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<br />Mr. Papé thought the City could hire another attorney to provide an opinion. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said he would not want any rule that would prevent taking another attorney’s phone call. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman felt the larger issue was whether councilors could go to individual attorneys. She alleged that <br />regardless of what one said, when she had talked with other municipalities’ representatives, people there <br />believed that the City Attorney represented the City Manager, because the City Manager signed the checks. <br />She recommended adding this issue to the next process session. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor wanted to make a distinction between an attorney’s opinion and a City Attorney’s <br />opinion. He said in terms of Oregon common law, there was a large distinction between the two. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor ascertained from the council that there was majority support for addressing this item <br />in a work session. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dennis M. Taylor <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Ruth Atcherson) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council September 18, 2006 Page 12 <br /> Process Session <br />