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S�N'MRos City of San Marcos Work Session Meeting Minutes City Council Tuesday, September 15, 2020 3:00 PM Virtual Meeting This meeting was held using conferencing software due to Covide-19 rules. I. Call To Order With a quorum present, the work session of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Hughson at 3:04 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The meeting was held virtually. II. Roll Call Present: 7 - Council Member Melissa Derrick, Mayor Jane Hughson, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Mihalkanin, Council Member Joca Marquez, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Mark Rockeymoore, Council Member Maxfield Baker and Council Member Saul Gonzales PRESENTATIONS 1. Receive a presentation and update by Chamber President, Jason Mock regarding the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Hughson stated per the request of the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce this item will be postponed for a couple of months. 2. Receive a presentation from the Ethics Review Commission and hold discussion regarding proposed amendments to the Code of Ethics to require registration of lobbyists and requ(ring lobbyists to provide periodic reports of lobbying activities; and provide direction to staff. Michael Cosentino, City Attorney provided a brief introduction and stated that the Ethics Review Commission passed a resolution on this topic May 27 2020, however, Council has discussed this previously in March of 2018 along with Campaign Finance which has been adopted. In January 2019 Council discussed during a work session. There were concerns and Ethics Review Committee (ERC) created a committee on the lobbying issues which completed their work in Sep 2019. The ordinance draft presented requires registrations, restrictions and reporting for lobbyist. Jonathan Lollar, Vice -Chair of the Ethics Review Commission (ERC) and Tammy Walden, ERC Commissioner provided the presentation regarding City of San Marcos Page 1