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Committee on Public Safety ~CCPS~ for further review. The proposal recommended b ERAC Y would authorize the Council to appoint members of the review board, and the board would in turn be making recommendationswith respect to complaints filed against police officers. Because the Charter grants the City Manager exclusive authority with respect to personnel matters, it would be necessary to amend the Charter to implement the ERAC recommendation, After review of the recommendation and a proposed Charter amendment, the COPS recommended that the Council place the measure on the general election ballot in November,199$. G. After considering the recommendations at a public hearing, the City Council has determined to place the measure before the electors of the City. The measure, attached as Exhibit 1 hereto, asks whether the Eugene Charter of 1976 should be amended to authorize the Council to appoint a Citizen Review Board to review allegations of police misconduct. NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the above findings, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. A special election is called for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City the measure attached as Exhibit i hereto, concerning creation of a Citizen Review Board. Section 2. The Measure shall be placed upon the official ballot by the City Recorder. Notwithstanding any provision of the Eugene Code,1971, the ballot title for the Measure set forth in Exhibit 2 to this Qrdinance is hereby adopted. The City Recorder shall furnish to the County Clerk for Lane County, a certified copy of the ballot title for the Measure, as attached hereto as Exhibit 2, and direct that the County Clerk for Lane County place the Measure upon the ballot to be used at the special City election to be voted upon by the electors of the City. Section 3. The City Council orders this special election to be held in the City of Eugene, Ordinance - 2