Ethics
Commission Meeting Minutes
May 8, 2013
I. Call to
Order
Chair Fjelstad called the meeting
to order at 6:30 p.m.
Members Present:
Anne Collopy, *Matthew Becker, Margo
Fjelstad, Ben Lehman, and Nancy O?Brien
Members Absent:
None.
Others Present:
City Manager Bill Malinen and City
Attorney Mark Gaughan
II.
*Oath of Office, New Commissioner Matthew Becker
III.
Approve Minutes of February 13, 2013 Meeting
Collopy moved to approve the amended
minutes from November 14, 2012, seconded by Lehman.
Ayes all.
Lehman moved, Collopy seconded
approval of the minutes of the February 13, 2013 meeting, as presented.
Ayes all.
IV.
Review of April 10 Ethics Training Event
The survey results indicated participants
found the training to be an appropriate length, or maybe a little short.
Additionally, the survey comments indicated a desire for the presentation
to have more closely tied-in to City related matters. Commissioners urged at future
training events to have a clear distinction between the start of the
social hour and the start of the training. The Commission reminded staff to
send a link of the presentation to those participants unable to attend.
V.
Ethics Tip
O?Brien will provide the next
Ethics Tip agreeing to provide a tip on confidential information. She agreed to
forward the tip to the Commission for comment prior to the meeting for
?approval.?
VI.
Review Ethics Code
Future adjustments to the Code will
be addressed at the next meeting in August when the City Attorney is present
while offering the sub-committee more time to work on language adjustments.
City Manager Malinen agreed that staff will forward the adjustments to the
Commission in advance of the meeting packet. Some highlights to the ethics code
review will include:
1) Ethical considerations for
public officials ? reference on public proposals Section 3(M)
2) Due to the complaint received
August of 2012, Section 5 of the Code is reviewed for inclusion of a process if
the City Council is the source of the complaint.
3) The adjustments will not address
definitions of political campaign in Section 3(J) at this time, but will in the
future.
VII. Other
Business.
The Commission discussed their
future joint meeting with the City Council on May 20. The topics to be
discussed included the annual message, training, review of the code, suggested
amendments, and starting to plan for the next training event.
City Manager Malinen suggested
checking with other cities about future ethics training presenters for a
discussion that might have more relevancies to participants.
City Manager Malinen indicated
staff will send out a reminder to the Commission that the August meeting start
time will be 6:00 p.m. to begin with training from City Attorney Mark Gaughan.
VIII. Adjourn
There being no further business, Collopy
moved, Pederson seconded to adjourn the meeting at 6:55 p.m. Ayes all.