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~ 381 r ~ ~. -- - - --_.- -- -- - -- - ~ ~ - -- - -- _..-._- NOTICE OF SPECIAL 1lliETING To the Members of the Coramon Council of the City of Eugene.: ~ I yp , ........ You are hereby notified that a special meeting of the Common Council of th '...."" City of Eugene will be held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall at 7:30 o'clock p.m. of Friday, November 8, 1940 for the purpose of the consideration of an adoption of the annual city budget for the year 1941. /s/ Elisha Large, 1V1ayor I * * * * * * * * * * * * * Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon November 8, 1940 The taxpayers' meeting was called to order by Mayor Large with an announce ment that the purpose of this meeting was to receive comments and recommendations from the taxpayers on the proposed budget for 1941. All members of the Budget Cooonittee were present with the exception of Councilman I. O. Stewart. Mr. Frank Reid, local ,attorney, made a request in behalf of the employees that the regular scale progrmn as put into operation three years ago be continued and the advertised budget be amended by the council sitting as the levying board, t include the salary raises. Mr. Dan Driscoll, representing various railroad groups, made a plea for the continued scale program and thereby the amending of the advertised budget by council sitting as a levying board to include the proposed changes. Mr. Frank Caslunan spoke briefly recommending general raises for the I employees. IvJ.r . P. J. Hagns pointed out that this would be less than a one-half mill increase an~ inasmuch as the taxpayers were not worrying about additional taxes and vyould vote ~p50, 000 for the purchase of an airport and swimming pool that the city should have no objections to. giving its employees proper salaries. The City Recorder presented a letter from Mr. J. T. Foreman asking for raises for the city employees. Mr. H~nns spoke again stating that raises should be general, including all employees. Mr. Stanley Stevenson, member of the citizen budget cooonittee, felt that t citizen members were not sure just what had been done in the matter of salaries but he favored salary raises in the lower brackets. He also raised the question of paying the playground director $200 a month when he did regular work for only three months of the year and the other nine months did something else when we didn't pay the heads of the departments that amount. Mr. Fay -Bennett, member of the citizen budget committee, spoke in behalf of general raises for all employees. Tom Campbell addressed the group pointing out that food costs were going up and he was in favor of raising salaries of all those in lower brackets. I Former Councilman C. C. Page addressed the group wanting those in the very low brackets raised to ~125.00. Mayor Large stated it didn't seem logical to him after citizen members had made recommendations that this matter should be placed upon the shoulders of the council. Mr. A. L. Hawn addrssed the group recommending a general raise for all I employees. Councilman Farrington stated that the pleas that had been made in behalf of a general raise should be set aside and he was against changing the advertised budge . Councilman Carlson stated he was not asking a reduction of anyone's salary but if the city pays the Playground Director ~~200 a month it should include al~ other department heads at $200 and he felt that,all other emp:;Loyees should. be glven a regular scale pay. Certainly the taxpayers were not going to worry about ~ess tha 1/2 mill if they rmd approved the swiwning pool and a~rport ~easures. ~ouncllman Carlson stated it was his belief that all budget commlttees In the future would be faced vc'i th this salary program until this salary scale was adopted and adhered to. ~