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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Police Auditor Ordinance Review Committee Report <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: March 9, 2009 Agenda Item Number: B <br />Department: Central Services/CMO Staff Contact: Sarah Medary <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-6877 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />The purpose of this work session is to provide the City Council with the final report of the Police <br />Auditor Ordinance Review Committee and the City Manager’s recommendation on how to proceed with <br />revisions to the civilian oversight system of the Eugene Police Department. <br /> <br />On November 17, 2008, the council appointed a 15-member committee to review 18 proposed revisions <br />to Ordinance 20374 (Attachment A). The committee was asked by the council to return by March 11 <br />with a recommendation on how to proceed with any and/or all of the 18 proposals. The committee has <br />completed and included recommendations for 12 of the 18 items. The council is being asked to consider <br />the amendments as recommended and give direction on next steps towards revising the ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Previous Council Action and History <br />On November 17, 2008, the council voted to create a committee to review 18 issues related to the police <br />auditor ordinance, as well as other issues that the committee members believed should be reviewed. The <br />council directed the committee to report back to the council by March 11, 2009, with <br />recommendations on amendments to the police auditor ordinance. The council further requested that the <br />committee receive input from the public on any proposed revisions before coming back to the council. <br /> <br />Status of Committee <br />The committee quickly formed agreements around decision-making, how to best hear from the public <br />and a process for discussing, evaluating and eventually adopting revisions to the ordinance. While they <br />invested a significant amount of time researching, preparing and deliberating over the list of 18 items, <br />they ultimately ran out of time and were not able to address all of the items. In their final report, there is <br />a recommendation that the council consider re-convening the committee to continue work on six <br />remaining items: appeals, the auditor’s role in training, discipline and hiring, subpoena power and the <br />role of the CRB in evaluating the auditor. <br /> <br />Attachment B <br />The committee’s full report is included as . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090309\S090309B.DOC <br /> <br />