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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room—City Hall—777 Pearl Street <br />Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> May 18, 2009 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Mike Clark, Andrea Ortiz, Jennifer Solomon, Alan Zelenka, <br />George Poling, George Brown, Betty Taylor. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />B. WORK SESSION: <br /> Police Oversight System – Role and Expectations <br /> <br />Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary provided an overview of the subject and drew the council’s attention <br />to the Police Commission’s 2005 report and the 2008 police auditor recruitment brochure, both of which <br />were included in the agenda packet. She said the documents contained information about a hybrid police <br />oversight system, the auditor’s independence from the Police Department and procedures for handling <br />complaints. She felt the Police Commission’s report was the best representation of what was intended with <br />police oversight and the brochure summarized the roles, responsibilities and expectations of the oversight <br />system. <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy noted that City Manager Jon Ruiz was on leave. She said an announcement regarding a new <br />police auditor was postponed while due diligence was conducted. She posed questions for the council to <br />consider during its discussion: <br /> <br />? <br /> Did the council require any clarification on the oversight system to assure there were common <br />expectations and understanding? <br />? <br /> Did the public require any clarification? <br />? <br /> Would the discussion of roles and expectations prepare the council for its consideration of recom- <br />mendations from the Police Auditor Ordinance Review Committee and auditor supervision proto- <br />cols? <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka felt that desirable outcomes for the Police Auditor and Civilian Review Board (CRB) would be <br />to clarify their roles and the council’s expectations. He said those could be set forth in a bulleted list. He <br />asked who was on the Police Commission when the report was written. Ms. Medary said she would provide <br />that information. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asserted that the council was responsible for supervising the Police Auditor, but that arrange- <br />ment had not worked to date. She suggested that auditor supervision could be rotated among councilors on a <br />monthly basis so one councilor did not have to shoulder the entire burden. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor said the concept of good supervision should provide appropriate guidance and direction that <br />identified expected outcomes and allowed an employee a certain level of independence to perform the basic <br />operational tasks of their job. He said the council needed to clearly define the outcome it wanted from the <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 18, 2009 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />