Item 2H: Ratifiaction of Unanimous IGR Actions

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Ms. Wilson explained that the bill would require certain places of public assembly to keep automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on site and that the owner of the sites should ensure that staff members trained in the use of the AEDs were present when the place was open to the public. She understood that the City had already placed AEDs in its public facilities. Staff had recommended adoption of a Priority 2 Support position with an amendment to clarify what was meant by ‘facility’ so that it would not apply to the Eugene Celebration or the Saturday Market. She noted that staff thought the bill was good policy because defibrillators saved lives. Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to adopt a Priority 2 Support position on the bill with the aforementioned amendment as recommended by staff. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. 4. Items from the Committee and Staff Ms. Wilson observed that the CCIGR had not achieved unanimity on two bills during the present meeting. She stated that staff had recommended a neutral position on both of them, which was an actual position the City could lobby on. Without a unanimous vote, however, staff would take no position on the bills in the Legislature. She cited the CCIGR Operating Agreements, which required the unanimity. She had to wait until the full City Council provided direction before she could take a position on bills that resulted in a less than unanimous vote in the CCIGR. She further explained that this rule did not apply to grants; a grant could move forward with a vote of 2:1 but would have to go before the council with a vote of 1:2. Ms. Wilson cited HB 2690, the “Idaho stop” bill, as an example. She related that staff had recommended adopting an oppose position and the CCIGR had not pulled it for discussion. Because of this, she said, the staff recommendation stood and she had lobbied on that bill. She stressed that when the intergovernmental relations staff was directed to support a bill, staff did whatever necessary to get the bill passed, and when the staff was directed to oppose a bill, staff did whatever necessary to keep the bill from passing. She said staff had done exactly that for HB 2690. She recalled that the bill had been brought back for reconsidera- tion on April 1 and a motion was made to change the stance on the bill from one of opposition to a neutral position, but the vote had not been unanimous, meaning that the City now had no position on the bill at present. She would have to wait until she could receive direction from the City Council before she could proceed. She added that she believed the bill was probably dead. Ms. Piercy remarked that it was difficult to distinguish between the CCIGR position and the City Council’s position on a bill. She averred that a 2:1 vote was a CCIGR position. Ms. Wilson said she would hesitate to call it a position of the CCIGR, because the purpose of taking a position was to provide staff direction on what to do. Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to adopt the staff recommendation for priorities and recommendations for all bills that were not pulled for discussion for this meeting and the committee action for all bills that were discussed and acted upon at this meeting. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. Ms. Taylor adjourned the meeting at 2:02 p.m. (Recorded by Ruth Atcherson) MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations April 8, 2009 Page 4