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<br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Ratification of Unanimous Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee <br />Actions and Discussion and Action on Non-unanimous IGR Actions on Legislative Policy <br /> <br />from February 25 and March 4, 2009 <br /> <br />Meeting Date: March 9, 2009 Agenda Item Number: 5 <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 unanimous actions and to provide direction on the non-unanimous <br />actions of the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee from the February 25 and March 4, 2009, <br />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 the <br />actions taken by the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee on legislation. The IGR Committee <br />reviews all bills and their associated staff recommendations and provides direction for each piece of <br />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 is not <br />pulled for discussion, the staff recommendation stands. If a bill is pulled for discussion, the IGR <br />Committee may keep or change the staff recommendation. Actions on which the IGR committee is not <br />unanimous must be brought before the full City Council for consideration. These bills must be addressed <br />by the full council in order to provide direction to staff in Salem. <br /> <br />The IGR Committee met on February 25 and March 4, 2009, to review staff recommendations on bills <br />that have been introduced in the state legislature. The minutes for the February 25 and March 4, 2009, <br />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 council <br />must provide direction before these bills can be lobbied in Salem. The bills for which there was not a <br /> <br />unanimous vote are listed below.Staff comments for each bill are listed in the attached documents. Bills <br />may be accessed via the Legislature’s website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measures/main.html. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090309\S0903095.doc <br /> <br /> <br />