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Mounds View City Council March 8, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 5 The Mounds View Citizenship Award is scheduled to be presented at the March 29th Town Hall 1 Meeting, located at Mounds View City Hall. Ms. Wuori has been notified of the meeting and 2 said she would be attending the meeting.. Staff has attached a draft of the plaque that will be 3 presented at the Town Hall Meeting. 4 5 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7587, 6 Designating the 2009 Citizenship Award to Diane Wuori. 7 8 Mayor Flaherty indicated Diane Wuori was a great candidate for the City to honor this year. 9 10 Council Member Mueller agreed adding that all candidates were worthy of receiving the award 11 this year. 12 13 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 14 15 E. Resolution 7588, Approving the City of Mounds View Code of Conduct and 16 Statement of Values 17 18 Clerk-Administrator Ericson stated that last year, the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) 19 established a ten-member Ethics Advisory Panel to work toward creating a product that would 20 promote high standards of ethical behavior while providing a helpful framework to city officials 21 who deal with such issues. The Panel, which included Council Member Mueller, produced two 22 model documents—a code of conduct and a statement of values. The City Council reviewed the 23 documents at the March 1, 2010 Work Session and directed staff to prepare a resolution to 24 formally approve both. 25 26 Clerk-Administrator Ericson reviewed the documents further noting the Code of Conduct is a 27 “law-based” document, incorporating very specific standards of behavior that are already written 28 into State Statute or that have been handed down by court rulings. The Code of Conduct also 29 offers legal methods for dealing with infractions. The Statement of Values is an aspirational 30 document, intended to provide a framework for ethical decision-making. The values it promotes 31 can only be self-enforced, primarily by providing an ethical anchor, raising the quality of 32 discussion and expectation among City officials and in the community, and by appealing to the 33 conscience of the individual. 34 35 Clerk-Administrator Ericson presented staff’s recommendation to approve Resolution 7588 36 which formally adopts the Code of Conduct and Statement of Values policies. Upon adoption, 37 both documents will be made available to all commission and committee members and 38 employees. 39 40 Council Member Mueller stated it was a privilege to work on the task force. She explained there 41 were 10 members on the task force and each representative had a different perspective of ethical 42 behavior. Through numerous discussions, the Code of Conduct policy and State of Values were 43 drafted and designed to create a standard or benchmark of expected behaviors. All 854 member 44 cities within the League of Minnesota Cities were given these documents to review and approve. 45