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made sure the defendants understood the material their attorneys had explained to them, he was respectful, and had sincerely wished them a positive outcome; said she likes the tone he is setting for the municipal court. <br />•Councilor Zelenka – asked about pretrial vs. post-sentencing jail holds and why more jail bedsmight not help; asked how long someone would be held pretrial; said accountability for lowerlevel crimes question comes up in the community frequently because many feel offendingindividuals are not begin held accountable because they don’t go to jail; asked how councilcould help address this issue; said the municipal court is just one part of an overall system thatis impacted significantly by inadequate resources for addiction and homelessness issues. <br />•Councilor Taylor – said she recently forwarded a list of questions to Judge Gill; asked if themunicipal court can sentence people to mental institutions, if people get put in jail for parkingtickets, if people could be put in jail for having an open container, and if there was a lot of timespent in court with neighborhood and domestic disputes; asked about barking dogs. <br />•Councilor Evans – said he’s heard that the state hospitals are not accepting referrals from thecourts because they say there is a capacity issue and too many people are being sent there;asked what happens to people who are released sooner than they should be from the statehospital. <br />•Councilor Clark – said he was trying to make the argument that the lack of jail beds is the mostdysfunctional part of the dysfunctional system in the city; said he wanted to separate people’scondition from behavior, noting that there is an epidemic of lawlessness in the community at amisdemeanor level and offenders are not being held accountable to the degree that a largechunk of the community wants; asked what is the most broken part of the system that councilcould address and make this better; asked about the effects on Eugene of the State’sclassification of drug possession charges as misdemeanors rather than felony offenses andwhat would occur if Oregon were like other states in that regard.The meeting adjourned at 7:16 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Beth Forrest City Recorder (Recorded by Elena Domingo) Link to the webcast of this City Council meeting: here. <br />Janurary 13, 2020, Meeting – Item 3A