Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT B M I N U T E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room—City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon October 17, 2011 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. In the absence of Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy, Council President Betty Taylor called the October 17, 2011, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. WORK SESSION: Eugene Civilian Review Board 2010 Annual Report The council was joined by Civilian Review Board (CRB) Chair Tim Laue and Police Auditor Mark Gissiner. City Attorney Kathryn Brotherton was also present for the item. Mr. Laue provided an overview of the CRB’s 20101 Annual Report. He reported that the CRB met ten times in 2010 and reviewed seven allegations of misconduct and four service complaints. He described the CRB’s case review process and said the board generally commented on the auditor’s adjudication recommendations. Mr. Laue also described the periodic training undergone by members of the CRB to ensure they understood different police policies, practices, and training approaches and briefly noted some of the board’s training topics. Mr. Laue said the board identified three areas of concern for 2010 that were passed along to Police Chief Pete Kerns and the Eugene Police Commission for follow-up and possible policy changes: 1) warrantless entries; 2) community care-taking and how it was employed in Eugene; and 3) search and seizure policies. Mr. Laue noted the CRB’s role in evaluating the Police Auditor and shared the seven dimensions board members used to evaluate Mr. Gissiner’s performance. He said Mr. Gissiner’s review was positive. Mr. Laue highlighted the CRB’s recommendations to the council, which included recommendations for greater openness and transparency for open and closed cases to be accomplished by summaries of closed and open cases produced by the Police Auditor; creation of a definition of “good cause” for exceptions to the six-month complaint filing deadline; Police Auditor consultation with the CRB when designating Community Impact Cases; and CRB authority to order the Police Chief to re-open a closed case. He invited questions. Ms. Taylor solicited council questions and comments. Ms. Ortiz determined from Mr. Laue that the CRB wanted to see the ambiguity between the charter amendment and implementing ordinance be resolved. The charter amendment establishing the CRB gave the board the authority to request a case be reopened while the implementing ordinance stated that the MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 17, 2011 Page 1 Work Session