Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Mr. Ruiz suggested that staff could bring back an annual work plan for the council to evaluate. He thought this could potentially be part of the budget process. Mr. Clark withdrew his motion to amend. Ms. Solomon withdrew her second. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, revised her motion to include language that would require City staff to present for council approval an annual work plan including analysis of implementation strategies and costs. The motion passed unanimously, 6:0. (Mr. Zelenka had yet to arrive.) Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to direct the City Manager to develop a community climate action plan within 18 months, that would (1) set a carbon emissions reduction goal and es- tablish targets for achieving that goal, (2) identify strategies to achieve those targets, (3) identify necessary adaptations, (4) develop measures for tracking success, (5) include periodic progress re- ports back to the community with annual reports of progress to the Sustainability Commission, and (6) include its financial impacts. Mr. Clark observed that this affected the whole community. He liked that the motion was more analysis- based and would inform the City how a climate action plan could be developed and implemented. He said he would like to know what the financial impacts would be on the private sector, should any of the suggestions become regulatory in nature. He thought the City should provide remedies which were incentive-based. Mr. Clark offered a friendly amendment to include an analysis of the financial impacts for imple- mentation of any regulatory measures. Ms. Bettman declined the friendly amendment. She averred that those issues would be vetted before they came before the City Council as there were business representatives on the Sustainability Commission. Mr. Clark commented that he could “live with” the motion with the understanding that the council should take note of any disincentive for job creation that could arise as a by-product of this. The motion passed unanimously, 6:0. Ms. Solomon left the meeting. B. WORK SESSION: Police Auditor Recruitment Process Alana Holmes, Director of the Human Resources Division, introduced Eric Middleton, a recruiter with Alliance Resource Consulting. She noted that most of the councilors had met with him and the rest would be meeting with him later in the day. She stated that the purpose of the work session was to discuss the brochure and the timeline for the recruitment process. Mr. Middleton reported that he had met with 16 contacts and had picked up an additional 19 contacts he would have to make. He hoped to have an additional week to make those contacts. He said the planned timeline originally indicated that he would return the completed work to the council in one week. He wanted to complete the phone calls by October 17 and return the draft of the recruitment profile the following week. He intended to return it to the Mayor and City Council for them to review and comment on. He thought that if the councilors and Mayor could MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 8, 2008 Page 5 Work Session