Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Mr. Clark clarified that he wanted a memorandum that would identify the bare minimum necessary to function and what would be a sufficient level of operations. He said Judge Allen had a unique perspective of the public safety system and asked for an analysis of the system as a whole. Ms. Piercy said it was difficult for the pubic to understand that there were empty jail beds that could not be utilized because of lack of staffing and other deficiencies. She said there was capacity in facilities if the resources were available to use it. Ms. Ortiz observed that simply providing jail beds was not enough; there also had to be medical, psycho- logical and educational services and the County was also responsible for housing federal prisoners. She said the Springfield facility would not provide those services and would only handle inmates who did not need those services. She was very supportive of exploring options for acquiring more jail beds. Judge Allen said some of the problems would not be solved by more jail beds; they had to be solved by social services that did not exist. Ms. Piercy thanked Judge Allen for his presentation. She hoped that the City could work with its partners to restore the public safety system. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to have a work session on the bar- gaining process as soon as possible. The motion passed, 6:0, Mr. Pryor, Ms. Bett- man, Ms. Ortiz, Mr. Clark, Ms. Taylor and Mr. Zelenka voting yes. Ms. Solomon expressed her concern with conducting a vote on having a work session instead of following the established procedure. She hoped that privilege would be extended to other councilors. The meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jon Ruiz City Manager (Recorded by Lynn Taylor) MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 24, 2008 Page 5 Work Session