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membership and start dates for members would also be useful information for the public. He <br />agreed with Mr. Meisner about the need for an improved questionnaire and standardized <br />supplemental questionnaires. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor endorsed an annual recruitment process and spoke in favor of employing the Eugene <br />Celebration for that process. While she did not approve of term limits for elected officials, she <br />favored term limits for appointed committee members, saying citizens can vote out councilors but <br />not planning commissioners. She believed that there was a tendency among the elected officials <br />to keep the same people on committees because they are known. She also questioned why <br />some people served on so many committees, suggesting that those who represented groups <br />such as the Human Rights Commission on the CIC got "double or triple power somehow." She <br />did not know how it started and did not know whether it was a good idea, and wanted to think <br />about it more. Ms. Walston noted that membership on such groups as the CIC was codified, and <br />the code could be changed. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee believed that the system was confusing and hard to explain, and some consistency was <br />helpful. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lee moved, seconded by Ms. Taylor, to direct staff to draft an ordinance <br /> to revise the term lengths and length of service for standing committees to <br /> the council in order to achieve consistency and to create an annual <br /> recruitment process. <br /> <br /> Mr. Kelly moved, seconded by Mr. Rayor, to amend the motion by deleting "to <br /> achieve consistency" and replace it with "to clarify the Eugene Code." <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner suggested a friendly amendment: "that to achieve consistency and/or to clarify the <br />Eugene Code." Mr. Lee accepted the friendly amendment, and Mr. Kelly and Mr. Rayor <br />withdrew the motion to amend and second. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee restated the motion: <br /> <br /> To direct staff to draft an ordinance to revise the term lengths and length of service for <br /> standing committees to the council in order to achieve consistency and/or to clarify the <br /> Eugene Code and to create an annual recruitment process. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor moved to retain term limits. The motion died for lack of a second. <br />The motion passed unanimously, 7:0. <br />The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />James R. Johnson <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Kimberly Young) <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 14, 2000 Page 10 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />