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until April to finish addressing the issue. <br /> Ms. Utecht asked the mayor and councilors how they wished to proceed. <br /> Mr. Pape suggested the councilors instruct staff to work with the council officers and mayor to formulate <br /> some proposals to bring back. <br /> Mr. Kelly said staff should take notes and categorize and group them and then bring it back to the April <br /> process session. <br /> After some discussion on whether to schedule an additional earlier process session, the council decided to <br /> have staff work on the results from the discussion and bring the extrapolation back to the council process <br /> session scheduled for Monday, April 18. <br /> Mr. Pape objected to allowing this topic to take up the whole process session. <br /> Ms. Ortiz said it was an important topic. She wanted to do it right so that the results would have a long <br /> shelf-life and did not want to limit the process. <br /> Mr. Pape suggested splitting the issue and addressing one piece in the process session and one piece in the <br /> work session. <br /> Ms. Taylor advocated for devoting the process session to this issue. <br /> Mr. Kelly stated that there was formalized code language for standardized commissions and committees, <br /> but there was nothing like that for committees formed by the mayor. He thought there should be some <br /> kind of guiding language for mayor's committees. He opined there was some value in bounding what a <br /> mayor's committee could be. He noted that the council had approved the nominations for former-Mayor <br /> Torrey's Economic Development Committee. He likened it to the Senate approving the President's <br /> nominations and advocated for continuing this supervisory role. <br /> Mayor Piercy said while she recognized why the issue had arisen, she only had a couple of things under <br /> her charge, the ability to weigh in on the agenda and the right to form committees (with the caveat that <br /> budget considerations had to be weighed), and the rest of her job was "showing up." She was concerned <br /> about being constrained, especially given that any recommendations or proposed actions that resulted <br /> from a committee would come before the council anyway. <br /> Ms. Taylor concurred with Mr. Kelly. She remarked that the council was "expected" to support the <br /> results from such committees. She felt a committee should bring ideas but not have the assumption that <br /> the council would automatically support them. <br /> Mr. Pape said he would not put limitations on the mayor's committees. <br /> Mr. Pryor called it a great check and balance. He thought it was an interesting conversation but did not <br /> want to constrain the rights of the executive branch. <br /> Ms. Utecht observed that Mr. Kelly and Ms. Taylor were the only councilors interested in discussing this <br /> item further. Mr. Kelly suggested the item be "parked" until fall, 2005. <br /> 4) Strategic Planning Session <br /> <br /> MINUTES-Eugene City Council February 8, 2005 Page 10 <br /> Process Session <br /> _ . <br /> <br />