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, -,} M I NU T E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL e July 31, 1980 Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 7 p.m., Thunderbird Motor Inn, July 31, 1980, with the following councilors present: Betty Smith, Scott Lieuallen, Jack Delay, D. W. Hamel, Brian Obie, and Gretchen Miller. Councilors Eric Haws and Emily Schue were absent. Mayor Keller announced that he had received a call from Paget Engen who needs help from the councilors regarding Boundary Commission funding. He requested that four councilors call the four local legislators. The purpose for these calls will be to request that the legislators put back the Boundary Commission funding on the restoration list and to ask for their support. I. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO DEAL WITH PROCESS FOR NEW CITY MANAGER SELECTION Mayor Keller stated that this public meeting would be to develop the process which would then be taken to a public hearing and adoption of the process would be requested which would allow the council to hold some e meetings in executive session. He referred to City Attorney Stan Long's memorandum of July 23, which outlined the process. The timing is impor- tant and each meeting should show progress in order to reach the goal of January 1, 1980 for selecting a new City Manager. He stated that the other issue would be to deal with the councilors-elect and what role they would play in the process. Mayor Keller noted that tonight's agenda would consist of opening remarks while the consultant, Don Murray, would write additional selection steps on the outline on the flip chart that go beyond the initial list, the purpose of the work sect ion, the ground rul es, and a rev i ew of the 1 ega 1 elements of the selection process. Then, the selection process would include a review of the memorandum "Steps in Selection," the council and Mayor could add items, and then they would develop a timeline. When this process was completed, they would deal with decisions that needed to be made that evening, and then the meeting would end. . Stan Long, City Attorney, stated that as outlined in his July 23 memo- randum, certain steps must be taken. The council has the responsi- bility to appoint the City Manager; and if they fail to act before a vacancy would occur, the Mayor must appoint a manager pro tempore. The appointment of a City Manager must occur only at a regular or special council meeting held in accordance with the regular council procedures where the Mayor would preside but not vote unless there was a tie. Some consideration of candidates for City Manager can occur at private e executive sessions, according to State law, provided that certain steps are taken. 7/31/80--1