Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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the authority tn hire and aw;litor <ind appoint a review hoard. Lk did not expect that the council \wmkl ind.ude '-my of the other det<.tih in the report. :tYh. SnknIlon wa:,; not ct)liain she could support a council-appoinw-d auditor who would report dirc;;:tly k the cOlmdL She felt tJU!t the Cityh-lanager's joh was to be the ;~OIKh.lit from the City orgim.ization tD the ;:.ollucil <.md for the council to have .an cmpk,y<x:: re-port direl;;l.ly to it would uwkrrnine the City Managtr's authority .and that form of gove,nment She wa;;; rdUdtint to se.c that in the fbnn of ii chart.er amendment iind w{lUld prefer rw. nrdinanc(. M.s. lkttman t.h.a.nked the l;;()mrni~.;sion and its officers and ~ubcmnmittc<~ >.::h.!irs. She ~.;aid the Cjty of SeaHle'z, oversight i..'l1tity wa;;; (:aHcd th.) Gake ofProfe~:.;ional Accountability and she .likcd the name lx:caui;e Im::.k of accountability Of perceived ahsenee of uccountability l..wtaidy pre:judiced the conlmun1ty' s app.rcdadon of the Police Department \; dedicated empbyee;;;. She felt the cm:mnis~don' s reeomrnenda- tloni; ,epresented. a form of Gvenight. th<lt was independent of the Pnlk:.e Depart.ment and rz~spGnsivc tn thi:: public through the nonnalehmmds of dernocmtic gov,crnment She quoted from the <mthor of t'roblcm- Oriented Policing that ""fo the degrc~ th.at \-v\:: expcnd n:::i;ourcei; on st,ategie:..; that don't 'solve pwbJ.cms. we \vin always ho;ve inadequate n:.SOUfces, Vie mu::;t move to :"martcf budgets 0.nd ;;;u:rgic.al strakg-i<;:i;; rathtr than :;;\v.iitfhe~;, we :;;hm.ild in;;;taH screens:' She s.aid $h(: vie".I,'Ci.-i the l>f(}po~.;al as ins(:::..llling a ::;creen, She sa.id th(~ only is~;ut:: th.!t wl;:ndd go on the bal10t w<.ru!d be the fonn of governance MH.l the questi.on of who the police auditor w:<.t::; lliXountahk W, Nt.;. Ortiz echoed the thanks and praise from other c,mndlors and also thtinkd the BItC, y\lhitt<iker Communi.ty Coundl and the Po1ke Department for their participatizm in and :,;upport of the pny...~ess, She said :;;he wa::; not wmbrtab1e with the audit,)f reporting to the council but th(: comrm.;nity had a"h::d H)f an cxtcrnal rcv1cw board that wa::; outside the purview of the City. She :,;aid it was Dwed tZ) th;:~ community to have the complaint process be 0.S tt'anspaTent as possihle and if the. com:.m.ission 's H.'cr.mnnendation was to \vay to get there she would support it Referring to }.'k Po!ing'~.; que~.;tiO'n about why go to the balht if the c<.mncH would then implemcnt the ::;y::;tem under the CityMMW.gcr,Mr. KeHy said that the govcr:mmce \v.as not a foregone l;;ondui;ion~ while the cnnunis~.io:n's. 1'<::pOIt did indicate the City MwU!ger approach was <:rwther optiJm, he could not support. it Decaus<.::. of the fW.Hlarnenhl js~.;ue (jf structural independence. .He z,aid there 'Na:;; a ,:rdibihty p.roblem that needed to be addressed and g'()ing with a system that was seen hy the public as not funy independcnt would not solve it. He agreed with Ms. Solpmnn's point that this was the first rneet.jng alwhich the cormdl had considered the c.Ol:nmi~)don';;; report and recommendMi.onB, but noted the tho:roughne;;;s ofthe commission's work over the p.!~.;t year, including exten~i \Ie public outreach. He said the charter amend- ment 'vvou.ld bc very hrief and basically ask if the coun(~U ;;;houl.d he allowed to .appoint an auoito:r and a ciyilian reYlew board, He characterized the amendment as a very w.inor change to the structure of government that did not undermine the citym~mage.r govcJnan;;:e stn.KtuK. Mr, Part disagreed with ML Kdly's temarks. He s.!id tl1<!t having an al.lditorreprding to the council wa~ a hugz~ Z:hange in the governance model. H:~~ agreed ,.vith thc need fo.r an ovcrsight board an.d thc need fo:r a chmit::r mrmudment to establish nne, He appreciate-d the eOinmission"s peThpective. but the cOl..mdl should take a broader Vlc";>..' and ask \vhether it was wilhng to changc the strong cityman.ager form "f gnvernmenL He asked ifthe oversif!)1t board, in reviewing the Huditor's work. ei;bblbhCi.-l the public cwdi.hil.ity and transparency that seem to be at issue, Mr. Laue responded that wa,~ part of it, and the con.uni:"sion feH the oversight board had to he appotnkxl hy the council, but also fdt the auditor needed on ,';)ome Ie,/;:::! be a;;:COW1tahte to th~~ l.~ou:ndL Me Bmwn notNl that an optio.n thc cOl.mnission crmsiderd t~)1' the oversight hoard that dif.fered from the way otht.':r boards and commis;;;ions were appointed W0.S tor the MINUTES.mnEug.'Cn;::: City Cnuncit July 25, 2{)O.5 Page 7 Work Se:,;::;ion