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City workings easy to understand
Internships, neighborhood associations,
voting, all ways students can get involved
By Cathy Peterson
..aid Reoo'ter
The ( il\ ol Kugene has < omi'
.1 long wav from the citv once
(ailed Skinner s Mndhole
However the i it\ government
hasn't i hangeit that mm h sine e
the tirst i it\ imini il elei turn in
IHtia
The i 11\ hall building at 777
I'earl St need not he a ousters
to t'niversitv students Stu
dents (an participate in local
go\eminent by serving on < om
missions attending meetings
or voting
t or students who want expe
riem e working in < it\ govern
ment there are internships or
work s!ud\ positions with < ilv
departments.
before lumping in. here's a
primer on tugene i 11v govern
ment tor the uninitiated
Tin Oregon legislature
granted 1 ugene self gov
eminent in according to a
pamphlet prodtn ed hv the i 11\
on its government The i it\
adopted it i harter two years lat
er to guide olfii nils in their de
i ision-ruaking
In 1‘t l l i iti/ens adopted a
i ouiH it manager form ol gov
eminent, which separates the
e\ei ut i ve legislative - jud ii ia I
funi turns from administrative
film lions
The exei utive brum h i on
sists of the mavor of t ugene
and the mayor s stall t ugene
Mayor left Millet. is the i hair
man ot the i dv council and is
tdiH led tiv tile t it\ at large loi a
tourwear term ol office The
mavor does not vote on count d
matters except to break a tie
v< itr
in .nidiliun In a charter. the
city is governed In ordinances
enat It'd In .1 i 11\ mum il. made
up of representatives from the
( itv s eight wards Tim i itv
i outu il is tlm legislative hram h
of government 1 Im l ’niversit\
falls into Ward -1. and the i i!\
count il representative is Kob
Bennett who will be up for
elet turn in 1<)<) 1
The count il has the power to
change the city ordinances at
an\ time If this seems unfair to
i ilizens. the (Jregon Legislature
granted them the rights of ini
tiative. recall and referendum,
.is a halam e
rhe power of initiative gives
am ( itizen the light to draw up
proposed laws and submit
them to the voters for approval
after thev have i ollet ted a
number of signatures
The power of referendum el
lows people to vote to change
or keep existing laws The right
to recall permits citizens to pe
tition for .in election to remove
elet ted offit ials from public of
tit e
The t ilv manager, appointed
In the citv count il. is the t hie!
administrate)! who manages the
t 11v s stall and departments
Kugene s i 11\ manager is Mike
(ileason
Although the i itv manager is
appointed to the job the at tual
dav -to tiav management is done
b\ the assistant t itv manager
Dave Whitlow The heads ol
departments also report to the
assistant manager
The judicial brant h is made
nI) of a munit ipal judge and an
assistant munit ipal judge up
M" Miller
pointed In the ( itv council.
Much of the day to day gov
eminent business takes place in
the i itv departments These de
part me nt s i no 1 u d e public
works, public safety planning
and support servic es lor c il\
government
City ach isor\ hoards and
c cnnniissions are made up ol
c itiz.ens appointed In the conn
i 11. and me lude a human rights
commission, downtown com
mission. bicycle commission
and planning commission, as
well as many others
Tor students who want to
work in government, intern
ships and work study positions
are available in many of the de
partments
"The departments have been
very enthusiastic about the in
ternship program." said Nora
McCoy the c it\ s cooperative
work study and uork-experi
enc e program direc tor
It’s a help to us. and we
give students help, whether
through extra income, or expe
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