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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APPROVED APRIL 3, 2006 1 staff to determine whether all affected parties are aware of the planned event and whether 2 there are any objections. As always, any applicant may appeal the administrative decision 3 to the City Council. 4 5 It was the consensus of the Council to direct staff to move forward with the new proposed 6 block party application approval process. 7 8 CITY COUNCIL ETHICAL GUIDELINES 9 10 Councilmember O'Donnell advised that with the assistance of staff, he prepared the 11 updated and revised City Council guidelines, which are now complete. 12 13 City Administrator Heitke distributed a copy of the excerpts from the Council retreat 14 relating to this issue noting which of those excerpts would be added to the draft. 15 16 The Council discussed the proposed City Council guidelines noting the following 17 changes: 18 19 1. A statement would be added to the Purpose indicating the Code of Conduct 20 does not supersede state statutes or state laws. 21 22 2. The paragraph regarding Agenda Preparation would be rewritten. 23 24 3. The addition of "as soon as possible" would be included in the paragraph 25 regarding the Sharing of Information. 26 27 4. The words "appropriately informed" would be added to the paragraph 28 regarding Coordination with City Staff. 29 30 5. The words "of non-public information" would be added to the paragraph 31 regarding Confidential Information. 32 33 6. The words "should be voted on" would be added to the paragraph regarding 34 Orientation. 35 36 7. The words "private, personal, and political purposes" would be added to the 37 paragraph regarding Use of Public Resources. 38 39 City Administrator Heitke advised another draft of the City Council Ethical Guidelines, 40 including the above changes, would be distributed to the Council at the upcoming 41 Council meeting. 42 43 ADVISORY APPOINTMENTS 44 45 The Council voted on the Advisory Board Annual Appointments. 5 •