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City of Springfield
Regular Council Meeting
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1994
The city of Springfield Council met in Regular Session in the Springfield City
Council Chamber, 225 Fifth Street, Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, February 21,
1994, at 7:00 p.m., with Mayor Morrisette presiding.
ATTENDANCE
Present were Mayor Morrisette, Councilors Beyer, Shaver, Walters, Burge and
Schanz. Councilor Maine was absent (excused). Also present were City Manager
Michael Kelly, Assistant City Manager Gino Grimaldi, City Attorney Joe Leahy,
City Recorder Eileen Stein and members of the staff.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Morrisette.
INVOCATION
The invocation was given by Rev. Eldon Walter, Seventh Day Adventist Church.
SPRINGFIELD UPBEAT
1. Mayor Morrisette proclaimed February 21 - 26, 1994 as National patriotism
Week.
2. Mayor Morrisette recognized Mike Moskovitz for completing the Council
goals display board located in the Council Chamber Room.
CONSENT CALENDAR
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR WALTERS, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BURGE, TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 5 FOR AND 0
AGAINST.
1. Claims
None.
2. Minutes
a. February 7, 1994 - Work Session
b. February 7, 1994 - Regular Session
c. February 14, 1994 - Work Session
3. Resolutions
RESOLUTION NO. 94-7 - A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT PROJECT 1-797: HANDICAP RAMP
IMPROVEMENTS FOR 4TH, 7TH, 8TH, 9TH, 10TH, AND 14TH STREETS, B TO G
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STREETS, AND VICINITY, FROM H & J CONSTRUCTION, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF
$64,218.40.
RESOLUTION NO. 94-8 - A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT PROJECT 1-837: EAST
SPRINGFIELD SEWER INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM, PHASE 2, FROM KENNETH R. BOSTICK
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,162,430.60.
4. Ordinances
ORDINANCE NO. 5723 - AN ORDINANCE WITHDRAWING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED
IN WEST SPRINGFIELD NORTH OF WEST "D" STREET, EAST OF I-5; (17S R03W S34
MAP 23 PART OF PARCEL 900); HERETOFORE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
FROM THE RAINBOW WATER DISTRICT (SECOND READING) .
ORDINANCE NO. 5724 - AN ORDINANCE WITHDRAWING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED
IN WEST SPRINGFIELD SOUTH OF CENTENNIAL BLVD. AND WEST OF ASPEN STREET;
(17S R03W S34 MAP 23 PARCEL 500); HERETOFORE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD FROM THE RAINBOW WATER DISTRICT (SECOND READING) .
ORDINANCE NO. 5725 - AN ORDINANCE WITHDRAWING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED
IN NORTHWEST SPRINGFIELD SOUTH OF MAPLE ISLAND SLOUGH AND NORTH OF BELTLINE
ROAD; (17S R03W S15 PORTION OF PARCEL 3400); HERETOFORE ANNEXED TO THE CITY
OF SPRINGFIELD FROM THE RAINBOW WATER DISTRICT (SECOND READING) .
ORDINANCE NO. 5726 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II, SECTIONS 2-11-1
"DEFINITIONS" AND 2-11-9 "CREDITS" OF THE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGE
ORDINANCE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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None.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. 1994-99 Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
City Engineer Al Peroutka presented a staff report on this issue. The
draft CIP has been reviewed by Council and the Planning Commission.
Council is requested to conduct a public hearing for consideration of the
1994-99 five year CIP.
Mayor Morrisette opened the public hearing.
a. Phillip Farrinqton, Willamalane Park and Recreation District Planner,
supported the proposed 1994-99 CIP. He specifically voiced support
for the Southwest Sewer Connector project and the Millrace Park
project.
Mayor Morrisette closed the public hearing.
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Councilor Shaver recommended removing the West M Street project from the
CIP and forwarding it to the Community Development Advisory Committee
(CDAC) for inclusion of funding with other Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) projects.
