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<br />Ms. Bettman surmised that some councilors wanted a governmental entity such as ODOT at the table in <br />order to rebut. She felt there were “lots of things [she considered] inaccurate that were said in the council <br />that come out of councilor mouths.” She wondered why only some were “rebuttable” and some were not. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor related that some councilors and the Mayor wanted more joint meetings with other <br />elected officials. This posed scheduling issues more often than not. He said the hardest meeting to schedule <br />was a joint elected officials meeting. <br /> <br />Ms. Shepard summarized the discussion: the councilors’ prevailing sentiment was that representatives of <br />other intergovernmental agencies should not be at the table and should not vote, but that being available to <br />provide information was of some benefit. <br /> <br />Ms. Rose reported that she had received a call from EWEB earlier in the day seeking to schedule a joint <br />meeting. She indicated she would be contacting the councilors regarding this proposal. <br /> <br />Ms. Shepard called for a 10-minute break. <br /> <br /> <br />6. Winter 2007 Special Meeting Schedule <br />? <br /> <br /> Strategic Planning/Goal Setting Retreat <br />? <br /> <br /> Process Session <br /> <br />Ms. Rose passed out a polling sheet to determine when the next strategic planning session should be held <br />and preferences for when the next process session should be held. She asked councilors to check the dates <br />they were available. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé noted that the prior process session had to be moved and then it never happened. He wanted to <br />know how those things happen when the eight councilors had indicated their preference for the dates. City <br />Manager Taylor stated that it had been the Mayor’s and his decision to move the process session. He <br />recalled that the date had conflicted with his trip to the International City Managers Association conference <br />and that the Mayor had felt it important that he be available for the process session. <br /> <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy arrived. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor surmised, from the discussion, that it was the council’s preference to have the first <br />Wednesday after the council break set aside for a process session. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman wondered if three process sessions were really needed. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor said he had another board meeting on Wednesday evenings that prevented him from participating <br />in process sessions on that night. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz indicated her willingness to be somewhat flexible. She felt it was important to try and accommo- <br />date each other’s schedules. She suggested that the council pass on the process session scheduled for after <br />the goal-setting retreat. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor opined that one process session was enough. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council September 18, 2006 Page 8 <br /> Process Session <br /> <br />