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Mayor Torrey recused himself from council consideration of the ordinance. Council President Fart assumed the role of chair of the meeting. Mr. Fart moved, seconded by Mr. Tollenaar, that Council Bill 4633, with unanimous consent of the council, be read the second time by council bill number only, and that enactment be considered at this time. The motion was adopted unanimously, 7:0. Ms. Elmer announced that the council would consider Council Bill 4633 by number only. Mr. Fart moved, seconded by Mr. Tollenaar, that Council Bill 4633 be approved and given final passage. The motion was adopted unanimously, 7:0, and became Ordinance 20104. Mr. Fart moved, seconded by Mr. Tollenaar, to direct the City Manager to prepare necessary code language exempting ordinances for levying of assessments from the current public hearing requirement in Section 2.007 and delegate authority to the Hearings Official per Section 7.187(1). Ms. Taylor asked if the motion meant that the Hearings Official would make decisions regarding levying of assessments. Mr. Klein replied that the motion would continue previous practices in which the Hearings Official held public hearings on levying of assessments, report findings and recommendations to the City Council, and the council would take action to impose the assessments. Mr. Tollenaar stated that his request for a report on the feasibility of using Council Resolutions to levy assessments was pertinent to the motion under consideration. Ms. Elmer explained that when the council had adopted its Ground Rules on December 10, 1997, staff was unaware that a comparable process for public hearings held by the Hearings Official, not the City Council, was in place for levying assessments. Mr. Klein said that the council was being asked to give direction about the exempting ordinances for levying of assessments. The council could follow the Ground Rule requiring public hearings for all ordinances before the council; consider code language exempting ordinances levying assessments from the ground rule requiring a public hearing before council since a hearing is held by a Hearings Official or consider an ordinance change so that levying assessments can be accomplished through Council Resolutions. Mr. Klein said that the motion under consideration could be adopted, amended, or withdrawn. Mr. Tollenaar suggested that the motion should be adopted because it gave direction to prepare code language to exempt levying assessments, but did not adopt such a procedure. The motion was adopted unanimously, 7:0. Mayor Torrey re-assumed the role of chair of the meeting. Minutes--Eugene City Council January 26, 1998 Page 8 7:30 p.m.