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Eugene City Council
Special Meeting
Eugene, Oregon 97401
December 5, 2025
8:30 a.m.
Councilors Present: Eliza Kashinsky, Matt Keating, Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark,
Greg Evans, Lyndsie Leech, and Randy Groves
Mayor Knudson opened the December 5, 2025, Eugene City Council Special Meeting in a
virtual format.
1. SPECIAL MEETING: City Manager In-Person Interview Process
Central Services Executive Director, Mia Cariaga, introduced the proposed process for the
City Manager in-person interviews scheduled for the week of January 11, 2026.
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Councilor Clark -asked whether there would be informal or social opportunities for
the public to interact with candidates; stated soft skills are important and expressed
support for community members engaging with candidates in a casual setting.
Councilor Groves -stated support for the proposed process and emphasized the
importance of limiting informal interactions with candidates to Council only; stated
allowing additional participants could reduce Council's access to candidates.
Councilor Zelenka -in support of comments regarding informal sessions; asked
whether Dan Bryant had been considered for the community stakeholder panel and
proposed adding him if available; asked about the timing for receiving panelist
feedback; emphasized the importance ofreceiving input Tuesday evening to allow
adequate time for review before Wednesday's deliberations.
Councilor Kashinsky -asked when reference and background checks would occur;
expressed concern about announcing a finalist before those checks were completed;
asked when Council would receive the results of reference checks.
Councilor Yeh -in support of providing a public overview of panel feedback at the
beginning of Wednesday's meeting; in support of adding Dan Bryant to the
stakeholder panel if it did not require removing another participant.
Councilor Keating -in support of adding Dan Bryant to the stakeholder panel and
expressed readiness to move forward with the proposed process.
Councilor Zelenka -asked for clarification on the scope of background checks,
specifically whether they would include input from staff and community members
in candidates' current communities; indicated such input should be considered
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before final interviews and requested background information be available prior to
public interviews.
MOTION: Councilor Evans, seconded by Councilor Leech, move to approve the
process for in-person interviews as presented by staff.
VOTE: 8:0 PASSED
IN FAVOR: Kashinsky, Keating, Zelenka, Yeh, Clark, Evans, Leech, and Groves.
OPPOSED: None.
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuantto ORS 192.660(2)(f), ORS 192.355(1) and ORS
192.355(2) and ORS 192.660(2)(a)
The meeting was adjourned at 2:53 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Katie LaSala
City Recorder
(Recorded by Rosa Roach)
Link to the web cast of this City Council meeting here.
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