CC Minutes - 01/26/98 Work Session

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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall January 26, 1998 6:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Pat Farr, Ken Tollenaar, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, Laurie Swanson Gribskov, Bobby Lee, Betty Taylor, I. CALL TO ORDER Major James Torrey called the special meeting of the Eugene City Council to order at 6:30 p.m. He noted Councilor Tim Laue was excused. II. CITY MANAGER EVALUATION PROCESS Mr. Torrey recessed the meeting for five minutes to allow the council to review a series of questions distributed prior to the meeting related to the City Manager's evaluation process. Mr. Torrey asked the council to consider the following series of questions: 1. Witt the evaluation be in open or executive session? City Manager Vicki Elmer indicated she would be willing to conduct the evaluation in open session. City Attorney Glenn Klein reported that since the manager requested an open session, the council had no choice but to hold the evaluation in open session. Mr. Meisner asked if each councilor would complete a preliminary, individual evaluation of the manager. Human Resource and Risk Services Director Lauren Choinard said that the answer to the question was up to the council, noting that the preliminary evaluations would be subject to the Oregon Public Open Meetings Law. Mr. Torrey said that alternatively, each councilor could be interviewed by a facilitator. Mr. Meisner indicated his preference for a written evaluation to be included in the public record. Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Taylor, that as a preliminary step in the evaluation process, each councilor prepare an evaluation based on the same questions it would evaluate as a council. Ms. Swanson Gribskov observed Mr. Meisner's proposal mirrored the previous process. She reviewed the process used for the six-month evaluation. She had no opposition to written MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 26, 1998 Page 1 6:30 p.m.