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individual's and their requests on how to be identified; however, he does not see a compelling <br /> reason to immediately change anything. He added that if someone asks for this accommodation <br /> then it would be proper for the City to do something. <br /> Administrative Services Director Lasher read some of the technical guidance from the EOC <br /> concerning pronouns. She explained that this is a gender identity issue. She suggested granting the <br /> current request from an employee and not calling it out in the personnel policy directly. <br /> Councilmember Specht stated that it is fine for someone to ask that they be addressed in a certain <br /> way; however, he does not think that this needs to be something on documentation or signatures <br /> as there are other ways that they can share this information. <br /> Councilmember Howell said she does not understand how it could be considered harassment if the <br /> City chooses not to put pronouns on documentation or nametags. She noted that there are plenty <br /> of things that are true about an individual that are not listed. <br /> City Administrator Hagen asked if this is something that they want formally recognized in a policy <br /> in some fashion and if they want to continue to allow employees to list their pronouns if they so <br /> choose. He explained that the uniform email signatures for all employees were created on the <br /> backend by IT and the employees do not have to do anything for this. He stated that the idea right <br /> now to add pronouns would affect email signatures and business cards. <br /> Mayor Kuzma stated that he is okay with allowing this. <br /> Councilmember Woestehoff stated that he is in favor of using pronouns. <br /> Councilmember Riley stated he does not have an opinion on the matter. <br /> Councilmember Olson added that he also does not have an opinion on this matter. <br /> Councilmembers Howell, Musgrove, and Specht were not in favor of allowing this. <br /> Councilmember Musgrove noted that it is difficult to have one side of people that they are trying <br /> to protect while not protecting the others and their wants. <br /> Councilmember Howell suggested allowing people to also list nouns that are important to them. <br /> The consensus of the Council was to direct Staff to keep the personnel policy as is to not include <br /> Council, Commission, Committee, and Board members as City Staff and to allow the use of <br /> pronouns. <br /> 2.03: Review of Happy Days 2023 and forecast for 2024 <br /> Recreation Coordinator Proulx reviewed the Staff report and gave a recap of the 2023 Happy Days <br /> event. She shared feedback that was received by Staff, Council, and the public. She discussed the <br /> 5k race and the expo. <br /> City Council Work Session /November 28, 2023 <br /> Page 4 of 7 <br />