Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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City Recorder Mary Feldman clarified that the motion would require a voters pamphlet whenever there was a City measure on the ballot. Roll call vote; the vote on the motion was a 3:3 tie; councilors Bettman, Ortiz and Zelenka voting yes, and councilors Pryor, Clark and Poling voting no. The Mayor cast a vote in support of the mo- tion and it passed on a final vote of 4:3. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved to insert the following subsection (4) into proposed section 2.993, after subsection (3): “If a candidate for /City office wishes to publish a statement in the City voters pamphlet for an election at which no City measure is submitted for a vote, the City Manager shall publish a voters pamphlet containing candidate statements submitted pursuant to subsection (3) of this section. Candidate statements to be published pursuant to this subsection shall be submitted to the City Recorder not less than 70 days prior to the date of the elec- tion for which the voters pamphlet is published. If the City Recorder does not receive a candidate th statement by the 70 day prior to the election, the City Manager shall not publish a voters pamphlet pursuant to this subsection”; and to delete the language “subsection (3) of” from subsection 2.993(5), and to amend the language of the proposed subsection (3) of section 2.996 to read: “Statements from candidates for City offices, other than those statements submitted pursuant to sub- section 2.993(4), shall be submitted not less than 56 days prior to the date of an election”; and to amend subsection (c) of section 2.997 to read: “For voters pamphlets containing only statements from candidates for City Council or Eugene Water & Electric Board positions, the wards which those candidates would represent if elected.” Councilor Bettman stated that her intent was to require the City to publish a voters pamphlet if a qualifying candidate wished to include a candidate statement, even if no City measure was on the ballot. Ms. Feldman clarified that the amendment would apply to candidates for EWEB and the school board because City office candidates could always participate in the State’s voters pamphlet. She said there were budget implications to the motion. Councilor Ortiz expressed concern with the financial impact of requiring a voters pamphlet. Councilor Clark said he liked the legislative intent, but was concerned about unintended consequences and the lack of advance information about the numerous amendments. Councilor Zelenka asked how the cost of a voters pamphlet was currently paid. Ms. Feldman replied that if the City published a voters pamphlet in which EWEB candidates were included, each candidate could opt to participate and the cost was $100 per person, which did not fully cover the cost of the voters pamphlet. She calculated the cost of a voters pamphlet to be about $600 per page. She said additionally each pamphlet contained approximately seven pages of non-measure related information that would need to be added to the cost and which the City had always absorbed. Councilor Zelenka asked if a candidate could opt out of the voters pamphlet if running unopposed. Ms. Feldman said that was not addressed in the amendment. Councilor Pryor used an example of an election in which a candidate was running unopposed and there were no other issues on the ballot. He asked if the City would be required to produce a voters pamphlet in that situation. Ms. Feldman said she understood the amendment would require a voters pamphlet. MINUTES—Eugene City Council March 10, 2008 Page 7 Public Hearing