Item 2C: Ratification of IGR Committee Actions

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ATTACHMENT B M I N U T E S Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon January 13, 2009 10 a.m. PRESENT: Betty Taylor, Chair; Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, members; Brenda Wilson, Jessica Mumme, staff. 1. Call to Order and Review Agenda Ms. Taylor called the meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) to order. She determined there were no additions to the agenda. 2. Election of Chair Ms. Taylor nominated herself as chair in keeping with the recent practice of allowing committee chairs to serve two terms. Ms. Ortiz and Mr. Poling both expressed interest in being chair of the committee but were willing to let Ms. Taylor take that role. Ms. Taylor was elected chair of the committee by unanimous vote. 3. Items from Members Ms. Ortiz said she was interviewed by the media about the City’s legislative priorities on January 11 as Ms. Taylor, the committee chair, was not available. She had shared the City’s legislative priorities with the reporter. Mayor Piercy suggested the entire council should be able to share the City’s legislative priorities in brief with those who asked. Ms. Wilson indicated she would prepare such a document for council reference. The committee agreed that media inquiries for comment would be directed to Ms. Taylor but other committee members would speak for the committee if she was not available. 4. Legislative Concepts Ms. Wilson said staff tried to get a jump on the session by asking the City’s legislative coordinators to review the legislative concepts that Ms. Wilson had already been able to obtain. She called attention to the legislative tracking report and indicated the committee would receive a similar report each week. She reviewed the format of the report and the process staff used to evaluate legislation. She noted the committee’s review process and asked committee members to let her know which bills they wished to discuss in advance of the meeting so the appropriate staff could be present at the next IGR meeting. Bills not pulled for discussion would retain the staff recommendation. If two staff members had a split recommendation on a bill, she would encourage them to work together on a common recommendation and, if they could not reconcile their recommendations, the committee would decide. Ms. Wilson said the committee’s recommendations would be forwarded to the council, and in cases where there was a split opinion on the committee, the full council would review the legislation and make a final decision. Responding to a question from Mayor Piercy, Ms. Wilson said she would outline the process for the council reminding councilors of the legislative process. Mayor Piercy wanted bills with split committee recommendations to be clearly called out for the council. Ms. Wilson indicated the Agenda Item Summary (AIS) that accompanied the committee’s recommendations would include that information. She reminded the committee that its recommendations were included on the council’s Consent Calendar and that an item had to be pulled for discussion to occur or for any changes to be made. MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations January 13, 2009 Page 1