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to the bill. Mr. Cushman said the Board on Police Standards and Training sets mandatory standards for police and fire training for cities. His major concern was in regard to the reduction of management representation on the board. While it was important to have line officers on the board, in the end Police Chief Administrators were charged with ensuring police services were properly delivered. Reducing the number of managers would tend to skew the balance that existed on the board now. Responding to a question from Ms. Bettman, Mr. Perry indicated he had not yet reviewed the bill. The committee agreed to hold the bill until the next meeting pending comment from the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department on the bill. Responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Cushman said that he did not know the police union's position on the legislation, but suspected that the union would support it. Mr. Pap~ asked for information about the current make-up of the board. The committee discussed SB 0727, related to materials used in residential structures. Ms. Bettman expressed concern about the exposure of workers to arsenic in new construction and demolition. Mr. Ramsing said the bill did not prohibit a person from having a bottle of arsenic in their garage. The bill did not remove arsenic from the home environment, and created challenges as how to get it out of the home as City staff was not trained in the identification of arsenic. He was unsure the bill would make a differentce as homebuilders association was trying to kill the bill, and there were alternative products to arsenic available. Arsenic was tending to be phased out as a decay-resisting material. Ms. Bettman suggested that the City did not need to oppose the bill if the homebuilders were already opposing it. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to change the status of SB 0727 from Op- pose to Neutral. The motion passed unanimously. Ms. Taylor, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to forward the committee's recommendations on the City's legislative positions to the City Council. The motion passed unanimously. 3. Salem Report Ms. Bettman reminded staff that the City opposed legislation that removed a municipality from having a voice in the formation of special districts. Mr. Heuser reported that staff was lobbying against a bill that eliminated the Lane County Local Govern- ment Boundary Commission. He reported that former State representative Lee Beyer had agreed to lobby against the bill. Mr. Heuser had met with Kurt Yeiter and Susan Muir of the Planning Division to review a set of talking points. He said staff would expedite the committee's review of the bill. 4. Other Legislative Concerns This item was not addressed. The meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m. MINUTES--Council Committee on INtergovernmental Relations March 17, 2005 Page 7