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Mr. Middleton reported that he had met with 16 contacts and had picked up an additional 19 contacts he would have <br />to make. He hoped to have an additional week to make those contacts. He said the planned timeline originally <br />indicated that he would return the completed work to the council in one week. He wanted to complete the phone calls <br />by October 17 and return the draft of the recruitment profile the following week. He intended to return it to the <br />Mayor and City Council for them to review and comment on. He thought that if the councilors and Mayor could <br />return it by October 27, the recruitment process could be opened after that. He projected that recruitment would run <br />through November and into the first couple of weeks in December. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka arrived at 12:58 p.m. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark had been under the impression that a job description had been created. Ms. Holmes responded that the <br />subcommittee had written a job description for the first Police Auditor hiring process. She circulated copies of that <br />description. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman was confused as to why Mr. Middleton’s further contacts would “put off the process.” She agreed that <br />the brochure needed to be updated but thought a three-week delay was unnecessary. She added that she would prefer <br />to tweak the actual qualifications to make holding a Juris Doctorate (JD) a requirement. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark agreed that holding a law degree would be beneficial, but he was not certain that making it mandatory was <br />advisable. He did not want to disqualify someone who had other good qualifications but no JD. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz recalled that it seemed that in the last pool of applicants there had been a division between those who held <br />doctorates and who did not. She likened it to the “cream rising to the top.” She was amenable to making a JD a <br />mandatory requirement. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark suggested that the language indicate that possession of a JD was very desirable. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor agreed that having a JD should be a mandatory requirement. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka averred that the laws greatly impacted the position. He felt a person with a JD would have a greater <br />understanding of law and constitutional law. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling remarked that he had known some people with law degrees who were not smart at all. He pointed out that <br />one of the two finalists in the last hiring process did not have a law degree. He could not support making a law <br />degree a mandatory requirement, though he would agree to include language strongly recommending it. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman felt the National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) conference would <br />present a good opportunity for recruiting. She wanted to reach agreement at the present meeting in order to provide <br />Ms. Ortiz with the complete information for the conference. She reiterated that the auditor position was to help the <br />City save money from litigation and settlement expenses. She believed that a person with a legal degree would have a <br />greater understanding of the risk assessment and confidentiality involved in the position. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to approve the revisions to the Police Auditor bro- <br />chure and to include an update of the brochure’s information and a requirement that the candidate <br />hold a law degree. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 8, 2008 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br />