Mr. Peroutka explained that staff planned to present the West M Street
project to the CDAC as a proposal. He clarified that funding for the
project was not included in the CIP.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR BURGE, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR WALTERS, TO
ADOPT THE 1994-99 CIP AS SUBMITTED. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 5 FOR
AND 0 AGAINST.
BUSINESS FROM THE AUDIENCE
None.
COUNCIL RESPONSE
None.
CORRESPONDENCE AND PETITIONS
1.
Correspondence from R. M. Farrell, Chairperson, Springfield Bicycle
Advisory Committee (SBAC), in Support of the Pioneer Parkway
Bicycle/Pedestrian Project.
Mr. Farrell addressed the Council and expressed his personal support and
the Bicycle Committee's support for the pioneer Parkway Bicycle/Pedestrian
project.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR SHAVER, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BURGE, TO
ACCEPT AND FILE THE CORRESPONDENCE. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 5 FOR
AND 0 AGAINST.
BIDS
None.
ORDINANCES
None.
BUSINESS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
1. Other Business.
a. Human Rights Commission (HRC) By-Law Revisions.
Assistant City Manager Gino Grimaldi presented a staff report on this
issue. The Human Rights Commission has revised its current by-laws.
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The proposed changes are as follows: 1) membership to consist of 15
members (13 adults and 2 students); 2) One student shall be a student
from Springfield High School or from Thurston High School. The other
student member shall be a resident of Springfield and a student from
any public or private high school in the Springfield/Eugene area.
Terms for student members shall expire on December 31st of their
senior year; 3) Commission members shall ,own property or live within
the Urban Growth Boundary of the city of Springfield; 4) allow
applications of candidates who previously applied to be brought
forward to a current recruitment at the request of the applicant; 5)
vacancies which occur before December 31 in any year need not be
filled until the City Council fills those vacancies which occur as a
result of the expiration of terms on December 31 of that year; 6)
membership of the Commission shall be reduced by the number of such
vacancies; 7) a quorum shall consist of a majority of the voting
members of the Commission or seven voting members, whichever number is
greater; 8) other minor changes were housekeeping in nature.
Mr. Grimaldi stated that both Melody Kelsay, Human Rights Commission
Chair and Tonya Johnson, Human Rights Commission member were in the
audience and available to answer questions of Council.
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Councilor Walters stated that there has been discussion about reducing
the number of members on the Commission. Councilor Walters asked Ms.
Kelsay what her opinion was regarding the membership reduction. Ms.
Kelsay replied that the Commission would like the membership to
consist of 15 members. Ms. Kelsay discussed poor meeting attendance
and stated that the lack of a quorum has become an on-going problem.
Councilor Beyer asked if the current membership composition was
necessary to accommodate the work plans. Ms. Kelsay responded that
the Commission has three subcommittee groups. The subcommittees are
Public Relations, Protected Classes and Youth and Education.
Councilor Walters stated Ms. Kelsay that if it was her opinion that
the number of Commission members should be reduced, then why did the
Commission recommend to the Council that the membership should consist
of fifteen members and not a lesser number. Ms. Kelsay replied that
when the Commission made the bylaws recommendations, there were seven
openings and eight applications and it appeared all the positions
could be filled. She said that a Commission that had less than eleven
members on it would not be able to accomplish anything. She felt it
was the responsibility of the Council to find a good balanced number
for membership. She explained that the Commission was looking to the
Council for guidance and leadership on this matter. She also
explained that the Commission discussed membership and retained the
proposed number at fifteen to stay within the Council's original
framework. Ms. Kelsay referenced applicants for the current
vacancies. She stated that if these citizens were appointed to the
Commission, it was possible that the composition of the Commission
would be liberal. She explained that Council had previously given
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direction to the Commission not to bring forward "the liberal gay and
lesbian agenda", that the Council had fought it enough. She stated
that if the entire Human Rights Commission is liberal, then there was
a risk of the community facing such divisive measures as was ocurred
with Ballot Measure 20-08 two years ago. She felt the Commission
needed to provide direction on this matter.
