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Ms. Taylor said that she believed union leaders would likely reflect opinions of most employees. The motion to amend was adopted, 7:1, Ms. Taylor voting no. Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Mr. Laue, to amend the motion to include division managers in the evaluation process. Ms. Swanson Gribskov said that the value of the proposed change would increase the amount of data available to the council in the evaluation process. Mr. Lee said that he would support the amendment because he did not believe job titles were as important as they were in the past. He said he also believed communication within an organization should be two-way. Mr. Meisner said the council needed to be as widely informed as possible when it performed the evaluation of the City Manager. He said the proposed amendment reflected a team building emphasis in the evaluation. Ms. Nathanson said she was concerned that the amendment would double the number of persons to be interviewed in the evaluation of the City Manager. She suggested that a random sample of division managers might be more appropriate. Mr. Tollenaar pointed out that adding time to the evaluation also added expense. Mr. Farr suggested that a "cross-section approach" to employee representation could be helpful. He said that employees concerned about confidentiality in participating in the evaluation of the City Manager likely held negative opinions they wished to express. Mr. Lee said he believed interviews and surveys in the evaluation process should look for patterns and themes. He suggested that the facilitator chosen to provide services as a result of the request for proposals might have additional process suggestions to make. Mr. Laue said he believed division managers were highly qualified to make an evaluation of the manager and that they were knowledgeable enough to blame the City Council, not the City Manager, for resource cuts created by Ballot Measure 47/50. He said he was concerned about the large number of persons proposed to be in the evaluation process. Ms. Swanson Gribskov suggested that the skills and experience of the chosen facilitator might be used for devising ways to expand the input into the evaluation process. Mayor Torrey determined that the maker and seconder of the motion agreed to make incorporation of division managers in the evaluation process an alternate possibility to be determined by discussion between the City Council and the chosen facilitator. The motion to amend the request for proposals, as changed, was adopted, 6:2, with Ms. Swanson Gribskov and Ms. Taylor voting no. Mr. Laue moved, seconded by Mr. Fart, to amend the motion to state that only time frame Option B be included in the request for proposal. Minutes--Eugene City Council February 2, 1998 Page 5 7:30 p.m.