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projects and growth and there is no provision on the ballots for that. Mr. Rutan said his votes on November 2 reflected general philosophical opinions. e Mr. Bennett sa i d IIfleet replacementll is a capital expense and Mr. Wong responded that the fleet replacement is financed from the General Fund. The councilors completed the ballots. C. Service System Ballots The councilors discussed items on the service system ballots they completed on November 2. Replying to questions from Mayor Obie and Ms. Wooten, Mr. Wong said the expense titled IIBusiness Licensell in the Career Criminal Unit is background checks on people who apply for business licenses. The revenue from business licenses goes to the Permit & Information Center. Mr. Gleason discussed the activities of the Community Affairs Unit and the Crime Prevention Team. Mr. Bennett said the Eugene Sports Program (ESP) gives much leverage. He said it affects 11,000 young people and is extremely important. He emphasized that volunteers rea lly run the program. Ms. Schue said part of the City's contribution to the ESP is for ESP maintenance of City playing fields. Ms. Wooten said many thousands of people participate in City League sports programs. Mr. Miller said it would not be prudent to decrease the services of the Police, Fire and Emergency Services Department. " The councilors decided they did not want to vote again on the service system ballots. They decided to use the results of votes on November 2, 1987. I D. Results of Voting on Financial Targets Mr. Wong distributed the results of the councilors' votes. He sa i d the summary indicates that the councilors want about 26 percent of the projected first year deficit addressed by additional revenues, about 55 percent of the first year deficit addressed by expenditure reductions, and about 24 percent of the first year deficit addressed by one-time adjustments. I Mayor Obi e reviewed the votes of individual councilors. The councilors discussed their votes and concluded that they had included different things in the categories. Mr. Gleason discussed the process and emphasize that the councilors were not cutting items from the budget. He said the councilors were deciding about financial priorities. The Mayor and several councilors discussed their votes. Mr. Bennett said the council should demonstrate that it can decrease expenditures. Then additional revenues can be sought. Mr. Rutan said all the councilors want to decrease expenditures, all councilors want to find some additional revenues, and some one-time adjustments can be made. Ms. Wooten reiterated that she would like to generate resources for capital and operating funds for new projects with e I MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 30, 1987 Page 3