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Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget <br />ATTACHMENT A <br />Impact on Public Safety <br /> <br /> <br />One-Time Recommended Gap <br />Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts <br />Funding, if Eugene Responds <br />? 1,500 felony drug and property cases would ?Case volume varies, but Eugene Priority would be to prosecute Eugene- <br />not be prosecuted due to reduction of 4 attorneys provides between 43% and 46% of felony only non-person felonies. Contract with <br />and 3 support staff. Drug Court would close. case volume. The inability to prosecute the DA for two attorneys and two support <br />?Possible discontinuation of assistance to 2,400 1,500 property and drug cases would have staff, for approximately $450,000, to cover <br />domestic violence victims a year in obtaining a profound impact on the city, as would the the Eugene-only case load including <br />restraining orders. loss of the restraining order support and the possession, sales, and manufacture of <br /> <br />?Reduction in professional 24/7 response to medical examiner support.illegal drugs, auto theft, business <br />District Attorney’s Office <br /> <br />approximately 700 death investigations each year. burglaries, fraud, identity theft, and others. <br />The DA’s Office is training law enforcement New money needed. <br />personnel to substitute. <br />? <br />Lane County receives in excess of $10 million <br />in Community Corrections Act support annually. <br />The DA’s Office’s failure to convert offenders to <br />probation could result in a loss of as much as $7.4 <br /> <br />million per year. <br />?Loss of three Parole and Probation Officers. ?40% from Eugene. <br />Parole and Probation <br />350 violent misdemeanant domestic violence and ?22% from Springfield. <br />sex offenders would no longer be supervised. ?38% from other parts of the County. <br />?Eliminate program which provides 500 hours ?26 youth served from Eugene. <br />Juvenile Forest Work Crews <br />of community service work for federal forest ?13 youth served from Springfield. <br /> <br />lands, $16,000 in restitution to victims each year, ?11 youth served from rural Lane County <br /> <br />and 50 youth with job training and skill including Cottage Grove, Florence, <br /> <br />development. Veneta, Junction City and Oakridge. <br />May 6, 2008 4 <br />