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RESOLUTION NO. 4558 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE USER FEES. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Article VII of Amendment IV to the Eugene Charter of 1976, adopted by the voters of the City on November 5, 1996, provides: A. Each hazardous substance user shall pay an annual fee to the City of Eugene, sufficient to jointly cover the implementation of this Act, including expenses incurred by the Eugene Public Library, Fire Marshal, City of Eugene and the Toxics Board. B. In order that this Act be self-supporting through hazardous substance user fees, the fee amounts shall be recommended annually by the Toxics Board and approved and amended as necessary by the Eugene City Council. C. All fees due under this Act shall be paid by May 1 of each calendar year. D. The operational budget for implementing this Act prior to the first collection of fees as set forth in Article VII shall be paid for out of City of Eugene general funds. The operational budget thereafter shall be funded wholly by hazardous substance user fees. B. Consistent with Article VII-D of Charter Amendment IV, City General Fund support has been provided to the Toxics Right-to-Know Program from its inception through the period ending June 30, 1998. In order for the program to become self-supporting, fees should be imposed as provided in Article VII of Charter Amendment IV, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1998. C. The fees hereinafter set forth can reasonably be expected to cover the expenses of the program for the 1998-99 fiscal year. Issues surrounding a shortage or surplus of funds at the end of the fiscal year will be addressed equitably for all participating hazardous substance users, in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Resolution - 1