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City of Eugene Legislative Policies for 2009 Oregon Legislative Session <br /> <br />E. LIBRARY <br /> <br />E1. Senate Interim Task Force on Library Cooperation <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports partial funding to provide library resources to all Eugene residents through <br />a variety of State programs including the Ready to Read Program. <br /> <br />E2. Freedom of Expression/Free Access to Ideas <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene opposes any restriction of freedom of expression or access to ideas presented in <br />literature and art, with a view toward ensuring that both State and U.S. Constitutional <br />guarantees of these freedoms are not eroded. <br /> <br />E3. Basic Public Library Service <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports efforts to ensure that every library has easy and affordable access to a high <br />quality, high bandwidth telecommunications network. <br /> <br />?Eugene opposes any additional charges for basic library service, which should be available <br />to all citizens and taxpayers free of additional charges. <br /> <br />F. PUBLIC RECORDS <br /> <br />F1. Employee, Judge and Contractor Records <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports the protection of privacy of employees, judges and contractors, as <br /> <br />pertaining topersonnel records and personal information such as home addresses and phone <br />numbers. <br /> <br />F2. Victim/Witness/Juror Privacy <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports amendments to State public records law to protect the privacy of reporting <br />parties, crime victims, witnesses, and jurors. <br /> <br />F3. Payment for Public Safety Records <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports requiring State or criminal defendants to pay for records requested through <br />discovery or by subpoena. <br /> <br />The City charges fees authorized by the Public Records Law for records requested by criminal <br />defendants or their attorneys. Requesters have learned that the same records are available at no <br />charge if the request is made through discovery or by subpoena. Frequently, these requests are <br />voluminous and seek records not directly related to the case at hand. While it is less expensive to <br />honor the request than to use expensive attorney time to narrow the discovery request or quash the <br />subpoena, the City should not be required to provide this service free of charge. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br /> <br />