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Eugene council moves to remove department-head residency requirement from charter, consider ordinance
Summary
The Eugene City Council voted 8-0 to direct staff to draft a resolution to remove the charterresidency requirement for department heads and to consider whether the rule should instead be set by ordinance; city staff and several councilors said the rule hampers recruitment.
The Eugene City Council on Sept. 24 voted 8-0 to direct the city manager to draft a resolution to remove the department-head residency requirement from the City Charter and to consider whether to adopt any residency rule later by ordinance.
Councilors said the residency requirement — which currently requires the city manager and department heads to live within Eugene while serving in those roles — has complicated recruiting and, in some cases, required staff to relocate. Jason Dedrick of the city manager's office presented research showing none of the six largest…
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