Brian was the previous chair.

Daniel Daniel.

So previously we had uh Daniel as the chair and I'm vice chair.

So since his term has expired since we last met, so I'm chairing this particular meeting.

Uh towards the end, though we will conduct our nominations and um coding for new officer positions.

Unless somebody would like to change.

You look you look really good in that chair.

That's all for anyone would look good in the chair.

Um so I'm sorry, I'm looking at my phone and reading the agenda from my phone.

So sorry if it looks like I'm trying to do um sorry so let me go ahead and start.

Um so I'll just go through the order of the agenda unless anyone wanted to change the order of the agenda.

So first up approving the minutes from April 16th, 2026.

I'd like to make a motion to approve the minutes.

Maybe before we do that, I mean let's just do a roll call just to make sure we have quarters.

Oh, okay.

All right, so we got we have five, so I believe we don't need four for a quorum.

Yeah.

Uh bio passengers absent.

Uh Tim.

Yep.

Present.

Paul.

And Morgan here.

Nick.

President.

And Didi.

Correct.

Uh is absent.

So we do have a quorum.

All right, I think.

Anyone like to second it?

Second.

Excellent.

Let's go ahead and vote at all in favor of or any discussion on that.

Great.

All in favor of approving the meeting minutes.

Anyone opposed?

Did you want to stay?

Mark with me?

Sure.

Yeah, I mean, unless you watch the recording and I will see you now and have an opinion about the accuracy of the notes.

I will abstain.

Okay, so all right.

So we do have two new members that are joining our board today.

Uh one of them present.

Uh thank you for for coming.

And uh please to welcome you on the board.

Uh would you mind telling us a little bit about yourself?

Yeah, my name's Morgan.

I'm an attorney at Paul's firm.

It's not my firm anymore.

That's true.

It's still got your name though.

Grindy and Dicky.

Um I don't know.

I just completed the leadership grader Rochester program, and they really encouraged us to serve in the community somehow.

So I've always been interested in ethical issues.

It's a big part of law school.

You have to take a whole class on it.

So thought I'd join this board, and I'm really excited to be here.

Thank you, Ray.

We got a little time, I think.

Do I want to go around and give a couple sentences about your um I'm Nate Medlitz, uh the director of people and culture, so I am HR for uh Titan asset management groups, Titan Development Hotels downtown.

Um I was drawn to the board for similar reasons uh with HR and investigations and ethical concerns and that sort of thing.

Um also just uh wanted to get involved in something in the city and it came available and kind of fit into what I did every day anyway.

So you know, getting in the group has been very uh very good at easing me intuitive now because I've only been in four.

I guess it's gone like eight months now, but yeah.

We don't we don't actually get all that many cases that require in depth discussion.

So we didn't skip we'll put it back in your first meeting because we didn't have attending, so which is good, right?

We don't want a lot of content of interest issues in the city, correct?

Tim?

Um I'm Tim Wardseth, I've been on the board for a number of years.

I think I started during COVID.

So I'm getting I'm not my second full term, even though I actually finished a term that started in the middle of a term so that somebody else resides.

So I've been around for a while.

Um I'm a former HR person who taught HR in college.

I uh teach business ethics as well.

So I'm done a whole ethic thing.

So I guess that's typical.

I'm mostly retired.

Oh Grindy, I'm uh working at retiring, not doing a great job at it.

Um I uh used to own the firm that Morgan is a associate at.

Uh I did sell that and then thought I might need some things to do, and I do like to participate in things government.

So this came available, and um I applied and uh like I've been here for about a year.

Thank you.

Uh I'm Bay Harris.

So I am approaching the end of my second term.

Um, I did the first term a bunch of years ago and then was offered for a bit and that was back on.

Um my real job is I work as a test developer at Mayo Clinic in the lab, uh, creating sequencing tests.

So completely not related to this kind of stuff, which is actually why I like it.

I like learning about different things and being exposed to different things and thinking about different sorts of things that otherwise I might not encounter.

So I enjoy getting the opportunity to sort of consider other ways that that things are can be interpreted and also learning more about the inner workings about the city works and how all the various boards and things do the thing.

I mean, it's fun and very interesting.

Jody, would you like to I'm Jody Houghton and your staff representative?

I've been at the city attorney's office for 24 years, um, and been staffing this board and the charter commission for about the last 15 of those.

So you will receive the agenda packets and all things, news and announcements from me.

And if you have any questions, feel free to email me or then uh Michael or Brent and then the chair, um, and we will assist you.

And if there's any agenda topics any of you all would like to see put on the agenda, feel free to just send those ideas and we can get them on the agenda.

Uh uh Brent, can we go?

Good morning, everybody.

Brent Carlson, deputy city attorney.

