Item C: Update on Implementation of Measure 20-106 (Police Auditor)

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Update on Implementation of Measure 20-106 (Police Auditor) Meeting Date: February 22, 2006 Agenda Item Number: C Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Mary Walston www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5406 ISSUE STATEMENT This is a work session to provide information and preliminary recommendations on the recruitment and selection processes for the police auditor from the ad hoc committee appointed by the City Council on January 18, 2006. In addition, the Police Commission has requested that the City Council adopt a motion formally adopting the auditor and civilian review model as proposed in its report to the City Council on July 25, 2005. BACKGROUND On November 8, 2005, the voters of Eugene approved an amendment to the City Charter which created the authority of the City Council to hire a police auditor and create a civilian review board. At the work session on January 18, 2006, the City Council voted to create an ad hoc committee to make recommendations on the position description, compensation, and recruitment and selections process for the police auditor. This work session is an opportunity for the committee members to offer preliminary recommendations and seek further direction from the City Council. Another work session at which the committee will present its report has been scheduled for March 15. The members of the ad hoc committee are Mayor Piercy, City Council President Solomon, City Council Vice President Ortiz and Police Commission Chair Tim Laue. The preliminary recommendations are as follows: The auditor should be an “at will” employee. This designation means that the auditor could ? be terminated for any lawful reason but is not entitled to due rights processes as are other regular city employees. The exception is the City Manager and City Prosecutor, who are at- will employees. It is recommended that hiring and termination of the auditor be achieved by a simple majority vote of the City Council. The committee reviewed and revised a position description based upon the initial outline ? suggested by the Police Commission. The draft description recommended by the committee is provided as Attachment A. Compensation for the auditor should be set at some point between Range 35 – 37 in the City’s ? exempt compensation salary schedule. Attachment B contains salary information from other cities that have a police auditor and specific positions within the City of Eugene. Worth noting is that among the cities listed, Boise is the only city with which salaries of City of Eugene employees are compared when setting compensation. It is also recommended that the auditor be offered the standard benefit package offered to regular city employees, plus the car and cell phone allowance provided to executive managers. This set of benefits is found in Attachment C. L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M060222\S060222C.doc