages of a CRB, experiences of other communities, to help them decide wither a CRB was needed. Commissioners suggested other information to would include what other cities had a CRB; public perception and whether it had proven better for those communities; justification for a CRB to ensure that "cops weren't looking after the cops;" incidents; importance of public perception, transparency; recognition that if it never gets used, that was great for the City. And whether it was necessary to establish a new commission or fall under an existing commission. Discussion included the Police Civil Service Commission and their purpose in ratifying test results and oversight of hiring procedures; proposed number for such a Board; and potential for a subset of commissioners from the HRC and Ethics Commission to provide cohesion. McGehee moved, seconded by Venters, to complete the research and draft a proposal for the HRC's consideration and discussion for presentation to the City Council for the development and implementation of a Police Civilian Review Commission for the Roseville Police Department, substantially as outlined in the materials presented by Chair Singleton as part of the 2009 Strategic Plan and Commission Initiatives. Chair Singleton and Commissioner McGehee volunteered to serve as a subcommittee in researching materials and preparing a packet for the HRC for their consideration and review. Discussion included existence of an ordinance or creation of a new ordinance; frequency of meetings of the Ethics Commission; and Commissioner McKenzie's recollection of a former police review commission, with City Manager Malinen having previously researched such a body to no avail. All Ayes; motion carried. Essay Contest Commissioners discussed their rankings of essays. Discussion included diversity of topics; appreciation of the open -ended question to students this year; students who gave the assignment serious time and attention; consensus of commissioners that they were content with scoring criteria, while allowing for objective and individual interpretations; awareness of students at their early age of world events and situations; and continued success of Roseville contest winners at the State level. Commissioner Delmore noted the stipend used for last years contest winners and their teachers, with City Manager Malinen researching specific monetary awards from 2007 meeting minutes. McGehee moved, Venters seconded, providing the same plan and total expenditure as in 2007, with those monetary awards distributed as follows, with a total expenditure of $870: First Place $100