Michael is unavailable today, uh, but typically Michael will be here.

Um, but since he's unavailable, uh I'm filling in.

I've been with the city attorney's office for a little over eight years, and I primarily do a lot with the parks department, do a lot at the airport, uh, heritage preservation, community development.

So I attend a lot of the city board commission meetings.

But this is my first time here.

So nice to meet you all.

Thank you.

So I'm not sure.

Were you given any um extra information about like onboarding or that sort of thing?

Jody sent me like a PowerPoint.

Okay, great.

Yeah, that's what I was gonna ask about.

There is a PowerPoint, so I don't make sure you're on it.

Cool.

I think in general, as a general practice, I do like the idea of reviewing that every year, um, both for catching up new members, but then also for everyone to kind of reset like what are we doing here, you know.

Um so I would say if there's room on the agenda next time we have like a case or you know, something like I don't want to make a special meeting just for it.

Yeah, next time we meet, maybe a shape those from on the agenda.

I would I would like to go over to that, sure.

Okay.

All right, next up on the agenda.

Um any reports or inquiries.

Um so uh again, Brent Carlson.

Um, and I um had a discussion with Michael yesterday before he um was leaving out of town, and I would just note that um we did receive one complaint, but it was uh submitted anonymously.

Um and so that was um reason we decided not to treat it as an actual formal complaint and actually put it on the agenda.

Um I would just let the board know that um we did um forward the concern on to the um relevant uh department within the city and they're uh addressing it.

So other than that, um I don't have anything else to report.

Thank you.

Uh we do have an open comment period, so I don't see anybody else here.

Um I do have a statement I can read.

Was anybody interested in providing a comment as a member of the public today?

I'm not gonna worry about reading the statement.

Thank you.

All right, so that brings us to um any unfinished business.

We don't have anything, right?

We two in the house.

Okay.

All right, then our only piece of new business is for the officer nomination.

So we got three positions that we want to uh get people into.

So of course it was a chair.

So the role of the chair is to run meetings, um, a little bit of extra correspondence with uh Jody or occasionally the city attorney, really not a lot.

It's not like a lot of extra smart.

Um, just a tiny bit more force for it correspondence, and the other big responsibility is the annual report at the end of the year.

So you get to be the one to primarily author that and uh send them for approvals.

The vice chair would take over any meetings in the absence of the chair and uh kind of serve with that backed up uhwise that's pretty much it for the vice chair, and then secretary position.

So Jody has very kindly been functionally acting as our secretary, so that allows the members to really focus on the discussions and uh not get distracted by having to like write down you know who approved the next sort of thing.

So unless somebody wanted to actively take that role, that would uh I think we're sure we'd all appreciate if Jody continued in the role of secretary.

Uh, but we do need to like name someone as secretary, and uh Tim has kindly offered to the past couple of years, but um that is a position that's available as well.

But with that said, um let's start, I guess with that.

Any nominations for chair?

I'll make a motion that the that may uh burden of vote or chair, whatever the president, whatever the panel is.

Thank you.

I would say that motion.

All right, thank you.

Anybody else?

You can self-nominate if you are so inclined.

Call a question.

All of that call the question.

All right, all right.

You accept the nomination.

Oh, yes, I accept the nomination.

Uh all in favor?

Uh acting as chair.

Hi.

Thank you.

Vice chair.

Any any nominations for vice chair?

Again, all you really gotta do is take over the meeting in the absence of the chair.

Um pretty reliable.

And nominate Nick.

I'll second.

Okay.

Except.

I accept.

All right.

Yes.

Okay.

Any other discussion or nominations?

All right, all in favor.

Anyone oppose?

Sounds good.

All right.

Consensus.

I would call my face go red like this.

Like I don't, this is this is a weird feeling.

So this is so you say it's gonna be a good learning opportunity.

Apparently, so yeah.

And then next year, like you don't really have to, you don't really have to do anything, but here's the title.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah, okay.

But next year, we're ready for chair.

That's right.

And for secretary.

Any nominations.

I'll go ahead and nominate Tim to continue as acting as a secretary.

Second.

Second.

Okay.

Yep.

All right, cool.

Any other nominations?

Any discussions?

Are you all in favor?

I mean, thank you.

So definitely trick.

Uh studying the study.

No, so seeing seeing no other uh topics for discussion.

Okay, oh I would just maybe uh madam chair, if I might just have your other business, um, just want to obviously bring up the obvious that um we're getting closer to election season um at this point, and just um Michael wanted me to make the comment that uh the city otherwise doesn't really uh intervene or involve uh in uh election campaigns.

Um but if there is something that comes to our attention that we feel that we need to bring to the board, um just want to assure you that we will um we will do that.

So other than that, I just wanted to make that comment.

