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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 Papd. <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 had <br />been with the Police Commission since its inception. He spoke glowingly of Mr. Brown's service to the <br />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 Tactics <br />(SWAT) Team Policy Committee, from page 7 of the report. He noted that the work of the Social Security <br />Number Task Force had culminated in one of the first policies in the nation to govern collection of such <br />data. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown discussed the 2003 Auditor's Report, which had identified several department deficiencies, and <br />the resulting recommendations for improvements made by the Police Commission, from page 5 of the report. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked what the drug dog was trained to sniff out. Mr. Brown replied that the dog was trained to <br />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 was <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 28, 2004 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />