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Grievance Against the Chair and Vice Chair of the Citizen Involvement Committee (CIC)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion): Staff recommends the Grievance Committee review and, amend as needed, the formal report for this grievance.
BACKGROUND:
On February 15th, 2017 the City received a grievance against the Chair and Vice Chair of the Citizen Involvement Committee (CIC). The Grievance Committee (GC) convened and signed a letter recommending the parties seek to reconcile their differences through mediation. In response to requests from multiple parties to continue to process the grievance, the Grievance Committee will proceed as identified in Chapter 2.30.060 of the Oregon City Municipal Code. The grievance and all supporting materials and evidence submitted may be inspected at no charge and copies may be obtained at reasonable cost at the Planning Division office. Any interested party may testify at the hearing(s) or submit written comments to the Community Development Director on the grievance at or prior to the hearing until the Grievance Committee closes the record. The committee is to report its progress to the CIC at each CIC meeting.
Until a recommendation of the Grievance Committee is made, the Grievance Committee will convene monthly, on the first Monday of each month at 5pm at City Hall in Commission Chambers. A majority of the committee members will constitute a quorum. The meeting will be open to the public and video recorded. At each meeting, the Grievance Committee Chair shall call for any ex-parte contacts, conflicts of interest or bias from the Grievance Committee. Testimony will be heard in the following order at each meeting while the record is open:
1. The person / group whom submitted the grievance shall be allotted a maximum of 15 minutes to identify and explain the grievance and provide any other information.
2. The person / group named in the grievance shall be allotted a maximum of 15 minutes to speak about the grievance....
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