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<br />, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />VIII. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS: Advice from, consultation with, and/or requests <br />for review by the City Attorney, City Engineer, City Planning Agency, or other paid <br />consultants shall be in accordance with the Municipal Code, Section 401.07. <br /> <br />IX. SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATIONS: All Commission members shall receive a copy <br />of the Mounds View Municipal Code and a copy of the Municipal Comprehensive <br />Plan as well as other materials provided by the City Councilor City Staff. These <br />materials shall be retained by each commission member and returned to the <br />Community Development Director upon the member's resignation or termination of <br />appointment. <br /> <br />X. CONDUCT OF MEMBERS <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />A TTENDANCE: Commission members shall advise the designated Staff <br />member or the Commission chairperson of an anticipated absence from any <br />regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting. Any member attending less <br />than 20 meetings per year without the consent of the Commission shall be <br />deemed to have vacated the office, and such vacancy shall be filled by the City <br />Council pursuant to Section 401.03. Subd, 1. A leave of absence may be <br />granted by the consent of the Commission. <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />CONFLICT OF INTEREST: <br /> <br />1. General Standard: No Commissioner shall be appointed with private or <br />personal interests likely to conflict with the general public interest. If any <br />person appointed to the Commission shall find that their private or personal <br />interests are involved in any matter coming before the Commission, they <br />shall disqualify themselves from taking part in any discussion or action on the <br />matter; alternatively, they may be disqualified by a two-thirds (2/3) majority <br />vote of the Commissioners in attendance. <br /> <br />2. Conflict Due to Economic Interests: A Commissioner has a conflict of <br />interest if, in his or her discharge of official duties, would be required to take <br />an action or make a decision that would substantially affect the <br />Commissioner's financial interests or those of an associated business, <br />unless the effect on the Commissioner is no greater than on other members <br />of the Commissioner's business classification, profession, or occupation, In <br />the event a conflict of interest exists with respect to a particular matter before <br />the Commission, the Commissioner shall disqualify himself or herself from <br />taking part in any discussion or action on the matter. <br /> <br />C. EX PARTE CONTACTS: Ex parte contacts are contacts between individuals <br />seeking to influence the decisions of the Planning Commission and individual <br />Commission members outside the meeting forum. Such contacts include <br />meetings with project proponents, residents, property owners, and citizens <br />separate from Commission meetings, communication between Commission <br />members outside the meeting forum, telephone calls or letters which attempt to <br />influence a Commissioner's opinion on a matter which will be subject to the <br />Commissioner's vote. When the Planning Commission is involved in a matter <br />