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ANTI -HARASSMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE AGENDA
January 22, 2019
4:45 — 5:15 p.m.
City Manager's Common Conference Room
1. Approval of Minutes from December 5, 2018 Meeting (Attached)
2. Agenda Review
3. Review and consideration of amendments to the Respectful Workplace Policy for
Council Members and Appointed Officials, including board and commission members.
The amendments include broadening the definition of "discrimination" and adding
language about City Council values consistent with the intent of the Ad Hoc Committee.
4. Other Business.
Ad Hoc Anti -Harassment Policy Committee Meeting
Minutes
December 5, 2018
12:00 p.m.
Members in Attendance: Councilmember Kristin Stephens; Councilmember Bob Overbeck;
Mayor Wade Troxell; Teresa Roche, Chief Human Resource Officer; Carrie Daggett, City
Attorney; Jenny Lopez Filkins, Senior Assistant City Attorney; and Jeanne Sanford, Paralegal.
Public in Attendance: Shana Ryken from Women' s Commission
A meeting of the Ad Hoc Anti -Harassment Policy Committee ("Committee") was held on
Wednesday, December 5, 2018, in the CIC Room at City Hall.
The meeting began at 12:06 p.m.
The Committee reviewed the Agenda which contained the following items:
1. Approval of Minutes from October 31, 2018 Meeting (Attached)
2. Agenda Review
3. Review and consider adoption of the Respectful Workplace Policy for Council Members
and Appointed Officials.
4. Discuss training goals and frequency.
5. Discuss communications plan to be implemented with the Respectful Workplace Policy.
6. Other Business
7. Review of Upcoming Committee Schedule
The minutes of the October 31, 2018 meeting were approved.
City Attorney Carrie Daggett ran through the agenda. Ms. Daggett explained that due to additional
edits on the draft Policy coming through after the packet went out to Council, a version of the
Policy would be put up on the screen for review with those changes being redlined and highlighted
in yellow.
The Committee agreed to discuss the training goals, frequency thereof and the communication
plan in this meeting.
Teresa Roche stated she set the tone of the Policy as an aspiration not a legal mandate, so
reordering the first paragraph to reflect our aspirations leads the policy. She went through her
edits. No questions or discussion from the Committee.
Senior City Attorney Jenny Lopez Filkins stated she would run through the draft Policy noting that
the version of the Policy in the packets shows the changes the Committee suggested as well as
individuals changes, such as suggestions from Teresa Roche and attorneys in the City Attorney's