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Context: The City's ability to perform its work depends first and foremost on its employees. The City seeks to be a model employer and to deliver high-quality services at a reasonable cost to citizens. Since turnover is expensive - hiring, training and other transition costs are an estimated 150% of that employee's total compensation- a healthy and happy workplace is also a lower-cost and more efficient government for the citizens. Satisfaction What's happening: A 2002 survey of City employees found that 90% feel they have a good job or better. What's next: The City must continue to improve professional development trainings and work for better communication among and between departments. Context: City government has a significant effect on the local economy. Salaries and benefits paid to City employees have a ripple effect on local businesses. Purchasing goods and services from the local area supports a more stable tax base and promotes employment outside of the City's operations. And by operating efficiently, the City reduces the tax burden on Eugene citizens. What's happening: · The City purchases between 70% and 80% of all goods and services from local vendors. The biggest sectors are construction and trade services. · The City operates and manages the airport without the use of local tax dollars. The airport provides essential connectivity to other markets for Eugene's businesses and citizens, · The City was actively involved in encouraging Delta Airlines service in Eugene. This brings competition to the marketplace and makes travel more affordable. The airport provided $100,000 to promote the new service to the community. To ensure viability of the Delta's new service, the City backed it with $400,000. The airport also supported similar projects in 1999 Links: and 2000. City's 2004 Adopted Budget: · Since 1984, the City's Business Loan Program has helped to create over 1,000 jobs by www. cl.eugene.or, us/ASD/ providing over $11 million of reasonably priced financing to Eugene businesses. Finance/Budget/FY04Adopted/ 04AdoptedBudget.htm What's next: City's Business Loan Program: · The Mayor's Committee on Economic Development presented its recommendations to the Nw. ci.eugene.or, us/PDD/ -L~evelopment/BDF/ City Council in August 2004. During the early part of 2005, the council will review and act on BDFinfo.htm the Committee's recommendations.