Ms. Kelsay provided additional information regarding the subcommittee
groups. She stated that the Protected Class subcommittee was chaired
by John DeWenter and one of the subcommittee goals was to identify all
the protected classes located in Springfield. She also stated that
the group created a list of human rights that all Springfield
residents should have. The first human right is that all Springfield
residents should have the right to nutritious food. She further
explained the group planned to include something related to housing.
Councilor Walters asked what the Youth and Education subcommittee
charge was. Ms. Kelsay explained that Darrell Neet chaired this
group. The focus was on gang problems in the community and the
process related to community education of that problem.
Councilor Burge asked what the charge of the Human Rights Commission
was. Assistant City Manager Gino Grimaldi responded that the
Commission had two broad goals. The first was was to identify and
meet the human rights needs in the community and the second was to
promote educational and cultural activities. City Attorney Joe Leahy
explained that the Springfield City Code, Section 7-10-1, contained
specific language identifying the purpose and charge of the
Commission.
Councilor Burge proposed that a revision be made to the by-laws in
Article II, Purposes and Objectives, and that the language contained
in Springfield City Code, Section 7-10-1, "Declaration of Policy and
Creation of Human Rights Commission", would be substituted and items
1, 2 and 3 in Article II would be deleted.
Councilor Shaver provided Council with a handout proposing four
additional amendments to the by-laws as follows:
1. Membership: Nine adult members and two student members.
2. Adult member eligibility: Registered voter with a physical
address within a 97477 or 97478 zip code area that has not served
two complete terms on the Springfield Human Rights Commission.
Student member eligibility: An 11th or 12th grade student
attending a Springfield School District 19 high-school, or an
11th or 12th grade student with a physical address within a 97477
or 97478 zip code area.
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3.
Vote required to take action: A "super majority" of at least 60%
of members in attendance of a meeting with a quorum. That shall
be interpreted to be the following:
11 members present - 7 votes
10 members present - 6 votes
9 members present - 6 votes
8 members present - 5 votes
7 members present - 5 votes
6 members present - 4 votes
5 members present - 3 votes
4 members present - 3 votes
4. Quorum: A simple majority of the currently appointed members of
the Springfield Human Rights Committee.
Councilor Shaver clarified that the eligibility requirements for both
adult and student members should probably be: Registered voter with a
residential physical address within a 97477 or 97478 zip code area
that has not served two complete terms on the Springfield Human Rights
Commission.
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Councilor Schanz raised concerns regarding the four amendments as
follows: 1) the Commission felt that there was a need for a fifteen
member Commission because of the many projects they were involved in
and that a larger membership provided more diversity; 2) he did not
feel there was a need to extend eligibility boundaries; 3) if the
Commission consisted of the proposed eleven members, a quorum would
consist of six members. Councilor Shaver stated that in the event
that current membership consisted of seven members, four members would
be a quorum. Councilor Schanz replied that a minimum of six members
would be required for an eleven member Commission.
Councilor Walters questioned why Councilor Shaver felt an
eleven-member Commission was better than a fifteen-member Commission.
He also asked whether it would be wiser to meet with the Human Rights
Commission once in place with the existing applicants to get input
from the Commission and hear more about their subcommittees and what
the requirements are for making those subcommittees work.
Councilor Shaver replied to comments made by Councilor Schanz and
Walters. He explained that it has been a continual problem to find
enough interested and qualified applicants to fill board, committee
and commission vacancies. Councilor Shaver reminded Council that on
behalf of the Commission, Ms. Kelsay stated that the Commission was
requesting leadership direction from the Council and perhaps a reduced
membership was necessary. Councilor Shaver felt it was best to reduce
the membership prior to the appointments being made, not after. He
also explained that he was not asking for anyone's application to be
dropped but was asking for staff to reopen the application process to
allow people in the newly included areas to be given the opportunity
to apply for membership on the Commission.
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Councilor Burge agreed with comments made by Councilor Shaver. He
felt that if membership size was to be discussed that this was the
appropriate time to do so.
Councilor Beyer stated she was not certain what the membership
composition should be. She questioned if the problem was that the
Commission was too large or whether absenteeism was the real problem.
