Item A: Role of IGR Committee and Process to Establish Legislative Policy

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any member of the C'ity ,councilor any City board or commission desiring to testify ~n his or. he~ official capac.i.ty on legislative or regulatory matters before the state Legislative Assembly, state agencies, municipal borporations, or the Federal government, or desiring to submit funding requ~sts f'or municipal activities thereto or to any private foundation, shall present the essence of the testimony or funding request to the Council for prior approval, modifi~ation, or disapproval. . section 3. No. employee, agent or officer of the City shall testify on legislative or regulatory matters before a . governmental. entit.y .or request funding' from a public or private sourc~ in his or her official capacity' contrary to the adopted policies of the C9uncil. The 'Mayor, members of the City Council, and members of city boards or -commissions sha.ll not .make a funding request contrary to the adopted policies of the Council. No such person shall testify c~ntraiy to adopted policies of the Council unless prior to thepresehtation t~e speaker submits to the .governmental entity a written statement of the City's position and orally. acknowledges before sp~aking that" the testimony will .be contrary to tbe City's position. summaries of all testimony delivered under this' seQtion shall be provided to the Council. Each summary shall includ'e a description 'of. the time, place and group before which the statement was made. Section 4. In the event time pressures do .not permit the council to . consider the test~mony before the. intended time of presentation by a representative of a city board or commission, the.. person may speak for the board or commission, but must explain that the Council has not. considered the issue. Summaries .of all testimony under this section shall be provided to the Council. Section 5. Any officer, employee or agent of the city, the 'Mayor, ora member of the Councilor a city board or commissio~ may take a position before or request funding from admin~~trative staff of' state agenci-es I municipal corporations, the - Federal government, or private foundations without prior approval of the Council, but must declare that consideration and approval of the Counci 1 ha s not been obtained if that is the case. This declaration need not be given if the position or funding request presented represents application of previousl)' adopted Council po~icies with respect to the issue being considered. Section 6.' If the.. City Manager, or his or her d~signee determines it is importan't that the City of Eugene speak on a legislative issue or apply for available funds and the hearing schedule or funding application deadline does not permit prior Council approval, the City Manager or his or her designee is authorized to speak on behalf of the city of Eugene after consultation "lith the Council Legislative commit,tee Chair. Summaries of all . testimony delivered or funding applications ~ubmitted under this section shall be. provided to the Council. Resolution - 2