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<br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: An Ordinance Concerning a Council Employee Complaint Process; <br />Adding Sections 2.400, 2.402, 2.404, 2.406, 2.408 2.410 and 2.412 to the Eugene <br />Code, 1971; and Amending Section 2.486 of that Code <br /> <br />Meeting Date: September 22, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 4 <br />Department: City Attorney’s Office Staff Contact: Glenn Klein <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5080 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />The City Manager, Municipal Court Judge, and Police Auditor are employees of the City <br />Council. There is no established process for resolving complaints filed against those employees. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City Council determined that there should be a formal process for handling complaints filed <br />against employees hired and supervised by the council, and requested that the council officers <br />develop a proposal for its review. The council officers did so, and that proposed ordinance <br />(attached) was reviewed by the council and direction given to schedule a public hearing before <br />the council. A public hearing was held on September 15, 2008; no one testified at the public <br />hearing. The ordinance would amend the Eugene Code to provide the purpose, scope, and <br />procedures for filing, processing, investigating, and making final determinations on complaints <br />alleging one or more violations of law by a council employee. <br /> <br />The ordinance also would amend the Public Official Code of Ethics – Complaint Process (EC <br />2.486) so that complaints alleging violations by council employees of the Public Official Code of <br />Ethics provisions will also be processed under these new provisions. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />There are no relevant City policies other than the Public Official Code of Ethics provisions <br />contained in Sections 2.480 – 2.488 of the Eugene Code, 1971. <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br />The council can approve the ordinance, reject the ordinance, or give direction for revisions to the <br />ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The City Manager recommends approval of the ordinance. <br /> <br />Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080922\S0809224.DOC <br /> <br />