Councilor Schanz explained that positions would be filled at the
beginning of the year, therefore, seniors high school students would
not be able to be appointed to the student vacancies. Ms. Kelsay
responded that the current student members recommended that juniors be
appointed to the student positions. They felt that this would allow
the student to serve from January to January and would would free up
personal time during the last half of their senior year for other
activities.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR SHAVER, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BURGE, TO
ADOPT BY-LAWS AMENDMENTS 1 THROUGH 4 AS FOLLOWS:
1. Membership: Nine adult members and two student members.
2.
Adult member eligibility: Registered voter with a residential
physical address within a 97477 or 97478 zip code area that has
not served two complete terms on the Springfield Human Rights
Commission.
Student member eligibility: An 11th or 12th grade student
attending a Springfield School District 19 high-school, or an
11th or 12th grade student with a residential physical address
within a 97477 or 97478 zip code area.
3.
Vote required to take action: A "super majority" of at least 60%
of members in attendance of a meeting with a quorum. That shall
be interpreted to be the following:
11 members present - 7 votes
10 members present - 6 votes
9 members present - 6 votes
8 members present - 5 votes
7 members present - 5 votes
6 members present - 4 votes
4.
Quorum: A simple majority of the currently appointed members of
the Springfield Human Rights Committee but no less than 6
members.
THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 3 FOR AND 2 AGAINST (SCHANZ AND
WALTERS) .
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IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR SHAVER, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BURGE, TO
OPEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THOSE
THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS BUT HAVE A RESIDENCE WITH A 97477 OR
97478 ZIP CODE TO APPLY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. THE MOTION
PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 1 AGAINST (WALTERS).
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR SHAVER, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
BURGE, THAT THE FOUR PROPOSED AND ADOPTED BY-LAW AMENDMENTS (NOTED
ABOVE) BE INCORPORATED INTO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BY-LAWS AS
PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AND THAT THE BYLAWS AS PROPOSED AND AMENDED
BY APPROVED. IT WAS ALSO CLARIFIED THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, THE
LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE SPRINGFIELD CITY CODE, 7-10-1, DECLARATION
OF POLICY AND CREATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, BE INCLUDED IN
ARTICLE II OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BY-LAWS AND CURRENT ITEM
NUMBERS 1, 2 AND 3 WOULD BE DELETED. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF
5 FOR AND 0 AGAINST.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR SCHANZ, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BURGE,
THAT IN ADDITION TO OPENING UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO PEOPLE WHO
LIVE OUTSIDE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, TO INCLUDE A CITY WIDE
RECRUITMENT AND INTERVIEW ONLY FOR NEW APPLICANTS. THE MOTION PASSED
WITH A VOTE OF 5 FOR AND 0 AGAINST.
City Attorney Joe Leahy recommended that the Council meet with the
Commission to provide further direction to it. It was agreed that the
Council and Commission would hold a joint meeting to discuss the
Commission's work plan.
Council did not adjourn into work session to discuss the Periodic Review and
Charter Update Process. The periodic Review item was removed from the agenda
and the Charter Update Process would be discussed at this time.
b. Review of Draft Periodic Review Evaluation Document.
City Manager Mike Kelly explained that discussion of this item has
been postponed and would be rescheduled.
c. Charter Update Process.
City Recorder Eileen Stein presented a staff report on this issue. In
June, 1993, the Council directed that the 1989 proposed new Charter be
reviewed by the whole Council, rather than a specified Council
subcommittee. Ms. Stein discussed the election schedule for 1994.
She explained that March 17, 1994 was the deadline for filing a Notice
of Measure Election with Lane County for the May 17, 1994 primary
election. She stated that the city is not required to pay for
participating in the primary and general elections in even numbered
years. Because so, direction was sought regarding the Council's
preferences to place the revised Charter on the ballot in 1994. She
pointed out that beside the Charter revision, there were other Charter
issues that had been raised over the past year, and direction on these
issues, relative to the Charter amendment was also sought.
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Mayor Morrisette suggested that Council deal only with the primary
election rather than the others and not complete a comprehensive
Charter amendment until there was time to meet and discuss issues.