Thank you.

Yeah, other business.

Make out a motion.

Anyone like motion for the government like you take a motion for that?

I think it's uh you can, yes.

Okay, motion for the government.

Or no, we need to be the long text meeting.

Uh the next meeting.

Well, that would be a topic of discussion if you guys do want to have like a summer off, unless there's a complaint that comes with us.

Um yeah, let's let's like everyone can July.

July 16th at 10:30 is the next schedule meeting.

Unless there's yeah, so um happy to send out the meeting invite put on your calendars, and then we cancel it and cancel if there's nothing that pops up for discussion.

Um if you guys want the summer off, then after that would be August 20th.

Um so right now it would just be the review of the PowerPoint, and then if there's other substantial complaints that would come in.

Yeah, and just so everyone has the space kind of blocked up on our calendar just in case.

Yep, and if there's um other items that you guys want to discuss, feel free to let me know.

You can I'll share them with the chair or um review and put on the agenda.

Okay.

Uh one thing I do want to mention that maybe you know because I know you weren't calling us change about, but to me it's it's not uh obvious, and I always needed that explain to me, but once you send out the emails for like pretty much anything, there's a bunch of rules about the data privacy, and essentially boils down to do not reply all.

So just reply to the sender.

But yeah, just to me that would not common sense at all.

So just wanted to to make sure that that was shared.

Thank you.

Did you have an opportunity to go to uh like the mayor meeting or anything yet?

No, okay, all right.

Um if that comes up, or I don't know if there's another one scheduled with the changes coming too, but I highly recommend I had never been on a board.

Obviously, you have some legal experience, but um, I think they record that presentation too.

They do, and I can see there's a previous recording because they did one just a couple months ago, and I they do one annually for new members of boards and commissions.

Um so you will definitely get an invite to that on the next go-around, sure.

But if there's a previous recording from the last one that they just did a couple months ago, I will definitely send that to you.

Perfect, yeah.

Good point.

Yeah, it just kind of talks about like some of the processes, but also like um one of the things that was very uh eye-opening for me was like having conversations with individuals outside of um meeting and how that can constitute a quorum and it's actually a meeting.

So um, like if you happen to be sitting with people and talking to them and like what those rules were.

So um some of those things were new to me.

I would say yeah, thank you.

And I would just note too that training is put on by the mayor and and Michael.

Um, and I think it's typically in like mid-January.

Um, so that maybe is the next opportunity, but finding the recording would be a good idea, yeah.

Thank you.

Sounds good.

Hi.

Are you uh Didi?

Good people the pocket.

Oh, the parking.

I couldn't take the top.

Sorry to hear that.

No but it's fine.

It's probably no, it seems like it's actually a common problem.

So you have a people first encounter it.

Uh thank you for joining.

We are pretty much wrapping up.

Um introducing yourself.

My name is Diddy.

Um, I just moved to the city, and um I'm kind of glad to be here.

I did watch the video and all that.

So I needed also, you know, information on guidance.

I don't know how it all plays out.

So if anybody has any information on this, you please send it to me on the Twitter open.

Sure.

I I won't understand how it works.

And I also want to um yeah, if there's anything that I should read before the meetings or anything like that.

So Jody is actually planning to send out um recording from the last time that the mayor conducted the um new board members training, like a general training.

And there's also a PowerPoint that more specifically talks about this board.

So that'll also go out soon.

And then next time we meet, which may not be next month because we may not have anything else in the agenda, but at one point we will go over that together to give that up to discussion.

Um in general though, for reading, we go on the website.

There's the actual is the word code.

The code the city code, the order.

Yeah, the ordinance for the ethical practices.

So I'll be gonna through that when we get some downtime.

Um maybe maybe with my I can send those links on there.

Would that be helpful to make it easier?

And did you get the email for the agenda?

Yes.

Okay.

I did I didn't book through that.

And um, yes, I wasn't much on there.

Thanks.

So we're fortunate that in Rochester we don't typically get too many complaints of uh conflict of interest.

So we hope to not be a very busy board.

But welcome back to having.

Um I think that's so I could remind us what's the next meeting?

So I 16th.

July 16th is the next schedule one.

The next schedule one.

If there's no agenda items, we'll cancel it.

But maybe just like you keep that uh one or calendar.

Okay.

All right.

Anything else?

Thank you, everyone.

Thank you.

We should buy a motion to adjourn.

Motion in the second.

Uh motion for adjournment.

Second pen.

Thank you.

Who made the motion?

I'm sorry.

I bolted.

Sure.

Oh sorry.

I like to hear my name on the brother.

I think we're the second job.

All right, thank you.

All in favor?

All right.

Thank you, everyone.

Does anyone ever say no to the meeting?