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RESOLUTION NO. 4954 A RESOLUTION CALLING A CITY ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4, 2008 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFERRING TO THE LEGAL ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE A MEASURE AMENDING SECTION IS-A. EXTERNAL REVIEW OF POLICE, OF THE EUGENE CHARTER OF 2002. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. At an election held on November 8, 2005 the electors of the City of Eugene approved an amendment that added Section 15-A to the Eugene Charter of 2002. That section provides for the external review of the City's police and Subsection (1) authorizes the City Council to hire, supervise and specify the salary of an independent police auditor and Subsection (2) authorizes the City Council to appoint a civilian review board. The City Council has hired an independent police auditor and has appointed a civilian review board. B. Both Subsections (1) and (2) of Section 15-A contain the phrases: "The city council is authorized to * * *" and "the city council may authorize * * *." The City Council has determined that a proposed amendment to Section 15-A of the Eugene Charter of2002 should be referred to the electors of the City which would in both instances replace that language in both Subsections with the mandatory phrase: "city council shall * * *." NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the above findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. A city election is called for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City a Measure amending Section 15-A. External Review of Police, of the Eugene Charter of 2002 (deleted language shown in strikeout and new language in bold italics) to provide as follows: Section 15-A. External Review of Police. (1) The city council [is authorized to] shall hire, supervise and specify the salary of an independent police auditor to oversee investigations of complaints involving police employees. Notwithstanding section 16 of this charter, the city council [may] shall authorize the auditor to: (a) receive, classify and route complaints about sworn police officers and civilian police employees; (b) contract with persons or entities to perform outside investigations of such complaints; (c) monitor the city's internal investigations, including but not limited to access to all evidence developed as part of the investigation and participation in investigative interviews related to such complaints, and require the city to undertake additional investigation; (d) make recommendations to the city manager or designee following the investigation; (e) prepare reports on complaint Resolution - 1