Item 3F: Ratification of IGR Minutes of October 21, 2009

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ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon October 21, 2009 1:30 p.m. PRESENT: Betty Taylor, Chair; George Poling, member; Brenda Wilson, Jessica Mumme, City Manager's Office; Robin Hostick, Planning and Development Department; Kitty Piercy, Mayor. ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz, member. 1. Call to Order and Review Agenda Ms. Taylor called the meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) to order. She ascertained from her colleagues and staff that there were no changes to the agenda. 2. Review and Questions on 2009 Regular Legislative Session Ms. Taylor asked if the committee should do something about the bills that they had supported but that had not been passed in the Legislature. Ms. Wilson recommended that the CCIGR wait until the 2011 session. She related that the upcoming special session, scheduled to begin on February 1, 2010, would primarily focus on Ballot Measures (BM) 66 and 67, because if they did not pass it would create a $733 million hole in the budget. Ms. Wilson stated that the Legislature was holding three all-day meetings per month to review issues that need to be corrected in the upcoming session. She noted that she had provided a partial list of those issues to the members of the CCIGR. She explained that Legislative leadership were indicating that State Representatives would be limited to only one bill, State Senators would be limited to two bills, and Legislative Committees would be limited to two bills. She said this was because all of the bills had to pass through both chambers and get to the Governor before the end of the special session which, with the exception of the Ways and Means Committee, was required to end after three weeks. She noted that there was a rumor that the Senate President would introduce a bill to move to annual sessions, but if this was introduced and passed it would not go into effect until 2013. She recommended that the CCIGR begin the process now for the bills that it supported but were not passed in the past session so they could be introduced in 2011. Mr. Poling asked if they were also considering increasing term limits for representatives along with a change to annual sessions. Ms. Wilson replied that they were not, but they were thinking of reducing the annual session from six to five months. Mr. Poling commented that he would support a four-year term instead of a two-year term, because of the amount of time campaigning required. Ms. Taylor concurred. Ms. Taylor reiterated her concern that bills that were important and were not passed, such as some of the MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations October 21, 2009 Page 1