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Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to pull the August 12, 2002 regular session minutes from the Consent Calendar. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Ms. Bettman noted that she had also forwarded minutes corrections vie e-mail. Mayor Torrey determined there were no objections to Councilor Bettman's suggested corrections. Roll call vote; the remaining items on the consent calendar passed unanimously, 8:0. Regarding Item B (the living wage issue), Councilor Kelly said there was an important principal at stake. He said the council had given clear direction in a unanimous motion at the August 12, meeting and the direction was not being followed. He said the motion was worded to echo wording in the agenda item summary addressing the timing for a living wage ordinance and calling for a thorough impact study, in the next few months, which would affect the building of the FY04 budget. Councilor Kelly said that his original motion called for the City Manager to return with draft options for a living wage ordinance in time for inclusion in fiscal year 2004 budget building. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to amend the tentative working agenda to reiterate the intent of the council's motion of August 12, 2002, by including a work session for further consideration of living wage options this November. Councilor Rayor said he would support the motion and called for a list of impacts to the City of such an ordinance to be available at that work session. Councilor Meisner noted that, with the additional work session called for by the motion, there would be five additional meetings for the citizen subcommittee. Councilor Kelly said the motion should not even be necessary. He said the motion simply reiterated the earlier motion. Councilor Nathanson said she wanted answers to other questions as well as budget impacts such as unintended consequences and comparisons with other cities. She said she could not make an informed vote without answers to some of those other questions as well. Councilor Pap~ clarified that he did not need to recuse himself from the current discussion, noting that he had recused himself from the last vote. City Attorney Glenn Klein said he did not even need to declare a potential conflict of interest at the current time. Councilor Pap~ stressed the importance taking the time to do the job right. He said it was a complex issue that was not part of the original council goals and noted that the time of City staff was already stretched. He said if City staff said it needed more time to work on the issue, he would respect that. Councilor Bettman commented on the irony of the council limiting its deliberation time at a previous work session and was now re-deliberating an issue already voted on. She said she would support the motion. MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 23, 2002 Page 5 Regular Meeting