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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2021-10-04 | 11 | being a successful Complainant, she can see why it is important to have a vehicle to question and ask an objective body to decide whether or not a complaint is valid; she would vote to accept the proposal, which is a lot better than what came before; moving forward, tweaks and corrections could be on an annual basis. Commissioner LoPilato thanked everyone for the feedback; stated that she is glad most folks feel like it is an improvement; she would like to include a glossary and an FAQ section; this is the type of thing the Commission could revisit and quickly address; the FAQs deal with things within the City Clerk's purview, so she has offered to complete it; the glossary and FAQs could come on a future agenda; the procedures are ready to move forward; acknowledged Ms. Butter's comments regarding how a complaint against the OGC would be handled; stated it is a question that the Commission needs to grapple with; she does not know whether it needs to be resolved tonight and does not know whether the Commission has the authority to resolve it; it is something to look at and propose some suggestions in the future; thanked Mr. Garfinkle for his interest in the procedures; stated that she is not supportive of his proposed changes because she is very mindful of the need to stay within the boundaries of the Sunshine Ordinance and the Commission's ability to direct staff. Commissioner Reid stated that she did not receive an email regarding a complaint filed that the Commission will hear in November; inquired the date of the email. Chair Tilos stated Commissioner Reid not receiving the email could have easily been a staff miscue and is not something the Commission should be discussing. The City Clerk responded the email was sent to Commissioners on September 22nd Commissioner Reid stated that she has some concerns she would like to address; while she appreciates all of Commissioner LoPilato's work on the procedures, she wants to restate that she believes a subcommittees should be more than one person; it was a lot of work and the public should have been incorporated in the process; the Commission should not ignore good suggestions that do not always require extra time from City staff; the Commission should be tipping the scale towards the public's benefit; she questions whether it is appropriate for the person who submitted the document to second the motion; she is in favor of adopting most of the redlines submitted by Mr. Garfinkle, which support the public and are much more transparent; she will not be supporting a motion of the proposal as is. The Chief Assistant City Attorney stated that she sent out the email to the Commissioners on September 22nd regarding the complaint to be heard in November; she sent it to Commissioner Reid's City email address, which she thought Commissioner Reid uses for OGC business; she could send it to another account. Commissioner Reid thanked the Chief Assistant City Attorney; stated she just double- checked the email address and there was no email from September 22nd Meeting of the Open Government Commission October 4, 2021 11 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2021-10-04.pdf |