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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> July 10, 2002 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: David Kelly, Gary Pap~, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, Pat Farr, <br /> Betty Taylor, Gary Rayor, Bonny Bettman. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />In the absence of Mayor James D. Torrey, Council President Kelly called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />A.WORK SESSION: Discussion of Recommended Amendments to the Eugene City Charter <br /> <br />Mary Walston of the City Manager's Office was present for the item. She indicated that the <br />council must take action by August 12, 2002, if the council wished to have the charter-related <br />amendments on the November 2002 ballot. It was possible to take action on August 14, but that <br />would be very close to the deadline for filing the measures. <br /> <br />City Manager pro tem Jim Carlson distributed the motion the council passed on July 8 related to <br />the City Attorney position. <br /> <br />Regarding the issue of a city auditor, Mr. Carlson noted that the City already conducted <br />performance audits and staff did not oppose such audits. They were a legitimate management <br />tool. He was concerned about having a performance auditor appointed by the council, thus <br />establishing a second position that was hired and supervised by the City Council. Mr. Carlson <br />believed that there were potential pitfalls in such a situation, and noted the continued opposition to <br />a city auditor expressed by former City Manager Jim Johnson, who had worked in such a <br />jurisdiction with such a position, and did not find the approach effective. <br /> <br />Mr. Carlson referred the councilors to an option distributed at their places that was similar to the <br />approach the council took to the charter amendment related to an in-house city attorney. He said <br />that the option developed by the Citizen Committee on Charter Review (CCRC) went extensively <br />into details, such as the types of professional proficiencies required. Staff recommended that <br />those not be included in the charter because they could change over time, and the charter was <br />intended to be more of a guiding document. <br /> <br />Mr. Carlson referred to a sentence in the CCRC recommendation that read, All audit reports are <br />public records. He asked City Attorney Jerome Lidz to comment on how the recommendation <br />conflicted with Oregon Public Records Law. Mr. Lidz anticipated there would be rare times when <br />there was an audit report on a topic that was not suitable for public disclosure. He cited as an <br />example an audit of the City's computer security system, or security at the airport. He reported <br />that technically, under State law, every document in the possession of a State agency or local <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 10, 2002 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />