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. M I NUT E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room July 8, 1991 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Ruth Bascom, Shawn Boles, Kaye Robinette, Randy MacDonald, Bobby Green, Debra Ehrman (arrived at 6 p.m.). COUNCILOR ABSENT: Roger Rutan. The regular meeting of the Eugene City Council was called to order by his Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. 1. LEADERSHIP ISSUES ANALYSIS FOLLOW-UP A. Introduction Mr. Gleason explained that the council had requested this opportunity to further discuss issues of leadership at the City which arose at a SWOT (anal- ysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) meeting of the ~e council and executive managers. Mr. Gleason said the council had asked the executive managers to discuss their leadership role from a management perspective, which they had done. He said a report on this discussion would be issued and that one of the main concerns raised by the group was the lack of sufficient internal communica- tion at the City. In response to a question from Mr. Green, Mr. Gleason said communication between different departments at the City is difficult partly because employ- ees are busy with the specific tasks at hand. He said it is difficult for individuals to get an overview of the whole City organization. Mr. Gleason pointed out that it would be helpful if the City had a variety of methods for communicating information because people react differently to different sources of information. In response to a question from Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Gleason said that ideally 40-60 percent of all City employees should be conversant with the City budg- et. Mr. Nicholson asserted that, in terms of the City providing employees with information about City issues, there is a "fine line" between communicating and politicizing issues. Mr. Gleason said staff could be trusted to commun;- ,.. MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 8, 1991 Page 1 .- ..'