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r-- 250 ! I. - - - - ! Itaking a standi~~ vote ~5- vot)'s. ~ere cast for theb~d~e~ as re~~~en~~d ~y Cou~~cilma- --- -- . .n Lamb and 25 votes were cast agaInst the budget as recommendea by Councilman Lamb. IThe motion was not carried. ~l:'-;:; I {c,;a Mrs. Lillie Broders addressed the group asking for lower city employees~ ,.~.; Iwages and lower taxes and Mr.. Thomas Campbell addressed the meeting asking for a ~eduction of the budget in order to reduce taxes. At this time there were many objections in allowing city employees to vote and many statements pointing out the legal right of the city employees to vote ~roviding that they are taxpayers. I Mr. Paul W. Campbell addressed the gathering stating that a person shouldn't I ~e hired on the basis of a bare living wage but rather that they should be hired. . commensurate to the value of their position and that he was very much opposed to ~alarY cuts. Matt Wilhelm again very definitely and without any question opposed he privilege granted the city employees to vote. Mrs. M. A. Ball addressed tne council stating that she is a taxpayer and has ~een for many years and that it was her understanding that the tax burden of the city Iwas largely the cause of the taxpayers actions themsel ves in the past in voting general bond improvements and also petitioning the Council for construction of ~treets and sidewalks and further that she did not think that it was just in any ~ense of the word to cut the salaries of the city employees in order to pay for ~hese things that the taxpayers themselves had voted for. At this time Mayor Large stated that the comments and recommendations had been heard and called the members of the council to order. C. M. Bryan City Recorder Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon Bctober 30, 1939 I . , The council met in special meeting pursuant to the eall of Mayor Large vith~all councilmen present except Councilman Farrington, Mr. Far~ington being tbsent on ac~ount of illness. I Councilman Hanns made a motion that the 1940 budget be accepted as advertised nd Councilman Carlson seconded the motion. II An ordinance levying the annual tax levy for the Ci ty of Eugene for the riscal year of 1940 had its first reading and passed to its second and third readings by title under suspension of the rule by unanimous consent of the council and was blaced for final re~4ing. The ayes and nays were called, councilmen voting aye: ~amb, Reid, Bond, Carlson, Hanns, Page and Koppe; nay: none; absent: Farrington. rhe ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8624. I Councilman Hanns stated that the net operations of the city were much less fhan shown by the budget because of the cash balance forward each year. He further btated, on behalf of the members of the Council, that he would cordially invite all ~axpayers to attend council meetings throughout the year in order to become familiar rith the policies of the administration. In this way taxpayers could express their bpinions throughout the year instead of only at the taxpayers' meeting. Meeting adjourned. I C. M. Bryan City Recorder , .. ~