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Mr. Pryor agreed there was limited discussion and said he based his support of the resolution on the trust <br />that the City Manager was comfortable with it. He said he wanted the Police Auditor to succeed and would <br />support the amendment in the absence of serious objections from the City Manager and auditor. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé said there was a lot of discussion between two parties and the word “exclusive” was removed as <br />part of a compromise but returned when the issue came before the council. He asked if the City Manager <br />was comfortable with inclusion of the word “exclusive.” City Manager Taylor replied that it depended on <br />whether it was by administrative order or the council’s interpretation of the charter. He understood that the <br />resolution as amended by Mr. Kelly would not include the word “exclusive.” He agreed with Mr. Lidz that <br />it was unlikely there would be a liability problem and it was important to move forward with implementing <br />the police auditor function. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé asked if Mr. Kelly would accept a friendly amendment to remove the word “exclusive.” Mr. Kelly <br />declined. <br /> <br />The motion to amend passed 5:2; Mr. Papé and Ms. Solomon voting in opposition. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to amend the main motion by adding the phase <br />“and to schedule a public hearing for Monday, December 11, 2006.” <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman stated she would support the amendment. She conveyed a sense of the Police Commission’s <br />discussion of the issue of bias with respect to CRB members. She said the commission felt that the board <br />should not represent any particular interest and members should not be selected on that basis; the board <br />should be able to conduct a fair, objective look at the facts. She encouraged any councilor with concerns <br />about that issue to contact former commission chair Tim Laue or current chair Maurice Denner to discuss <br />the issue. She said there was some frustration in the community about the length of time since passage of <br />the ballot measure authorizing an auditor and would support the amendment to schedule a public hearing on <br />December 11. She agreed with holding a discussion of supervisory matters at the council’s next process <br />session. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said that parts of the ordinance needed to be “staged” and as part of refining it for the public <br />hearing Ms. Beamud should identify which parts should be enacted immediately to allow her to move <br />forward with establishing an office and which parts should be phased in so that she was not obligated to <br />accept complaints immediately upon adoption. <br /> <br />The motion to amend passed unanimously, 7:0. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé asked for a memorandum on the issue raised by Ms. Solomon, a memorandum on staff authority <br />and a memorandum on when the mayor was considered a part of the council. <br /> <br />The main motion as amended passed, 5:2; Mr. Papé and Ms. Solomon voting in opposition. <br /> <br /> <br />C. WORK SESSION: Update on Farmers Market <br /> <br />Facilities Management Division Manager Glen Svendsen explained that the purpose of the work session was <br />to obtain direction from the council on the Farmers Market improvement project. He said the request was <br />unusual because capital projects were not generally brought back to the council once they were budgeted; <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 13, 2006 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />