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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions and <br /> <br />Direction on Legislative Policy on January 28, and February 4, 2009 <br /> <br />Meeting Date: February 9, 2009 Agenda Item Number: 3 <br />Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Brenda Wilson <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-8441 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This is an action item to ratify the actions of the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee <br /> <br />from the January 28, and February 4, 2009, IGR Committee meetings. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />As a matter of procedure, during the legislative session, the City Council is routinely asked to ratify <br />the actions taken by the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee on legislation. The IGR <br />Committee reviews all bills and their associated staff recommendations and provides direction for <br />each piece of legislation introduced during the legislative session. <br /> <br />Any member of the IGR Committee may pull a bill off the IGR Bill Report for discussion. If a bill <br />is not pulled for discussion, the staff recommendation stands. If a bill is pulled for discussion, the <br />IGR Committee may keep or change the staff recommendation. Actions on which the IGR <br />committee is not unanimous must be brought before the full City Council for consideration. These <br />bills must be addressed by the full council in order to provide direction to staff in Salem. <br /> <br />The IGR Committee met on January 28, and February 9, 2009, to review staff recommendations on <br />bills that have been introduced in the state legislature. The minutes for the January 28, and <br />February 4, 2009, meetings are not ready for ratification by the full City Council at this time. <br /> <br />However, the IGR Committee vote on several bills was not unanimous. Accordingly, the full <br />council must provide direction before these bills can be lobbied in Salem. The bills for which there <br /> <br />was not a unanimous vote are listed below.Staff comments for each bill are listed in the attached <br />documents. Bills may be accessed via the Legislature’s website: <br />http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measures/main.html. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090209\S0902093.doc <br /> <br />