CC Minutes - 06/27/01 Work Session

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MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room, City Hall June 27, 2001 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, Par Farr, David Kelly, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, Gary Pap~, Gary Rayor, Betty Taylor. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. A. Reconsideration of Vote - Instant Runoff Voting Charter Amendment Mr. Kelly announced that he had a housekeeping issue to address, information about which was distributed to the City Council. On Monday, June 25,2001, a resolution regarding the instant runoff voting charter amendment was passed by the City Council. Mr. Kelly noted that he believed there was an inadvertent one- word error in the measure's text. The City Attorney advised Mr. Kelly that a reconsideration of the vote would be the cleanest method for correcting or amending the resolution. Mr. Kelly, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to reconsider the vote by which the City Council adopted on June 25,2001, the resolution to place the instant runoff voting charter amendment on the September ballot. The motion to reconsider carried unanimously, 7:0, Mr. Papd not having arrived at the meeting. Mayor Torrey declared the motion to consider the resolution to place the instant runoff voting charter amendment on the September ballot was back on the table. Mr. Kelly, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to amend the resolution, to insert the word "first" after the word "should." The amended last sentence of Section 20 would then read, "The City Council shall determine when preference voting should first be used." Mr. Pap8 arrived at the meeting. Mr. Meisner noted that at a meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations held June 26, discussion from the City's lobbyists noted that legislation to authorize instant runoff vote was unlikely to pass this legislative session. The motion to amend the resolution carried unanimously, 8:0. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 27, 2001 Page 1 Work Session