Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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4. PUBLIC HEARING and ACTION: Resolution 1045 Adopting a Supplemental Budget; Making Appropriations for the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2007, and Ending June 30, 2008 Ms. Murdoch recapped the $489,673 in proposed changes to the Urban Renewal Agency Budget. She noted that the primary change was $350,000 included for additional operating budget authority for the downtown district. She said the additional spending was for the cost of the public process held over the summer, possible appraisals and environmental review, and additional legal costs for negotiations with developers as well as additional staff costs already incurred during the public input process as well as additional staff costs anticipated to occur during the rest of the Fiscal Year beyond what was included in the FY08 adopted budget. Mayor Piercy noted that Councilor Pryor had brought up a point of order. She asked City Attorney Glenn Klein to verify that she did not need consensus to take action on the previous supplemental budget item. City Attorney Klein affirmed that this was so. Mayor Piercy adjourned the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency at 9:18 p.m. and reconvened the City Council meeting. 3. (cont’d.) PUBLIC HEARING and ACTION: Resolution 4922 Adopting a Supplemental Budget; Making Appropriations for the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2007, and Ending June 30, 2008 Councilor Ortiz, seconded by Councilor Pryor, moved to approve Resolution 4922 adopting a Supplemental Budget; making appropriations for the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008. Councilor Taylor opposed the motion. She believed the council should wait until the outstanding questions had been answered. Councilor Bettman also opposed the motion. She wanted information on potential discretionary money in the budget and whether the council could place it in the reserve for revenue shortfall. She said if no one asked questions staff would do as it always did and the budget would remain status quo. She declared that some funds were “swimming in money.” Councilor Zelenka thanked Councilor Bettman for bringing this to the council’s attention. He shared her concern and would oppose the motion. City Manager Angel Jones stated that the reason the funds existed and how they were handled was based on council policy. She stressed that each one of the funds had included a discussion as to how the fund would be treated. She said the question that Councilor Bettman had raised was very different than how the Supplemental Budget should be treated. She indicated that if there was a will of the body to have a discussion on all of the assumptions around the funds and how those funds were treated based on the policies under which they were operated, it should be scheduled for a work session. Councilor Zelenka supported placing this discussion into the queue. MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 10, 2007 Page 11 Regular Meeting