Item 6: Ratification of IGR Minutes and Direction on Legislative Policy

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ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall February 13, 2007 Noon PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, Chair; Betty Taylor, Chris Pryor, members; Kitty Piercy, Mayor; Brenda Wilson, Mary Walston, Jessica Cross, Randi Zimmer, Mary Feldman, City Manager's Office; Chuck Solin, Human Resource and Risk Services; Eric Jones, Peggy Keppler, Chris Henry, Public Works Department; Sarah Medary, Parks and Open Space Division; Nancy Young, Planning and Development Department; Ellwood Cushman, Police Department; Pam Berrian, Information Services Division; Char Mauch, Municipal Court Services; Larry Hill, Jeff Perry, Finance Division, Central Services Department; Jerome Lidz, City Attorney's Office. 1. Call to Order and Review Agenda Ms. Bettman called the meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) to order Ms. Bettman called for additions or changes to the agenda. Ms. Taylor requested clarification on what had passed and what had not passed. Ms. Bettman said she wanted to talk about that as well. Mr. Pryor concurred. Ms. Bettman indicated that she wished to discuss the issue of pass/fail. Ms. Wilson requested clarification on the protocol should be for a motion made by the CCIGR to change staff recommendation that had to go before the full City Council, so she would know how to carry the City’s agenda forward on such bills. Ms. Bettman stated that the precedent in the past had been that a majority vote for a specific recommenda- tion of the CCIGR would be placed on a list that was similar to a matrix. She said if a motion passed at the CCIGR, even if not unanimous, it was the recommendation unless someone pulled it at council. She averred that the only time a motion failed was if it did not receive a second and would, therefore, not “go anywhere;” this was considered an endorsement of the staff recommendation. She underscored that a councilor had a right to pull any bill for discussion, though usually councilors only pulled bills that did not have unanimous support for the CCIGR position on them. Ms. Piercy said a vote of the CCIGR was a recommendation to council, which the council could accept or not, and did not go forward as a position until it had passed through the council. Ms. Bettman disagreed. Ms. Taylor concurred with Ms. Bettman. MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental February 13, 2007 Page 1 Relations