Item 2C: Ratification of IGR Committee Minutes

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ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Eugene Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon June 1, 2011 1 p.m. PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Poling, Mike Clark, members; Mayor Kitty Piercy; Intergovernmental Relations Director Brenda Wilson; Jessica Mumme, Adam Walsh, City Manager's Office; Chuck Tilby, Eugene Police Department. 1. Call to Order and Review Agenda Mr. Poling called the meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) to order. Mr. Clark and Mr. Walsh joined the meeting via speakerphone. There were no changes to the agenda. 3. Review Pending Legislation The committee reviewed Senate Bill 0376A, which was pulled by Ms. Taylor for further discussion. Ms. Taylor moved to change the City’s position on Senate Bill 0376A to Neutral. The motion died for lack of a second. Mr. Walsh reported that the bill had passed out of committee, had passed the Senate by a vote of 25:0, and it would probably be passed by the Oregon House of Representatives before the council had a chance to consider the committee’s recommendation. Mr. Clark assumed that the lack of a second meant that the staff recommendation would be retained. Mr. Poling anticipated that Intergovernmental Relations staff would not lobby for the staff position until the full council considered the committee’s action. The committee briefly discussed its process for reviewing bills and the practical effect of a motion that died for lack of a second. Committee members did not agree about the effect; Mr. Clark recalled that the committee agreed the staff recommendation would stand when a motion to change a staff position did not receive a second, and Mayor Piercy recalled that such bills were referred to the council because there was no committee consensus regarding them. Mr. Poling briefly recessed the meeting while Ms. Mumme researched the committee’s past agreements. Mr. Clark arrived at the meeting. Mr. Poling reconvened the meeting. Ms. Wilson joined the meeting via speakerphone and reviewed the process agreed to by the committee, which also represented past practice. She indicated the staff position on legislation was not affected by motions that did not receive a second but any councilor could pull the bill in question from the Consent Calendar when the City Council contemplated adoption of the committee’s actions. She said she did not advocate for bills when the committee took a 2:1 vote. Mayor Piercy recalled that if one committee member did not agree with a staff position the bill was referred MINUTES—Eugene City Council Committee on June 1, 2011 Page 1 Intergovernmental Relations