Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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mayor to appoint a broad sedkm of the \.xmmmnity M a lKnn:inatiag or :..;creening ;;:ommittee~ although that W<t~.; not 6b1igatory. fIe i;u.id the intent was to ensure that the ovmi~~ht board was :not pohtidzed or (~onstituent";hased, but hased. purdy 0.n fairness, Ml'. Pape observed th8J the previous baUot l1k.lsure related to an oversight board and not an auditor. He cautioned. the council to re.aUy \:,Qnsider whether it 'vvamed to have employees and the assodah~d :;1..;penri~~ory resp<.m:;;ihiHties, He felt that transparenl;;y ';;:ould be ach:ievi.->d through th.l.c city manager go\''Crn.ance appro<H;;lL .~.fs. Dettman pointoo out that the col..mdl ',vouM onlY h:\\:<:. the auditor ,mo the auditor would he respon::;ihh:: hx hiring and supervising the other staff .she dted !)tiler comr(U,mities thst had an ovcrsight entity that was answerahk: to the lcgisbtive body. In t<;:nn~ of whether the oversight entity sh0dd be administered by the J.egistative or administrative brand} of govz~rnn:lent, ::;he pointed out thi;tt there \v<;xe three ;.;:ityman.agers in on-lcc during the tirne that officers .Magana and Lar.;! were com:mitting 0rim.cs and the model COUld h<'lv( be.cn institm[:d at <my tim~\ butwa$ not. Mr. Pry0.r apprec:iatedMs. Solomon's cO!J<.::ems alxmt thi') implications of a charter amendment and his instind \vas h) he rductant t() opcn a d(y.;::um{~nt as. important .as a charter. He ~id that action i;houtd he thoug,htful and dl aspects coni;idercd, but circun1sf.an\.~e.s were extraordinary and it was important to resolw the i:..;sue,~ {!ftrui;t and acc;;mntability. lk Jsked \vhB.t dis<;u~~.;jons thc commi:.,sion. had a,ound OK signifjca:nll.y different impads in tenm of the trust and .a;.;:countahiEty ofthe two gOVi:~mance models. He could i>ee trust ls::;u:cs in b()th approacht-s and wanted to choosc the one that ~Nodd l;:.reaw thcmaximun1 ~mKn.mt oftrus.t within the c.ommun:ity, M.r. Lme said it was a diffkult d:is<;ui;:";Jon f\.1f the commissiQ!l and tilt: biggest conccrn about <Amncil involvellient in personnel matters related to making people's Job poEtical; ho\veve" the eommiMion dtim<'ltdy de\:ided tl1M ::;trudmal independence of the a1..!ditor^::; otTice from the dlief executiH~ of the l:uunidpd organization was important. 1k :..;aid there >.,'ere r:i::;ks in both approadles and speculak"f.l that the corml1.ission'<3 ded:"ion Wl1/; influenced by operating in the t;.ontext of }vtaganalLara and the abuse that zwcurt\::d over a period of years. In respow.,e to a req\B::i;t from Ms, Tay!or, Ms. Heuman read the proposed baUd xneai;ure hmguagc: '.ShaH the Eng\.~ne (::lwrter be anleNk:d t(} authorize the c()undl to apfJt!l11t a civilian review hoard and employ a professional poliee auditor?" Ms. Taylor noted that the language did nut ::;pedfy any detail:;; m oblig<!te the council to spedf:ic <'lctions; it asked permission from the votCIS to appz)int and hire, Sh{~ agreed that the puhlk: hearings nKntion<A:l by Ms, Solon-iOn :.,hodd happen <It a later date, along vlith conslderdbk diseui;sion hy thi:: c-oulleil <:md with tl:\<) I;;OlJmmmty. th. Ortiz said her support ofthe ;;:ommi:..;:,ion'g n;CJ~ll11!nendation was not per::;onal with respect to the City Manager' <3 role or tlK P<llice Department and was nd about pb>.::ing blmnc t~x problerns. She said it wa!:', ab(}l..jt putting in pla<;e a ::;ystem. t1wt would ensure tran~paren\:y in the complaint proc\;:ss so. that hcr constituents t:.ould fed there \VaS an 1mbi~sed verson availabk to dis01SS their issues, .Mayor Piercy solkited a i;ecnnd rotmd :of con,m<;;nts. Mr. Kelly said that changes to the structure of gov<::nullent a::.-> represe:ntai by th{~ proposed model. would. take the (;~'1\.:el11el1t nfthe voters of the eniire city, not just a decision by the connciL With rc.speet to tl:wughHhlne:..;s, he &'l,idme!nber:., of the Communities United fhr Hetkr Policing mga:n.ization had becn working i)U the issue '"'for decades, "H.e agn;cd that there WM th~ potential. for poEticizing the proceH:., but. MrNUTES~Euge.ne City Council July 25, 2005 Page 3 \Vork Session -.............................. .