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EFFECTIVE ACCO UNTABLE MUNICIPAL GO VERNMENT A government that works openly, collaboratively and fairly with the community to achieve meas- urable outcomes FAIR, STABLE AND ADEQUATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES A government whose on-goingfinancial resources are based on a fair and equitable system of revenues and is adequate to maintain and deliver municipal services Ms. Hayes solicited comments on the draft vision goals. Mr. Kelly called the council and staff's attention to some minor errors in the statements, which Ms. Hayes recorded. Councilors expressed general satisfaction with the goal statements, offering the following comments for possible change: · New sustainable development needs to reference healthy and natural built environment · "Measurable outcomes" ? Positive outcomes? Demonstrate public benefit? Mr. Pryor indicated that "measurable outcomes" was included to address the issue of government accountability. Mr. Kelly said he would not object to its deletion as not all things could be measured, although he would like to see quantification of more of the things that could be measured. Ms. Solomon supported the inclusion of the phrase for the reasons stated by Mr. Pryor. She reminded the council of the aspirational nature of the statements. City Manager Taylor indicated he would schedule the vision statement and goals statements for adoption following further refinement by the subcommittee. Ms. Bettman asked that the revised draft be sent to councilors prior to that date. 2. Boards and Commissions Process Ms. Walston was present for the item. She recalled the council's discussion of the issue at its last process session and its direction to staff to develop a proposal for the boards and commissions process. She reviewed a draft short-term proposal to be implemented between April and September 2005. Councilors discussed the short-term proposal. Mr. Kelly did not support having a profile for candidates. He questioned whether the council could interview candidates in executive session given that the issue was related to personnel. He suggested the supplemental questions be included in the application. He asked if a candidate receiving five votes in the straw poll should be interviewed or appointed. Regarding the guidelines for interviews, Mr. Kelly favored allowing the councilors to ask follow-up questions of candidates. Ms. Taylor wanted staffto provide the council with the questions to be asked of candidates prior to the interviews. She suggested the council seek input about candidates for advisory groups such as the Planning Commission from the commission. She agreed with Mr. Kelly about follow-up questions. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 18, 2005 Page 5 Process Session