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e Mr. Holmer moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, that the Eugene City Council endorse the Parents' Rally Against Substance Abuse. The motion carried unanimously, 8:0. II. RESOLUTION CONCERNING TESTIMONY AND FUNDING APPLICATIONS Jody Miller, Intergovernmental Relations, said the Legislative Committee considered the suggestions made by councilors during its previous discussion of this item. The Legislative Committee recommended that in Section 2, the words "and, where possible the specific testimony and funding application" be deleted. In Section 6, the words !Iafter consultation with the Legislative Committee Chairperson" were added and liar if the issue concerns personnel or collective bargaining matters," has been deleted. The personnel and collective bargaining language has been put in a new Section 7 for clarity. Mr. Holmer noted that one of the requests at the previous work session was that a time limit of seven calendar days be imposed for the submission to council of testimony to the Federal government or funding requests to municipal corporations, the State, the Federal government, or private foundations. Mr. Holmer said this was requested in several sections of the resolution. Ms. Miller said the Legislative Committee discussed this and elected not to include a time limit in the resolution. Because the council, in advance of the session, adopts legislative policies and because the Legislative Committee meets regularly during the session and provides a bill-by-bill recommendation, very rarely is testimony submitted or are e funding requests made without prior council approval. Ms. Miller added that because the council adopts legislative policies in advance of the session, the Legislative Committee now only meets about monthly during the legislative session. She said imposing a time limit for submission of testimony to the council would cause extra paper work and cause the Legislative Committee to meet more often. Ms. Miller said that during the 1989 Legislative Session all testimony had prior council approval. Ms. Schue agreed. Mr. Holmer said the resolution indicates that a copy of all testimony submitted to the Federal government will be sent to the council; he is merely requesting that this testimony be sent to councilors in a reasonable period of time. Ms. Schue said there has been no problem with the Legislative Committee's current process and said the Legislative Committee needs the trust of the council. Agreeing with Mr. Holmer, Mr. Boles said the resolution as currently written clearly states that copies of testimony and funding requests shall come to council. He said that if the council does not receive this material, it will stand in violation of this resolution. Mr. Boles suggested that Section 2 be amended to require that testimony or funding applications come to council, via the Council Legislative Committee, for prior approval, modification, or disapproval. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 13, 1989 Page 3