Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Mr. Zelenka was in favor of requesting a timeline and framework as the recruitment process had been lengthy when Ms. Beamud was hired. He understood that staff was going to develop a job description from existing material and thought that should not generate more debate. Mr. Pryor said his intent was only to obtain a draft of the recruitment process so the council would have a better idea of the timeline. Mr. Poling asked if the council would need to appoint an interim police auditor. Mr. Pryor said he would meet with current police auditor staff to ascertain their interest in an interim position and report back to the council. He said the council would need to formally appoint an interim director. The motion passed, 7:1; Ms. Solomon voting no. Mr. Ruiz confirmed that a work session on the draft timeline and framework would be scheduled prior to the council’s break. B. WORK SESSION: Annual Meeting with Police Commission Mr. Ruiz introduced Police Commission chair Tamara Miller and vice chair Joe Alsup. Ms. Miller presented the Police Commission Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2008, which outlined how the commission had met expectations with respect to its FY 2008 work plan by allowing for issues of community concern and furthered the mission and objectives of the Police Commission. She said work was begun on updating the Police Operations Manual (POM) to Lexipol standards, developing the foundation for a strategic response to family violence and reviewing police department use of force policies. Ongoing work included review of staffing levels, joint meetings with the Human Rights Commission and Civilian Review Board and providing forums for community input at every commission and subcommittee meeting. She said that work on the taser policy included an open public forum format that allowed participants to interact with commissioners and experts on various subjects. She said the forum was successful after people became comfortable with the new format. Ms. Miller said that commission members participated in a modified version of the police operations academy and she was grateful to the police department for its willingness to accommodate the commission with a shortened version of the academy. She noted that the commission had a number of new members and a new staff person during the past year, which made the academy and the boards and commissions training provided by the City very helpful. She said the commission had also gone paperless as part of the City’s sustainability initiative. Ms. Miller said much of the commission’s attention was focused on emerging community issues resulting from the Salisbury case, which generated a Mental Health Crisis Response Subcommittee to examine crisis intervention team (CIT) models. The subcommittee’s report was accepted by Chief Bob Lehner, who agreed to proceed with implementing CIT training. She said the commission also developed a draft Taser policy for a pilot project, which would be reviewed at six months and one year intervals to determine if it should be continued. Mr. Alsup commended the Eugene Police Department for its outstanding efforts on security for the Olympic Trials. He said the 2009 work plan was divided into four main components: ? police long-term staffing plan – facilitating a community conversation on police service levels and formulating police recommendations on ongoing staffing decisions; MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 28, 2008 Page 3 Work Session