Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Clark observed that there was a fairly strong sentiment among the public that the government took from one pocket and put into another. He said he would oppose the motion. Councilor Pryor asked if it would be expedient to adopt the Supplemental Budget at the present meeting. Ms. Murdoch replied that the Supplemental Budget affected the accuracy of the FY09 budget. She said staff liked to use accurate numbers in the budgets and working capital and if those numbers were not available they would not be able to report them in the budget document in a timely way. She underscored that for finance staff it was nice, but not essential. Councilor Pryor asked if adoption of the Supplemental Budget at the present meeting would prevent the council from discussing and potentially making shifts to the FY09 budget. Ms. Murdoch responded that adoption would not preclude such action. She added, however, that if funds from the Telecom Fund that were there because projects from the previous year had not been completed were moved, it was important to remember that there was no new project money, no allocation to do anything new, that had not been authorized by the council. She stressed that the money had already been approved, but if the council did not want to continue with projects that it had allocated money for previously and wanted to do something different for that money, it could be difficult to undo once the Supplemental Budget had been approved. Councilor Pryor ascertained from Ms. Murdoch that no departments would be impeded if the Supplemental Budget was not passed at the present meeting. Councilor Zelenka wanted to clarify that the council was not saying that staff was not “following the rules.” He thought the rules should be revisited. Councilor Bettman suggested that the item be taken up on December 12. She opined that since the City Hall proposal was postponed again, it was time to revisit the previous decision by council to siphon off the money that would be used to maintain the buildings and utilize it to resume this maintenance. Roll call vote; the vote was a tie, 4:4; councilors Solomon, Pryor, Ortiz, and Poling voting in favor and councilors Bettman, Zelenka, Clark, and Taylor voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy voted against the motion and the motion failed on a 5:4 vote. Mayor Piercy adjourned the City Council meeting at 9:35 p.m. and reconvened the meeting of the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency. 4.(contd.) 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 Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. John Barofsky , 2010 Hubbard Lane, averred that had there been a Budget Committee meeting on the previous item it could have benefited the discussion and the Supplemental Budget could have been passed in a timely manner. Regarding the Urban Renewal Agency budget, he wanted to know how much of the $242,000 spent on options had been used, how many would expire, and what the cost of the options to the MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 10, 2007 Page 12 Regular Meeting