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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes June 22, 2021 Page 9 Chair Doolittle: I think were on solid ground all the way around. We're not trying to exclude anybody in the community and we're not trying to only say Veterans can only serve on this committee. What we've said is people who bring support and value to the veterans' community is what we want on the committee. Brinkley: I thought we were just discussing the opposite. I'm not saying that we shouldn't include non -veterans, but it sounds to me like that last phrase in section 1 it says `and veterans who provide valuable assistance on veteran issues...' so if that's the case that non -veterans can join, maybe we should tweak that further. Iyo: J, correct me if I'm wrong but I think section 1 is just for County Council to kind of introduce the bill but what's in County Code which is outlined of Section 15-62 doesn't specifically state that any member has to be a veteran. Chair Doolittle: Yeah, I kind of remember that from when I read and applied initially, and I see anything here in section 1 that excludes non -veterans. Iyo: Well, section 1 is not actually going to be included in County Code. I think that's just to preface the changes that we are proposing. Chair Doolittle: I don't think were presenting anything here that is confusing to the Council. DCC Yoshimoto: Michael, this is J. Just to reiterate section 1 is just explaining the purpose, section 2 is explaining the amendments that are going to be recommended by the committee and like you said, there isn't anything there that requires veterans be at - large, it's open. That's my understanding of the intent of the committee. Chair Doolittle: Yes, thank you. Brinkley: Ok, and I didn't think that was clear but now I get it and I'm in agreement with that. Chair Doolittle: Now what we want to do is we need to make a motion to accept the entire ordinance to be presented to the council. Lewis: I thought we just did that. Sheridan: We did. It was seconded. Chair Doolittle: J? DCC Yoshimoto: Was there a vote? I didn't hear the vote.