Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Ms. Bettman said a countywide solution, if it was forthcoming, would not give Eugene the ability to control the expenditure of the revenues received. She did not think the City could count on an equitable distribution of those revenues throughout the county. Ms. Bettman said the legislature contemplated many road funding bills, and if the industry wanted a gas tax increase, it would have introduced legislation to that effect, but it had not. Mayor Piercy commended the council for its willingness to take action. She thought the council should be praised rather than condemned. She considered the increase fair. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4952, an ordinance repealing Ordinance 20384, concerning motor vehicle fuel dealer’s licenses. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. B. ACTION: Resolution 4915 Calling a City Election on November 6, 2007, for the Purpose of Referring to the Legal Electors of the City of Eugene a Measure Adding a New Subsection (c) to Section 3.467 of the Eugene Code, 1971, to Increase by $0.03 per Gallon the Motor Vehicle Fuel Dealer’s License Tax Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to adopt Resolution 4915 calling a City election on November 6, 2007, for the purpose of referring to the legal electors of the city of Eugene a measure adding a new Subsection (c) to Section 3.467 of the Eugene Code, 1971, to in- crease by $0.03 per gallon the motor vehicle fuel dealer’s business license tax Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Poling, moved to amend Resolution 4915 by amending the cap- tion and finding J by inserting before the period the text “and the measure repealing Section 3 of Ordinance No. 20337” and by renumbering sections 2, 3, and 4 on pages 2-3 to be sec- tions 3, 4, and 5, and adding a new Section 2 that read “A City election is called for the purpose of referring to the legal electors of the City of Eugene a measure repealing Section 3 of Ordinance no. 20337 (the sunset provision). Responding to a question from Ms. Bettman, Mr. Klein clarified that the two items would be separate measures on the ballot but were combined into one resolution. Ms. Bettman thought an ordinance adopted by the council could be referred within 30 days, and asked if it was legal for the oil industry to refer an ordinance adopted by the council after the 30 days had elapsed. Mr. Klein clarified that the industry had referred the council’s legislative action repealing the sunset from of an earlier ordinance. Ms. Bettman opposed the motion, saying the industry could have referred the two-cent increase when it was initially adopted. Mr. Clark said while he appreciated Ms. Bettman’s remarks, the issue for him was not what the industry wanted, but what the people wanted. He suggested that the industry had expected the council to come up with a better option in the meantime. Mr. Clark said the citizens had signed petitions to vote on the issue and he intended to support them. Mayor Piercy suggested an argument could be made that the voters were not offered the option of voting on the three-cent or five-cent options separately. MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 15, 2007 Page 4 Work Session