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Action: Appointments to Budget Committee
Meeting Date: November 27, 2006 Agenda Item Number: 4
Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Mary
Walston
www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5406
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ISSUE STATEMENT
This is an action item to appoint members to the Budget Committee from a special recruitment effort.
BACKGROUND
Each year, the council makes appointments to boards, committees and commissions. The last
major recruitment and appointment process occurred in October 2006. Chapter 2 of the Eugene
Code addresses standing committees to the City Council and the appointment process for those.
For most standing committees created in the Code, the council is the appointing authority.
The annual recruitment for boards, committees and commissions was held during the late summer
and fall. Most of the appointments were made on October 23, 2006. However, after the
recruitment period closed, a candidate in the pool withdrew, leaving a rather small set of
candidates. With the upcoming vacancy in January 2007 (the change from lay member to elected
member of Councilor-Elect Mike Clark) two vacancies were created. In late September 2006, the
City Council decided to reopen a special recruitment period for the Budget Committee.
After the special recruitment closed, members of the council were provided with copies of the
applications from the new recruitment; applicants who were not selected in the annual recruitment
were also included in the pool. From this, the council selected those persons who were to be
considered as finalists and who were subsequently interviewed by the council. If an applicant
received five or more votes to be appointed, that person was presumed to be appointed and thus
the motion to appoint reflects that presumption. On November 14, 2006, the City Council
interviewed two applicants.
RELATED CITY POLICIES
The boards, committees and commissions serve as advisory bodies to the City Council in the
development of various city policies.
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COUNCIL OPTIONS
The City Council may
1. Appoint applicants who have been nominated;
2. Appoint other applicants from the pool; or
3. Seek additional candidates for these positions.
CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION
The City Manager has no recommendation on this item; the appointments are made by the council.
SUGGESTED MOTIONS
Move to appoint __________ to Position 3 on the Budget Committee for a three-year term
beginning November 1, 2006, and ending on October 31, 2009.
Move to appoint __________ to Position 7 on the Budget Committee to complete the unexpired
term of Mike Clark, a term beginning upon appointment and ending on October 31, 2007.
ATTACHMENTS
A.Results of Tally for Interviews
B.Results of Ballot for Appointment to Boards, Committees and Commissions
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Staff Contact: Mary Walston
Telephone: 682-5406
Staff E-Mail: mary.f.walston@ci.eugene.or.us
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ATTACHMENT A
Results of Tally for Interviews
Special Budget Committee Recruitment, November 2006
Dick Beers: Interview: JS Appoint:
Rich Gaston: Interview: CP, Pol, JS Appoint: AO
Rick Gates: Interview: JS, Pol, DK Appoint:
David Hinkley Interview: DK Appoint: BT
Robert Peters Interview: Appoint: AO,CP, BT, DK, Pol
(Based upon ballots received as of November 13, 2006)
ATTACHMENT B
Results of Ballot for Appointment to Boards, Committees and Commissions
Special Budget Committee Recruitment, November 2006
Dick Beers: Appoint:
Rich Gaston: Appoint: Pol
Rick Gates: Appoint: Pol, DK, BB, BT
David Hinkley Appoint:
Robert Peters Appoint: DK, BB, BT
(Based upon ballots received as of November 20, 2006)