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<br /> ..' ~ <br /> forward to it being passed. <br />Griffiths: I would like to just describe very briefly to the Council <br /> the legal services that were provided to the Ethics <br /> Committee and how I have been uninvolved in the <br /> process. We began representing the City in August of <br /> last year and at that time we were asked to provide legal <br /> services to the. Ethics Committee. I asked my partner, <br /> Tami Tanoue, to provide those services. I have <br /> essentially stayed out of that representation and that <br /> representation has been provided by Tami Tanoue. I <br /> thought it was appropriate that occur, SIllce my <br /> responsibility is basically to advise the Council. I didn't <br /> see any necessary conflict in there, but it just seemed <br /> appropriate to me that they should have their own <br /> representation. <br /> For the Council's sake I have not reviewed the <br /> ordinance in any detail for providing advice to the City <br /> Council and I would be pleased to do so. I have at least <br /> to this point only gone through the ordinance very <br /> quickly and I saw one area that raised some concern to <br /> me. I would like the opportunity to at least comment to <br /> the Council on this before the second reading and <br /> adoption. The concern that I saw was with respect to <br /> Section 2.90.020D., page 11, paragraph D, "no City <br /> board or commission shall be permitted to hold any <br /> executive session." My concern with that is, with the <br /> ability of the City Attorney to provide necessary legal <br /> advice to City boards or commissions that may have <br /> been sued. We have a recent example with this and <br /> that is the Board of Adjustment was recently sued along <br /> with the City for granting a variance. Individual board <br /> members were also sued both as board members and as <br /> individuals. It would be appropriate for the City <br /> Attorney, or the attorney which has been assigned to <br /> represent the City, to be able to meet with the board in <br /> an executive session to discuss the lawsuit and to <br /> provide advice to the board and its members on the <br /> lawsuit and what is being proposed outside of the <br /> hearing of the individual that is suing the board. That <br /> is the one concern that came to my mind very quickly <br /> when I looked at the ordinance. Again, I haven't looked <br /> at it in detail and I would appreciate the opportunity to <br /> 10 <br />