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<br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of <br />January 21, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: January 26, 2009 Agenda Item Number: 2E <br />Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Brenda Wilson <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-8441 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This is an action item to ratify the actions of the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee on bills <br />contained in the January 21, 2009, Bill Report. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The Regular Session of the Oregon State Legislature convenes in January of odd numbered years and <br />generally lasts for six months. The IGR Committee reviews all bills and their associated staff <br />recommendations and provides direction for each piece of legislation introduced during the legislative <br />session. <br /> <br />Review of legislation by staff and the IGR Committee: <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />Bills are assigned to Legislative Coordinators (LC) for review. The LC staff is expert in various areas of the <br />City organization. The LC staff review individual bills and make recommendations to the IGR Committee on <br />ecommendations are “support,” “oppose,” “neutral,” <br />the direction the City should take on each bill. R <br />“monitor,” or “drop” for all reviewed bills with a priority of 1, 2, or 3 on all reviewed bills. <br /> <br />- The bill is placed on the IGR Committee agenda for review as soon as possible after all applicable staff has <br />commented on the bill. <br /> <br />- The IGR Committee meets and reviews all bills on the IGR Committee agenda and may pull any or all bills <br />off the agenda for discussion. <br /> <br />- Any LC staff which has reviewed and commented on a bill that is pulled for discussion will be prepared to <br />discuss the bill at the IGR Committee meeting. <br /> <br />- If a bill is not pulled for discussion, the staff recommendation stands. If a bill is pulled for discussion, the <br />IGR Committee may keep or change the staff recommendation. <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />The IGR Committee votes on all bill priorities and recommendations; the votes must be unanimous – with <br />The City will maintain a neutral position on any bills where the IGR <br />unanimous being three votes. <br />Committee’s vote is not unanimous until the full City Council weighs in. <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090126\S0901262E.doc <br /> <br /> <br />