CC Minutes - 07/30/08 Work Session

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Clark voting no. The Mayor cast a vote in support of the motion and it passed on a final vote of 5:4. The motion as amended passed, 7:1; Ms. Taylor voting no. Ms. Piercy adjourned the meeting of the URA and convened the meeting of the City Council. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved that the City Council offer the posi- tion of interim police auditor to Deputy Auditor Dawn Reynolds and if she ac- cepted, appoint her as interim police auditor starting August 23, 2008, and direct the council officers to draft a compensation package commensurate with the interim police auditor position and bring it to the council for review and approval before the break. Ms. Solomon asked how long Ms. Reynolds had been the deputy auditor. She questioned the need to appoint an interim auditor and wondered why Ms. Reynolds could not just continue in her position as deputy police auditor. She had just seen a copy of Ms. Reynolds resume. City Attorney Glenn Klein advised appointing an interim police auditor as there was some question as to whether the deputy auditor had all of the same powers as the police auditor; an interim police auditor would have those powers. Ms. Solomon observed that there were still unresolved issues related to the functioning of the police auditor position and its interaction with the council. She hoped those issues would be addressed in a clear manner before another police auditor was hired. Mr. Poling asked if Ms. Reynolds could apply for the police auditor position given the prohibition in the last police auditor recruitment against an applicant’s having a previous working relationship with the City of Eugene or its police officers. Mr. Klein said that prohibition could be removed in the new recruitment process and Ms. Reynolds would not be precluded from applying for the position. Mr. Zelenka thanked Mr. Pryor for his due diligence in discussing the interim auditor position with Ms. Reynolds. He would support the appointment. Ms. Taylor indicated she would support the appointment of Ms. Reynolds and had confidence in Christine Beamud’s recommendation of her. Mr. Clark said he was willing to proceed on the basis of Mr. Pryor’s recommendation, although he had not had time to fully review Ms. Reynolds’s qualifications. He hoped that the process of hiring a new police auditor would not be rushed and would allow sufficient time to address the concerns raised by some members of the council and community, as well as provide for a thorough and effective recruitment process that would result in the best possible candidate being hired. Ms. Bettman thanked Mr. Pryor for pursuing the appointment of an interim police auditor. She was concerned about undue delays in the hiring process and gave examples of problems that resulted when there was a delay in hiring a city manager. MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 30, 2008 Page 6 Work Session