CC Minutes - 06/24/98 Work Session

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Mr. Fart indicated he was more comfortable not including the council candidates, but would defer to Mr. Tollenaar. Mr. Tollenaar believed that those individuals' ideas should be considered. He said that even though one would not be elected, the council did not know who that individual was and he felt it would be a safer course to consult with both candidates. Mr. Fart indicated his acceptance of Mr. Tollenaar's rationale. Mr. Lee said that the motion represented a reasonable approach. He said that the council should spend some time debriefing what went wrong during the tenure of the last manager. Councilors needed to discuss what they expected of the manager as individuals. He said that if felt a little strange to pick an option without the benefit of that discussion. Mr. Lee asked that the council approach the topic as objectively as possible, and advocated for councilors to place their expectations of the manager in writing to avoid politicizing the discussion. Ms. Nathanson did not perceive a need for a huge shakeup or radical departure from the current situation, adding that did not mean that it was business as usual; the City organization continued to evolve and improve. New ideas and improvements were being put into place. Ms. Nathanson said that she would not have supported Option D, a full-scale recruitment. She preferred Option B as modified, and suggested the council give more thought to the issue of including those not yet elected. She asked about the scope of the decision to involve those individuals: would they be involved in the full four-week process, or would each give a five- minute presentation of their expectations? The motion passed, 6:1; Ms. Taylor voting no. Mr. Wong described how staff would implement the motion adopted by the council. Ms. Swanson Gribskov indicated she would not be in Eugene during the first two weeks of August, and asked that the item be moved up on the council schedule if possible. Mr. Torrey agreed. E. Work Session: Highway 126 West Interim Corridor Strategy Res. No. 4569--A resolution of support for the Highway 126 West Interim Corridor Strategy. Mr. Farr moved, seconded by Mr. Tollenaar, approve the resolution of support. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 6:1:0; Mr. Meisner abstaining. The council returned to the motion tabled under item C. The council agreed to bring the motion off the table. Mr. Klein said that staff developed an alternative motion to preserve the council's options. He proposed that the council adopt the motion in the staff notes with added language. He reviewed the proposed language. Mr. Fart moved, seconded by Mr. Lee, to amend the motion on the table by substituting the following text: to approve the establishment of a separate management fund within the Airport Fund that will involve the transfer of $1,131,835 from the existing Airport reserves and balances, representing the offset of General Fund payments to the Airport general obligation bond debt service in fiscal years 1992 and 1993, and to direct staff to schedule a work MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 24, 1998 Page 10 11:30 a.m.