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M I NUT E S
e Eugene City Council
Special Meeting
McNutt Room, City Hall I
August 15, 1984
12:15 p.m.
PRESENT: Council President Brian Obie (presiding), John Ball, Ruth Bascom,
Debra Ehrman, Dick Hansen, Freeman Holmer, Emily Schue, Cindy Wooten,
City Councilors; Pat Lynch, Eugene Development Department staff;
Mark Matassa, Eugene Register-Guard; Bebe Krause, KEZI-TV.
AGENDA TOPIC: Interviews of Downtown Commission Applicants; Appointment of
Commissioner
The council convened at approximately 12:30 p.m. and interviewed the following
five candidates for a vacancy on the Eugene Downtown Commission:
. Ronald Gi etter
. Marilyn Odell
. Dean A. Owens
. Jeffrey Reingold
. Joyce Slusher
Each candidate was asked to respond to a series of questions distributed earlier,
and to respond to additional follow-up questions from individual councilors.
e The prepared questions appear on the meeting agenda, attached to these minutes.
Following the interviews, each councilor had an opportunity to state his or her
views regarding needs of the commission, the requirements of the position, and
the skills and experience of the respective candidates.
Following that discussion, each councilor cast a written ballot for the candidate
of his/her choice. The results of that ballot were as follows:
Marilyn Odell: 3 votes (by Councilors Ehrman, Schue, and Wooten)
Dean Owens: 3 votes (by Councilors Ball, Holmer, and Obie)
Jeffrey Reingold: 2 votes (by Councilors Bascom and Hansen)
Additional discussion ensued, followed by a second ballot. The results of the
second ballot were as follows:
Marilyn Odell: 4 votes (by Councilors Bascom, Ehrman, Schue, and Wooten)
Dean Owens: 4 votes (by Councilors Ball, Hansen, Holmer, and Obie)
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A decision was made by the group to attempt to resolve the tie vote without
e referring the matter to the Mayor for resolution. After further discussion, a
third ballot was cast appointing Dean Owens to fill David Filer's unexpired term
on the commission (expires December 30, 1985). The results of the third ballot
were as follows:
Marilyn Odell: 3 votes (by Councilors Ehrman, Schue, and Wooten)
Dean Owens: 5 votes (by Councilors Ball, Bascom, Hansen, Holmer, and Obie)
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 2:10 p.m.
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