Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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J\1L Kelty said the mattcr wa~.; one of fundamental goveman;.;:e and he felt the issues were dearly on the table and before the c\.ml!TlUnity. i\ts. Hethnan thought it "vas unfortunate that Mr. Poling placz'xl a :tnotion un the tabk: that hask.aUy rdleck>J the comtm:':nts of one eoun.dkr regarding ~pliJti:n.g the auditor and revkw board functions. She said the trelnendou.s downside of i:iphtting those two fum;;tions wa~':i that when the Police Commission deliberakd, It Msmned there was a vast universe of optio.n;>; aV.<libble for t.he check> und bahinces of an oversight model and those 8.SSWllption::; wcre changed when the auditor governance 'Nas separated frnm the revievll:h)ard goverm!.l1ce. She preferred to put l1othi:ng on the ballot rather thml Mr. Pohng's m(ltion and i;upportedMr. Kelly's suhi:ititute motion bcc.<mst;:: she believed that structural indepemknce was the fundamcnt<d ii:i~.;ue that needed h,:' betaken to fhecomrmmity. ML Pryor said hi~ Hrst ins.tinct W.l::; to sUPP::f!t M1'. Poling's recomrl1endatil,n, but the connci! Ilc\:.ded to trust someone at this point. He s.<lid as much a~ he was r\:.h..dant to change the hmdarnental structure of Eugene's gove!mnenl, taking everything into account he would support T\-f;. Kelty's motion primarily because it was t.he reeo:m.mendation of the Police Commisi:ilon, w:hich had dune Hli.K:h wnrk and study. He did not like being pushed to make decisions in 90 lninuk~s bul would support the (?nmmission's reC.Oln- mendation, Mr. Pape did not fcd the issue WtlJd be vetted. in 90 m.inutes and preferred_ to have {lnoth~r work ~.;es::;ion, H.e said that the couneil lacked informati-on on what other cmmnunities with a city manager fbrm of government had the type nf gnve:mance structure being pmpos(~d in Mr. Kelly's motion. He said there were many questiOlls that still needed to hz-~ answered. Responding tn Ms. Bettman's remark,~AL Po.ling ass.erted that his motion \V;:lS not based ~.;ore1y on-one (:ou:ncilor'~.; connnents; it rdkckd his g>;ueral sen~.:;e of the dis\.~ussion up to that point. His intent '<<'<1$ not to demean or slight thc work of the conJ.mi~;sio:n as h~ understood how difficult its t<lsk was, He felt that placing the <mditor under the City Manager was a more effic-knt and effective appn.la~~h ;;lnd spending :5 WO,OOO on aH election fDr something the cOi.H1dl aIready had the authority to do did not l.nake sen~e. He ".<Iid it was dear that aU (:-l:H:mciJors Wt;'.re interested in impk'nKnUug the <ll.lditor .<md civilianl'Cvkw oo.<m.i i.mplemented quickJy. He wuJd not unden,tand sp\.~nding taxpayer money on an dCdion which., if it faikd, the wundl would implement anyway, Ms, Heitman stated ~.:;he d.idlwt think the mon\:.y \vas wOlth it withoul struetural independence ofHK ovelxight {;"'Dtity because it w;~H;;ld be redundant to existing rnanagement protocols. She point;;d out that there Vlas an external auditDr report and recommendationsfsx three years in a row <Uld action wa::; not takt:::n until the Magana/Lam sea:ndaL With respect t() :.:;pe-:nding funds for <in election. fShe ~ai.d that the thrce times thc City attempted to pil~,S- a hond k:vy to build a police sVlHon it had r;;likd; it W11S now tiTne to go hack aud make an investmtm in a "w~feen insi.ead of a f1yswatkr." She said that \.vhether the auditor, support stall .<md l;;iyi1ian revic\'\' board \vere tmder the purview of the (~ityMal1ager or the cmlucH, the c.osi. would he the~ame~ the only issue was the fO:m1 of gove.mance. fvh .Piercy ackno',v1edged that eve-:rynne at {ht table appreclHted the work of the commission and SUpjXlli:\.-"{l the concept of an auditor and external review hoard and only differed on the stn.wtuml ~eparal;i(}!L The moti<m to mnend with a ~ubs.tit:ut\:: motion passed, 5:3; Mr, PerEng, Ms, Solo- mon an.dM.r. Pare voting in oppo~Hjon, Mr[\rtrrEs.-.:F.ugen<;~ City O;.mnd! July 25,2005 Page Hl Work Se~~;ion ------..------...........------.--....................