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<br />Relating to: Relating to matters subject to collective bargaining during term of collective <br />bargaining agreement. <br /> <br />Staff Recommendation: Priority 2, Oppose (By Tom Patterson) <br />IGR Committee Vote: Priority 2, Oppose with Amendments (Clark voting Yes / Poling, Taylor, <br />No) <br /> <br />Councilor Clark expressed concerns regarding long-term costs to the City. Councilor Poling related his <br />experience as a union leader when binding arbitration was considered an incentive to work harder <br />towards a resolution. Councilor Taylor did not support the motion to oppose the bill. <br /> <br /> <br />HB 2677: Defines “funds of a public agency,” for purposes of applying prevailing rate of wage <br />to projects for public works, to include tax credits or tax abatements that contractor <br />engaged in project for public works receives from state in connection with the project. <br />Relating to: Relating to the application of a prevailing rate of wage to public works projects <br /> <br />Staff Recommendation: Priority 2 Oppose (By Denny Braud) <br />IGR Committee Vote: Priority 2, Oppose (2/1, Clark, Poling Yes/ Taylor, No) <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />Ratification of IGR Committee actions is the making or affirming of the City of Eugene’s policy with <br />respect to Federal and State legislative issues or such other matters as may come to the council from the <br />committee. <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br /> <br />The council may ratify or decline to ratify the IGR Committee’s unanimous actions and approval of staff <br />recommendations. Actions on which the IGR committee is not unanimous must be addressed by the full <br />council in order to provide direction to staff in Salem. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The City Manager recommends ratification of the IGR Committee's actions as set forth in the minutes of <br />the committee's meeting and that there be a discussion on the decisions that were not unanimous, as well <br />as discussion on the grant request and the letter of support to ban field burning. <br /> <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION <br /> <br />Move to ratify the IGR Committee's unanimous actions on bills at the February 20, 2013 IGR Committee <br />meeting. <br /> <br />There also need to be motions to state positions for each bill listed where the IGR Committee action was <br />not unanimous. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> S:\CMO\2013 Council Agendas\M130225\S1302253IGR.doc <br /> <br />