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r 6){) /] t..) '( '1: e --..- --- ~ ---- - -- --- ~--- -- --- ~--- -- . --- - ------- ---- -.--------- -'-.-- ---- -- ------ , - ----_.- _.. -- ----- - --- ----- -_. ----- - -- ----- ---- - - - - - - .' . - . . - - _.~- - - -- - - --- IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY DR. CRUMBAKER THAT THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE CITY I MANAGER BE ACCEPTED AND-THE AWARD MADE AS FOLLOWS: . GASOLINE, ETHYL TO RICHfiELD OIL COMPANY AT $.2244 PER GAL. DIESEL MOTOR OIL TO GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. AT $.123 PER GAL. STOVE OIL, P.S. 100 TO GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. AT $.135 PER GAL. 01 ESEL 01 L, P..S. 200 TO GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP..AT $.1216 PER GAL. LT. INDUSTRIAL 01Li P.S. 300, CENTRAL HEATlNG.CO. AT '$.3~75 PER BBL.- . : . . . 3.24 PER BBL.- . , . - $3.75 PER BBL. fOR DELIVERIES Of 1,000 GAL. OR LESS; $3.24 PER BBL. fOR 5,000 GAL AND OVER, ALL' IN ACCORDANCE. WITH THE TERMS Of THE BIDS SUBMITTED.AND THAT-THE 'PROPER CITY OffiCIALS ENTER INTO A CONTRACT ON THIS BASIS. ROLLCALL VOTE. .MOTION CARR I ED. ,REPORTS OF OFF! CERS . . . 2 A REPORT Of THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; REPORT fROM EUGENE WATER & ELECTRI-C BOARDjREPORT fROM LEIGH FISHER WAS SUBMIT:r~D AND READ AS fOLLOWS: 1 e . . . . . L . ' "THE STRUCTURE .TO HOUSE THE RIVERVIEW PUMP-ING STATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE ELECTRICAL WIRING IS BEING INSTALLED AND THE CONTRACTOR IS AWAITING THE PUMP. THE RIVE~VIEW SEWER LINE HAS BEEN PLACED fROM THE SOUTH LINE Of THE .OVERPASS TO THE HEAD GATE ON THE MILL RACE AND THAT PORTION BETWEEN THE HEAD GATE AND THE PUMPING STATION IS RAPIDLY APPROACING COMPLETION. . . . -- -- . I THE NEW PUMP HAS BEEN SET AT THE 13TH AVENUE PUMPING STATION AND THE REWIRING IS VERY NEARLY fiNISHED. THER.E STI LL REMAI NS TO -BE---I-NSTALLED, WHEN RECEIVED, THE SPIRAL STAIRS, AND TESTS RUN ON THE PUMP. . . . . THE SEWER LI NE BETWEEN HI LYARD STREET AND WI LLAMETTE STREET fROM 32ND TO 40TH AVENUE I SNOW C,OMPLETED. -----~. . . ON EACH Of- YOUR DESKS 'YOU WI lL -F-I'ND'-PART II O~ THE LEIGH FI~HER AND ASSOCIATES ' - REPORT ENTITLED "DEVELOPMENT Of THE MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT" THIS COpy SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO YOUR COpy Of. PART I--AND'-IS FOR YOUR USE AND REV I.EW. MR. FISHER WilL MEET WITH THE COUNCIL SOMETIME IN JANUARY TO MAKE HIS PERSONAL PRESENTATION AND DISCUSS THE VARIOUS POSSI.BI LI TI ESOf THE DEVELOPMENT Of -MAHLON SWEET 'AI.RPORT. . ~ ':. ALSO, ON ~ACH OF YOUR~ESKS YO~WtL~ FIN~COPIES OF TWO RE~ORTS ON TAX STUD~ES MADE fOR THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, ACCOMPANIED BY THE FOLLOWING MEMORANDUM fROM MR. RAY BOALS, GENE.RAL SUPER I NToENDENT, SECRE1.ARY fOR' THE BOARD. . - 'WE ARE HANOI NG YOU HE.REWI TH TEN COP-I ES 'EACH OF REPORTS RESUL 11 NG fROM TAX STUDI ES . MADE FOR THE BOARD COYERING THE EffECTS Of TAXATION ON PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES. THE fiRST SET IS EN.TITLED "ALTE.RNATlVE TAX PL..ANS"-AND I-S DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1954. THE SECOND SET HAS TO DO WITH POLICIES CONCERNING TAXATION AND IS DATED OCTOBER 25, 1954. . . . . .. - - - .' - .. '-~- .' . ' SINCE THE REVENUES TO THE CITY WILL PROBABLY BE INFLUENCED BY ANY CHANGE IN TAX POLIC~ Of THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES, THE BOARD IS ANXIOUS I THAT THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESS AN OPINION OR OPINIONS ON THE TWO FOLLOWING POINTS: I . WHAT IS THE PREVAILING OPINION Of THE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO THE TAXATION . Of PUBLICLY OWNE~ UTILITIES? WHILE ~HE~AXATION ~~THE ELECTRIC UTILITY. ONLY HAS BEEN SUGGESTED IN BILLS SUBMITTED TO fORMER LEGISLATURES, THERE - .~. ~ ~= SEEMS TO BE LITTLE JUSTifiCATION fOR THE SELECTIVE TAXATION OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE WATER UTILITY, IF NOT OTHER SO-CALLED NOW PROPRIETARY ACTIVITIES Of THE CITY. e .. 2. -SHOU!';D THE AMOUNT- Of THE TAX BE- CHANGED APPRECI AB\.;Y THERE WI LL UNDOUBTE.DLY, BE A CHANGE IN THE RATE SCHEDULES FOR ELECTRICITY, OR FOR BOTH ELECTRICITY AND WATER. . ' IN VIEW Of THE CURRENT fiNANCIAL POSITION Of THE STATE, WHICH CONDITION IS EX- PECTED TO BECOME MORE ACUTE. OUR I NG THENE'XT FEW' YEARS, THERE- WIt:L UNDOUBTE-DLY,BE MU-CH PRESSURE BROUGHT TO REQUIRE TAXATION Of MUNICIPAL UTiliTIES IN THE NEXT SESSION Of THE LEGISLATURE. THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND INDEED ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES Of THE STATE OF OREGON, THE REAs, THE PUDs AND THE PRIVATE POWER COMPANIES ARE EQUALLY CONCERNED. - .. . - . I THE BOARD HAS BEEN WI THHOLD I NG TH.I S- TAX STUDY DATE FROM C I RCULAT-I ON UNTIL -SUCH TIME AS THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER DISCUSS THESE MATTERS I WITH THE BOARD OR TO ~ORM ANbplNION CONCERNING TAX~TION fOR TRANSMi~SI6~ T6 THE-BoARO~ . SINCE THE LEGISLATURE WILL CONVENE IN A FEW DAYS, THIS MATTER SHOULD HAVE THE IMMEDIATE I u ,ATTENT-ION .Of THE ColH'4C-1 L. III : , - I T WAS MOVED BY DR.- CRUMBAKER" SECONDED BY .MR'.BoOTHTHAT' THE COMMUN:I CATION F:ROM THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRfC BOARD BE REfERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH THAT THE BALANCE Of THE REPORT Of THE CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON rilE. MOTl ON CARR I ED. e ~