Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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emphasized two values: I) improved ~H.:-cei:>S and safety and 2) thcilit;;tting the be:,t fe,;,;oluhon to a eomp!<tinL Mr. Bro\vn reported that Lhe AAindic.ation Review Model Committee, which he chaired, reviewed thJee models for civilian review and agreed that the hybrid :,ystem 'NilS the. .hrvore-d i;yste,YL He Hoted that \vhat the committee reeommended \va$ not what was before the council; the comrnittee's U;;CQnnnendatkln \vas l1wditkxl at the commi$si.on kwl based on ongoing public input He said the hybrid model CGHsisLed of profei;sional civilian cmph'yees supervis;;::d outside ofth(~ Po1iceDepartment who actively monitored 1lwcBtigations fbr {jualit.y a%umnce, plus a five~ to sevenymember revkw board nfvolul1te;::~rs who reflected the community hut di.d not reprei:>ent any constitw;:ncy to evaluak the work nfthe auditor; the revle-w board conld reopen dosed cases, He said that in order to emmrl;:. that alkgMio:ns of mbconduct \vu'e investigated in a t.horo~igh, objective and timely rnanner, the commission was recomm{~nd.ing that lntemal Aftl1h'S (1A) be restnlcl.ured to become a sp<:..'Cializcdinvestigative unit ha:ndJing internal investigation::; w that superviRm; were nn longer hoth conducting investig-.;;!tbn.s ,-m.d making a rCCOrHlnen- datiol1 k,r the oukome of that investigation, He review~~d the functions and autho:dty of the auditor and the review' hoard. Hc s.tatui that while the hybrid sy:4enl had checks and bahmce::; to elBure strong az~(;ountability< SU<A.::ess of the system depended on th~:- qualilY of the sek>cted auditor. the committee volunteer::;' ability to be impartial and fai.r i.n. aU aSptcti; of the work, and adequate funding, Mr. Laue emphasized that one of the commi~f-jon ':;; goals :.!t the heginning of the prnce::;:, \Vas the development of a ~.;y~.;te.m that it kit '<'Vas h<;~st h>r tbe cnmmunity, tlwt wai; open and acz~essibh::, :.md that cc,dd build community consenSUi; around the alterw~Jives fix policing, He said to ~!l;:hkve that goal communitym<;~m.bers and organizations were involved extensively in the pmce~.;s,He noted that there was un:.minlous support on the ;;:(Hrunii:>~,i{)n fnr th{~ modd as :.!whole that was presented tu the council, hnt th.at did not mean (,:very rnember agreed with every ai:>pect; it did mean that the l;;mn.mi::;:;;.ion thought the model wai:> the he$t way to moVl;; ti:nward. \-\lith respect to outstanding issues,lVk Laue l.istd the following: . The model '.VB.S a fnun.;;::work and required filling in of details as well. as cmp.toy(x~ contractual and puhlic records i:.;sues resolvedlx:forc impkmentatiOlL . The system would need to be continua.l1y evah;atcd and retain t1exibUHy fIX :.!dju.'>tmen.ts as it W,IS impkmented, .. Approval of the ;~omrnis:}ion's work plan by the ,~oundl w<Juld aHmv work on rcfinenlt;:nts to continut;: and a preliminary plan for implementation of the model to be dt;~vdopcd. . A decii:>ion from t.he z~oun.dl and possibly the community bdbre the model C.,-U1 be finalizcd. . Adequate fundi.ng to sUPPOJ1 the model. . A charter a:mendment to allmv thcmayor :.md C(>UllCit to hin) an auditor and appoint a review board. 'fhis govcrn~mc<;~ approach was ::;elected because the i:>tructum! ind~pendence ofthe OVl;::r^ sight model was important to cngendering trui:>t and building support in tb;; ;;:.onmmnity for hoth th(l Police D(Tartment and the auditor's ofi:1ce. Continuing. Mr, Laue said that research indicated oversight models tended to fai.1, in part, because there Wt;;re not adequate resoun.::-es to impkmcnt thenl welL Tie noted that governance of the model would work either under the <!Uspicei; of the City COHndl or t.he Chy Manager. He said that if a c.h;;trtcr amendm.ent failed at the ballot the commiMion fully expected the cound.l to move the modd thrward under the City \t.<'tniJger'i; (Jff1ce. He added that there were a number of ways that g'Ovenwn;;:e by the mayor and coundl COUld occnr, hut thc ci)mmi:.;<,;ion had left t.hat decision to the coundLHe <l.sked for direction frmn tbe cOl,.1Ucil em how the t~mnmis~;ion sh01.l1d pnjceed and a decision em the COrHln.isi;ion 's extended work plan. MINrrrES......Eugcne City Council July 25, 2005 Page 4 ViOl'k Scssion . ... ..................................................--....-.~..........~--