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MINUTES – Eugene City Council Work Session July 10, 2019 Page 2 3.WORK SESSION: Police Auditor Annual Performance ReviewCouncil Discussion o Councilor Zelenka – lauded the Police Auditor’s work, especially as it related to theonboarding of the new Police Chief in the past year. o Councilor Yeh – appreciated that the Police Auditor and his office are constantly trying toimprove their work and their communication efforts; praised the work to work positivelywith the Police Department. o Councilor Pryor – thought the increase of the internally submitted complaints were atestament to the Police Department’s trust in his office; rated his work as excellent. o Councilor Clark – recalled more divisive times between the community and the policedepartment; said the creation of the Office of the Police Auditor was done with hope formore cooperation and positive relationships and the current Police Auditor made thathope a reality. o Councilor Taylor – pointed out that the creation of the office was borne out of a citizeninitiative; said that the current Auditor is benefiting from the hard work of those whopreviously held the position; noted that the role was especially challenging for the firstAuditor - a woman - noting that such a role is still more difficult for a woman today. o Councilor Clark – disagreed with Councilor Taylor, noting that it diminished the currentAuditor’s work; said he felt the current Auditor was simply better at the job; asked forclarification about merit increases being tied to the score and supported aligning themwith the process used for the City Manager. o Councilor Zelenka – supported having the same contract requirements for all threecouncil employees (the city manager, police auditor and municipal court presiding judge);asked for clarification on how the point system for performance reviews was tied to themerit increases; said he would prefer the Mayor’s score not be included in any meritincreases. o Councilor Clark – did not want to see practices develop that were not supported by theCharter. o Councilor Semple – felt strongly that the Mayor’s score should not be included in the meritincreases; did not feel that scoring for the Police Auditor should be translated into acorresponding compensation range during the meeting without councilors knowing thatwas the case when they chose their scores. o Councilor Pryor – wanted to create a structure for a more reliable system with fewersurprises; wanted to implement the changes for the coming evaluation rather than thecurrent one. o Councilor Clark – shared his intention to offer an amendment to give the Auditor a fivepercent merit pay increase rather than three percent raise. MOTION: Councilor Semple, seconded by Councilor Zelenka, moved that council award the Police Auditor a three percent merit salary increase effective July 7, 2019, and authorize the Council President to execute a contract consistent with this motion. o Councilor Zelenka – asked staff for language to amend that indicates future pay increaseswould be linked to a score by council and that the mayor’s score would not be included. o Councilor Clark – spoke to the Police Auditor’s excellence; felt additional merit pay waswarranted. o Councilor Zelenka – asked for clarification about what the Police Auditor originally askedfor in terms of his merit increase. September 9, 2019, Meeting – Item 2A