Councilor Shaver stated that a major change proposed was the primary
election. He understood this to mean the primary election would stand
as the final election unless there was a plurality in which case there
would be a run-off election between the top two vote getters during
the general election in November. He stated that if Council acted on
this now and asked for it to be incorporated, it would not take effect
to affect this election year. He said the Council could act on this
in November, or the following year in May, and it would still be in
place before the 1996 election year. He asked why the Council should
target May if there are several other items needing to be addressed in
the Charter.
Mayor Morrisette discussed the benefits of having a single issues on
the ballot in which people could vote on the individual merits of the
issue. He felt that when several items were combined the likelihood
of defeat was greater.
Councilor Burge supported proceeding with the election on the primary
election item.
Councilor Walters did not agree with comments made. He did not feel
that items should be dealt with one at a time. He felt all these
items were closely related and it was easy to incorporate all the
issues into a discussion about the way the community views it's
elections, the way the Mayor is viewed (as a volunteer), whether
Councilors should have access to health care similar to other public
agencies in the community, and how this was linked to primary and ward
elections. He stated that the only way he would support a primary
election for Council races was if only the residents of that ward
voted for the candidate from that ward. He stated that candidates can
go door-to-door in their and meet the voters. He felt a city-wide
election was more expensive. He also stated that a ward election held
the candidate more accountable to the ward voters.
Councilor Burge stated that in looking back at this issue he was not
convinced that a city-wide election would cost more. He stated that
he was opposed to ward elections. He discussed the primary election
and the run-off in the general election. If a single candidate did
not receive a majority in the primary election, he felt it would be
proper to have a run-off in November. He felt the community should
make the final decision of who serves them.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR BURGE, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BEYER, TO
DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR THE
ELECTION AND IN DOING SO THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD PREPARE THE LANGUAGE
TO ACCURATELY REFLECT COUNCIL DIRECTION TO ADOPT A PRIMARY ELECTION
PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR POSITIONS WITH A GENERAL ELECTION
RUN-OFF IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE PRIMARY.
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City Recorder Eileen Stein explained that if Council was in favor of
this motion, there would be an ordinance on the March 7 Council agenda
calling for the election. This would be the official action by which
Council would notify the Election's Division that there was a proposed
measure.
Councilor Schanz reminded Council that only recommendations were being
made to be placed on the ballot and the citizens would decide. In the
same spirit, he felt that ward elections should be placed on the
ballot.
THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 5 FOR AND 0 AGAINST.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR SCHANZ, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR WALTERS,
THAT COUNCIL PLACE WARD ELECTIONS ON THE BALLOT FOR THE SAME REASON,
TO LET THE VOTERS DECIDE HOW TO SELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. THE
MOTION FAILED WITH A VOTE OF 2 FOR AND 3 AGAINST (BURGE, BEYER AND
SHAVER) .
Councilor Walters left the meeting at 8:30 p.m.
Councilor Shaver said he wanted to discuss stipend for the Mayor's
position and health insurance benefits. He asked if the stipend for
Mayor was placed on the ballot, would the salary be established by the
Councilor would a salary be set in the Charter itself. Mayor
Morrisette was not in favor of discussing this while he was holding
the office of Mayor but would do so as it applied to the next Mayoral
election period. He also stated that the city of Beverton had a
strong Mayor form of government and that the Mayor's salary is
attached to a Judge's salary. He recommended that the salary be in
the $20,000 range, not a full salary and that the salary be attach it
to another position. This way the salary would not be under constant
review and the salary could be indexed along with the position it is
attached to.
Councilor Burge did not support a stipend for the Mayor's position.
He stated that a volunteer Mayor's position has worked well in the
past. He also noted that historically the Mayor's position has been a
part time position. He explained that Mayor Morrisette places a lot
of time and energy into his position and has done a good job as the
city's Mayor. He also noted that the city of springfield had a very
capable City Manager.
Councilor Schanz felt that people had the right to decide on this
issue.
Ms. Stein explained that she had information regarding the city of
Tigard which provides medical benefits to their Council members. The
Council members are on payroll and receive $150 per month stipend.
This originally developed as a reimbursement for expenses. This was
provided for in the City Code and not the Charter. If Springfield
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considered something like this, the Charter provision related to
compensation for Mayor and Council members would still need to be
deleted.
Ms. Stein discussed the city of Springfield's medical benefits
provider, League of Oregon Cities Trust. She explained that two of
the requirements that the city would have to meet in order to join the
League Trust would be that 75% of the Council members would have to
participate and the city would have to pay 50% of the premium. The
50% premium would conflict with the Charter provision which prohibits
compensation because this opportunity would be considered
compensation.
Councilor Beyer reminded Council that there were many part-time
employees who did not have the ability to buy into the city's health
insurance and did not think it was right for Council to be able to do
this if employees were not allowed.
City Attorney Joe Leahy reminded Council of the Charter clause which
prohibits Council compensation.
Councilor Shaver wanted Council to review the issue of insurance
between now and November.
Councilor Burge reiterated his opposition to any elected official at
the city level receiving any compensation or benefits for serving in
their position. He stated people were aware, that the position(s) were
volunteer when initially applied for the position. He felt things
were working well.
Ms. Stein questioned if there was consensus or discussion regarding
the 1989 Charter itself. Mayor Morrisette stated that this should be
reviewed during a work session. He stated that during the time, there
were three side issues that were going to be placed on the ballot at
the same time, and the Council decided to pull the Charter off the
ballot rather than take the risk of the entire proposal failing. He
hoped that if the simple housekeeping change from an enumerated
Charter to a general purpose Charter done independently without any
side issues.
Mayor Morrisette requested that this item be scheduled for a work
session meeting and that no other items be scheduled for review during
the same meeting. Council requested that they be provided with the
existing and revised Charter at least two weeks prior to the scheduled
Council meeting.
Councilor Schanz stated he felt the ward elections and primary
elections are intertwined philosophically and Council made a mistake
by not allowing the people to decide on both issues. Mayor Morrisette
wanted to see the items separated so one issue would not drag the
other one down.
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Councilor Shaver discussed ward elections. He explained that the more
he was involved with, the more he realized that Springfield still had
the luxury of city-wide elections in contrast with groups that break
into wards. He was impressed with how well people are served by being
provided with the opportunity to vote on every candidate, even though
it may not be the most economical thing for the candidate. He was now
convinced that as long as the city is small enough to handle city-wide
elections he would support it.
Councilor Schanz felt the people should be allowed to vote on this.
Councilor Beyer agreed with comments made by Councilor Shaver. She
said she felt very strongly about this issue.
2. Committee Appointments.
a. Human Rights Commission.
This item was delayed based on discussion regarding bylaws.
BUSINESS FROM THE CITY MANAGER
1.
Budget Transfer Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 94-9 - A RESOLUTION REDUCING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FUND, AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FUND GRANTS AND CASH CARRY-OVERS, AND TRANSFERRING
AND RE-APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SDC PROJECTS AND
DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTS FUNDS.
Finance Director Bob Duey presented a staff report on this issue. Several
times throughout the fiscal year the Council is requested to make
adjustments to the budget to reflect needed changes in planned activities,
to recognize new revenues such as grants or to make other required
adjustments.
Mr. Duey reviewed the Cascade Drive Street, sanitary and storm sewer
improvement project ($80;000). He explained that the passage of the
resolution would only adjust the budget document to allow this type of
financing and project to occur. At a later date the Council would receive
a presentation from Public Works for actual approval of the project itself.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR BURGE, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR SHAVER, TO
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 94-9. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0
AGAINST.
2. Other Business.
a. Councilor Burge discussed the Metro Plan process. He stated that the
word "agreement" was reoccurring between the three jurisdictions. He
stated that he has not personally seen that agreement and would like
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to see it. If there was not an agreement, he requested that he be
provided with copies of the adopting ordinances by the three
jurisdictions enabling that process. He also requested copies of the
associated minutes.
ADJOURNMENT
BUSINESS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:52 P.M.
Minutes Recorder - Julie Wilson
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