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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />Council Chamber —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon <br />June 16, 2011 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, George Poling, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, <br />Alan Zelenka. <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark, Pat Farr. <br />A. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS <br />The council interviewed Ken Beeson for a vacancy on the Budget Committee, asking the following <br />questions: <br />1. Suppose the City of Eugene is projected to experience a long -term financial deficit where its <br />expenditures are expected to exceed revenues for the foreseeable future. What policy options <br />would you consider to create a balanced City Budget? <br />2. What City services do you consider to be the most important to the community in general and <br />to you personally? <br />3. Taking into account broad community input is an important part of the Budget Committee <br />discussions and decision - making. What types of information and community feedback would <br />you consider as part of analyzing and discussing the City's budget? <br />The council interviewed Ron McMillin and Rod Buck for vacancies on the Human Rights Commission. <br />Each candidate was asked the following questions: <br />1. What are the top community human rights concern(s) you could see the commission focusing <br />on that would help the council and City staff to meet the needs of our community? And, what <br />specific action might the commission take to address the concern(s) you have identified? <br />2. Volunteering for a City human rights organization that advises elected officials and works <br />with City staff is different from a community -based human rights organization. Given those <br />differences, what skills or abilities do you have that would make you effective in this role? <br />3. During a commission meeting a community member comes to the meeting and asks the <br />commission to take a position on their issue%oncern. You are aware that another part of the <br />community holds the opposite view and it is an issue you know very little about. What could <br />the commission do in a situation like this? And, what role could you see yourself playing? <br />Ms. Taylor adjourned the meeting at 6:20 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Beth Forrest <br />City Recorder <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council June 16, 2011 Page 1 <br />Boards and Commissions Interviews <br />