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.businesses to the smaller businesses. For instance, in 2003, all businesses covered by the <br />program paid a fee of $13.92 per full-time employee equivalent. This year, with 1,207 <br />employees, Hynix is paying $1.66 per employee, and small companies are paying $31.65 <br />per employee. Eugene's largest reporting company, with 1,207 employees is paying <br />$2,000; and a 10-employee company is paying $316.50. <br /> <br /> So, as you will hear from others tonight, you can either fix the fee-shifting <br />element that a few businesses have created, with an ordinance or getting the Legislature <br />to acknowledge our program is different than the State Fire Marshal's; or you can use <br />fee-shifting as an excuse to try to kill the law and restore secrecy to hazardous substance <br />releases in our community, by sending the Charter Amendment out for a second vote. <br /> <br /> But don't try to kid anyone that the law has substantively changed. It hasn't. It is <br /> intact and working well. <br /> <br /> Table 1: Fee-shifting from 2003-2004 in Eugene's Toxics Right-to-Know Law <br /> because of a 1999 state law passed at the behest of some Eugene <br /> businesses. <br /> <br /> # Full-time 2003 Fees 2004 Fees <br /> employees Fee per Total fee Fee per Total fee' <br />Company (FTE's) FTE FTE <br /> 2003 <br />Hynix 771 in 2003; $13.92 $10,732 $1.66 $2,000 <br />(Hyundai) 1,207 in <br /> 2004 <br />10-employee 10 $13.92 $139.20 $31.65 $316.50 <br />company <br /> <br /> City Council Agenda page 656 <br /> <br /> <br />