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<br />Production of a voters’ pamphlet is not a regular budget item and requires the expenditure of <br />contingency funds. Production costs, including mailing, for the voters’ pamphlets in 2004, 2005, and <br />2006 elections averaged between $20,000 and $25,000. Taking into account increased costs for postage <br />and labor, staff estimates that this pamphlet will cost approximately $25,000. <br /> <br />The time required for printing a pamphlet and preparing it for mailing are set by production schedules of <br />mailing services and commercial printers. Pamphlet content and deadlines for its preparation and <br />mailing are established by Eugene Code 2.993 through 2.997. To meet those deadlines, council action is <br />needed by August 15. <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br /> <br />1. The council may approve motions to produce and expend funds on a voters’ pamphlet and appoint <br /> councilors to a proponent committee. <br />2. The council may determine that the environmental, economic and social impacts of adoption of the <br /> city measure implementing a gas tax are not substantial enough to warrant the expense of <br /> preparation and distribution of a voters’ pamphlet. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The City Manager recommends approval of the motions to produce and pay for a voters’ pamphlet and <br />to appoint members of the proponent committee. <br /> <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTIONS <br /> <br />A. Move to direct the City Manager to publish and distribute a local voters’ pamphlet for the special <br /> city election scheduled for November 6, 2007, on a measure concerning a motor vehicle fuel dealers’ <br /> tax. <br /> <br />B. Move to authorize the expenditure of funds from the General Fund contingency account that are <br /> required to produce a voters’ pamphlet for the November 2007 special election, estimated to be <br /> approximately $25,000. <br /> <br />C. Move to appoint Councilors _______________, _______________, and _______________ to the <br /> voters’ pamphlet proponent committee for the ballot measure. <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br /> <br />FOR MORE INFORMATION <br /> <br />Staff Contact: Mary Feldman , City Recorder <br />Telephone: 682-8353 <br />Staff E-Mail: mary.h.feldman@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br /> <br /> F:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070815\S080815C.doc <br />