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ATTACHMENT D <br /> MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> <br /> July 28, 2004 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Jennifer <br /> Solomon, Gary Pap6. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Poling, Nancy Nathanson. <br /> <br />His Honor Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order at 12:03 p.m. <br /> <br />A. WORK SESSION: <br /> Joint Meeting with Police Commission <br /> <br />City Manager Dennis Taylor introduced Tim Laue, Chair of the Police Commission. <br /> <br />Mr. Laue expressed appreciation for the opportunity to speak to the council. He said it had been his honor <br />to serve as Chair for the Police Commission and noted that Andrea Ortiz was the Vice-Chair. He also <br />thanked the staff person to the Police Commission, Jeannine Parisi, for her work and commended her for <br />doing her "duty in the best traditions of public service." He introduced Commissioner John Brown, who <br />had been with the Police Commission since its inception. He spoke glowingly of Mr. Brown's service to <br />the commission and to the community. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brown thanked the council for the opportunity to speak to them. He provided an overview of <br /> Attachment B: Police Commission Annual Report FY 2003-2004. <br /> <br /> Councilor Solomon arrived. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brown highlighted the revised policies that resulted from the work of the Special Weapons and <br /> Tactics (SWAT) Team Policy Committee, from page 7 of the report. He noted that the work of the Social <br /> Security Number Task Force had culminated in one of the first policies in the nation to govern collection <br /> of such data. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brown discussed the 2003 Auditor's Report, which had identified several department deficiencies, <br /> and the resulting recommendations for improvements made by the Police Commission, from page 5 of the <br /> report. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor asked what the drug dog was trained to sniff out. Mr. Brown replied that the dog was trained <br /> to detect a variety of drugs, but was intended to search structures and cars and not people. Ms. Taylor <br /> wondered if the dog would be walked through town to find drugs. Mr. Brown assured her that the dog <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 28, 2004 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />