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4. APPOINTMENTS- None 5. PRESENTATION - None 6. PUBLIC HEARING - None 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None 8. NEW BUSINESS - None 9. REPORTS A. City Council Report: Councilor Heinrich reported on the COLPAC meeting he attended last Thursday in Rockaway, noting COLPAC has about $600,000 to loan out to small businesses not able to qualify for bank loans. COLPAC is also compiling a list of ready properties, which include green and brown field properties, as well as commercial and industrial properties, which could qualify for OCEE and other funding. The next COLPAC meeting will be held at Clatsop Community College in Seaside on either the first Thursday or second Thursday of November. Councilor Dalin believed he had received enough feedback for going into the next Washington County Coordinating Committee meeting, which would be held Wednesday due to the holiday. He will also go to JPACT on Thursday. Councilor Gottwald reported on the results of the discrimination testing done throughout Washington County that were presented at the last CDBG meeting. She noted the County has received complaints but is unsure how to address the complaints due to the lack of information needed for prosecution. The County was considering providing education for landlords to keep them abreast of what they should and should not do. Acting City Manager Rubenstein noted at the Governor’s office, this issue has been an important subject of conversation with regard to the Fair Housing Act and the related discriminations, and the figures were scary. The testing results were shared with all Washington County jurisdictions, and all were working together to determine how to address the issue. B. Mayors Report: Discussion on Removal of Commercial Excise Tax Mayor Knight stated he found that no surrounding cities were charging the Commercial Excise Tax and to get commercial or industrial businesses to locate to Cornelius, the City should be as competitive with their neighbors as possible, which would include not having the extra fee. If Forest Grove and Hillsboro do not believe they needed the tax, City of Cornelius Meeting Minutes-September 6, 2011 Page 2 of 4
then Cornelius likely did not need it either. He asked that the issue be officially placed on Council’s agenda for a vote on whether to keep the tax. Following a brief discussion, the Council consented to include the Commercial Excise Tax on the October 17 th worksession agenda. Staff was asked to bring an analysis of the fee structures used by other cities to raise funding and information about how much money the tax has benefited the City. After considering the information, Council would determine whether to continue the public process to remove the ordinance on the Commercial Excise Tax. C. City Manager Report: Update on Charter Violations Complaints Acting City Manager Rubenstein reported the Local Government Personnel Institute (LGPI) has been actively conducting the investigation and interviewing people. The investigator could not give a date on which he would be finished as he still needs to interview about one-third of the people. He did not believe the investigator would be finished by the end of September, but noted that when received, the report would become public record. Update on City Services Review Acting City Manager Rubenstein reported that the LGPI advised that the City Council redefine and reduce scope of the review, because the current scope, which included all departments would cost $50,000 to $100,000. Council consented to postpone the review in light of the research requested of Staff for the October 17 th worksession. Update on City Attorney RFP Acting City Manager stated he had significant concerns about the RFP process having some liability issues and recommended that Council start the process over to avoid any potential litigation. Those who previously submitted proposals would be notified, and the City would advertise the RFP process again. He explained that not all of the Council did the reviews on the proposals and some public comments made about attorney firms would allow those not getting the position to challenge the process. Starting a new RFP process with no public comments and no discussion away from the dais until the public process began would accomplish the same objective while minimizing the liability exposure. He agreed that having the League of Oregon Cities do an education session for Council and Staff could be helpful and would be a wise use of the City’s membership fees. He would see whether the item could be added to Council’s next worksession. Merina & Company Letter of Engagement City of Cornelius Meeting Minutes-September 6, 2011 Page 3 of 4
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