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Eugene City Council
McNutt Room —City Hall
777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon
May 25, 2011
5:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Chris Pryor,
Alan Zelenka.
COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark, Pat Farr.
A. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS
The council interviewed candidates for open positions on the City's Human Rights Commission and
Civilian Review Board.
Andrew Thomson was interviewed for a vacancy on the Human Rights Commission, and was asked the
following questions:
1. What are the top community human rights concern (s) you could seethe commission focusing
on that would help the council and City staff to meet the needs of our community? And, what
specific action might the commission take to address the concern(s) you have identified?
2. Volunteering for a City human rights organization that advises elected officials and works
with City staff is different from a community -based human rights organization. Given those
differences, what skills or abilities do you have that would make you effective in this role?
3. During a commission meeting a community member comes to the meeting and asks the
commission to take a position on their issue%oncern. You are aware that another part of the
community holds the opposite view and it is an issue you know very little about. What could
the commission do in a situation like this? And, what role could you see yourself playing?
Debra Velure, Lizbeth Metteer, and George Rode were interviewed for vacancies on the Civilian Review
Board. Each candidate was asked the following questions:
1. What can you tell us about your activities, personal attitudes, and life experience that would
demonstrate you can make objective decision about complaints against the police?
2. What contacts, positive or negative, have you had with police or in the criminal justice
system?
3. One of your neighbors is a Eugene officer. He knows you are on the CRB. Recently, he
asked you a hypothetical question about what you think an officer should do in a particular
situation. What would be your response to his question?
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Ms. Taylor adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Beth Forrest
City Recorder
(Recorded by Kimberly Young
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