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<br />accessibk^ She i;uppmied wh.atev~;T compen::;ation the City could give hirn,adding th.at h~~ "earned every <br />penny," She hhm~d working with thc City (::ouucil to "herding cat::;." <br />CO\n16lor PapzS asks::d ifitwoul.d be possible to create an intermediak }%'l.!ary i;tep, Lauren Cho1.!inard, <br />execmive director for fh.~ l-luman Resoun::-c and Rii;k Services, r\)sponded that a ditkrent step in th(: s<.'thry <br />range could he ;~reatoo under exc~~ptjonal circumstances, He added that, ge.nerally -",peaking, it WHS better <br />to staywitb. the ::;alary' stepsy <br />C~otH1>;il~)r Pape sai.d while he thuught a rais(~ wai; merited he did not think it should he a fuU step nor did <br />he think that it should be retroactive, He indkated his oppl)sition t{) the 1Hotion, <br />Cou:ndlor HeHman oppo::;ed the m.otion based on. the perfonnance evaluation sl1\:: sd.l1nitted. She hoped <br />that the ~"ituation would impwve over the next year and that then she would support a m<::rl.t increase. <br />Mayor Piercy ~1atoo that she would, bas~;::d upon her positive reviev,,' of the City .tyhnager'sjob <br />ped.IJrrnam.:e, support the merit increase should the vote end in a tk:. Sh.~ opined that he deserved a merit <br />in(~r0.ase in the fut! increment. <br />Councilor Poling pointed out that <my step increa.se slK'uld be based on the ovendl mting and not on <"m. <br />indivi.dual. eou:ndior's opinion. He pointed (HJ! that if one tallied aU. of till) rating numbers" City Manager <br />'laylorn1d the expectation of a satisfactory evaluation.. 11t~ beJiev~<.l the City Manager d<;~serYed the step <br />inc.ease. He chrifwd tlu!t the reason the step was retroactive wasb-eCB.U$0 it went back to the anniversary <br />of his hiring in April 2003. <br />Coundbr Taylor opinoo that a rm~rit r'aise. should be based on more th;;!n.i Ui;t a ~"atidactory rating, She <br />indkatt<.l that ::;he vlOuld not support the motl{)11, <br />Roll GaB vote; the vote was a tie, 4:4; councilors Solomon, Poling, Ortiz, and Pryor voting <br />ytS and c.ouncilof$ Papc, Taykl'f, Kelly, and Bc1tman voting in opposition, .Mayor Pk:rcy <br />voted to support the motion and th.:: .motion pa::;sed, <br />TIK meeting adjourned at 8: 13 p.m. <br />Regpedih11y ~mbrn.iHcd, <br />D~;::mri~.; M, Taylor <br />City.Manager <br />(Recorded by Ruth Atcherson) <br />i.v.HNlrrES.....Eugene City C:onnl..~i1 July 25, 2005 Page 6 <br />Regular Sess.lon <br /> . ..... ............................----....... <br />