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City Manager Ruiz observed that the City of Eugene had a longstanding and generally positive relationship <br />with LCOG. His recommendation was based on his belief that City staff understood the risk involved and <br />the risk was minimal for the reasons stated by Ms. Cutsogeorge. He thought the loan was a means of <br />maintaining an important collaborative partnership at low risk. <br />Mr. Clark indicated that while he had initially been opposed to Resolution 4976, recent conversations with <br />LCOG Executive Director George Kloeppel had convinced him that the loan money would be spent <br />effectively and productively. He said that the risk involved in the contingent loan agreement appeared small <br />and given that the organization was located in downtown Eugene, it made some sense for the City of <br />Eugene to take the risk. <br />Ms. Cutsogeorge, responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, stated that the City's annual dues for its <br />LCOG membership were approximately $70,000 plus a number of corresponding operational costs for <br />phones, IT support and planning services. <br />Ms. Taylor felt that the City should encourage LCOG to keep its operations in the downtown area. <br />The motion to adopt Resolution 4976 passed, 6:2; Ms. Solomon and Mr. Brown <br />voting in opposition. <br />Ms. Piercy hoped that the LCOG Board of Directors would provide some form of acknowledgement of its <br />partnerships and support from the City of Eugene. <br />B. WORK SESSION – Police Auditor Ordinance Review Committee (PAORC) Next Steps <br />Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary provided a brief overview of the history, origins and primary goals <br />of the PAORC and briefed the council on the most recent developments from the March 9, and April 20, <br />2009, PAORC meetings. <br />Ms. Medary noted that the six outstanding issues from the most recent PAORC meetings concerned <br />processes for appealing the Police Chief's adjudication authority of the Police Auditor to recommend <br />discipline, subpoena power for the Civilian Review Board (CRB) and the Police Auditor, the Police <br />auditor's role in the training of police employees, the CRB's role in the evaluation and oversight of the <br />auditor, and the auditor's position in Eugene Police Department (EPD) hiring practices including that of the <br />Chief of Police. <br />Ms. Medary noted that the PAORC had recommended that the council discuss the supervision of the Police <br />Auditor and consider using the council officers as opposed to the full council. She noted that those topics <br />were scheduled to be discussed at the next City Council work session meeting. <br />Ms. Medary restated the council options from the agenda item summary materials for the benefit of the <br />council and further noted that the City Manager's recommendation to revise the ordinance language focused <br />upon proposed revisions to those elements of the charter that addressed concurrency and complaints against <br />the Chief of Police. <br />Ms. Ortiz advocated for a broader discussion regarding both roles of the Police Auditor in the oversight <br />process and the budgetary issues surrounding the Police Auditor's office. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 20, 2009 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />