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MINUTES <br />Joint Elected Officials <br />Eugene and Springfield City Councils <br />Springfield Library Meeting Room — Springfield City Hall <br />525 5 th Street — Springfield, Oregon <br />July 21, 2009 <br />Noon <br />PRESENT: <br />Eugene City Council: Mayor Kitty Piercy, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Andrea <br />Ortiz, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, George Brown. <br />Springfield City Council: Dave Ralston, Christine Lundberg, Fred Simmons, Hillary Wylie, Terri <br />Leezer. <br />ABSENT: <br />Eugene City Council: Chris Pryor. <br />Springfield City Council: Mayor Sid Leiken, Joe Pishioneri. <br />REPORT FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL <br />Councilor Dave Ralston called the special meeting of the Springfield City Council to order. Springfield City <br />Manager Gino Grimaldi called the role. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the special meeting of the Eugene City Council to order and noted a <br />quorum of Eugene councilors was present. <br />Eugene Fire Chief Randy Groves introduced the topic. He said that the two councils would hear a report on <br />the findings of a cooperative services study performed by Emergency Services Consulting International <br />(ESCI). He said that he and Chief Murphy believed the recommendations of ESCI were the next logical <br />step for the two cities to take, based upon the success of the three - battalion interagency response system. <br />Chief Groves endorsed the ESCI recommendations. He indicated that no action was expected of the two <br />bodies at this time, and a follow -up meeting would be scheduled for early fall. <br />Springfield Fire Chief Dennis Murphy provided some background on ESCI and introduced its representa- <br />tives, Senior Vice President Bruce Caldwell, Senior Consultant Conrad Christensen, and Director of <br />Financial Services Martin Goughnour. He indicated they would provide information about a regional fire <br />and emergency medical services (EMS) system. Chief Murphy clarified that the data years in the Power - <br />Point presentation were different for each jurisdiction and more current information for Eugene would be <br />available later in the year. <br />Ms. Ortiz arrived. <br />MINUTES —Joint Elected Officials — Springfield and Eugene <br />July 21, 2009 <br />Page 1 <br />City Councils <br />