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<br />I T WAS MOVED'B~'ALLEN, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THATITEM,8, HANDLING Or,TWO,WAY TRAFFIC ON
<br />THE SOUTH APPROACH TO THE FERRY STREET OVERCROSSING BE REFERRED BACK TO THE,CITy,MANAGER'S
<br />OFFICE' AND THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />IN THE MATTER OF ITEM 9, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON THE CAMPUS, IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER,
<br />SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE COUNCIL OPPOSE THE RECOMMENDATION OF COMMITTEE'S PRINCIPLE -AND
<br />CONSULT WITH UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AS'TO PROCEDURE. MOTION CARRI~D.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED-Bt'GODLOVE, SECONDED BY KOPPE THAT,THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC
<br />WORKS AND FI NANtE COMMITTEESeE:ADOPTED. MOTION'CARRIED.
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<br />5 A REPORT or THE HEALTH & JUDICIARY COMMITTEES - RE: BUTTERFAT TAX rOR MILK PRODUCERS WAS
<br />SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"A MEETING O~ THE HEALTH & JUDICIARY COMMITTEES'WAS HELD,'ON FRIDAY, MAY'16, 1952
<br />WITH THE ~OLLOWI~~:PRESENT:, MAYOR JOHNSO~; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, SMITH, KOPPE,
<br />SIEGENTHALER AND WATSON; 'CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DR. HELTERLINE, AND MR. RACKLEFF,
<br />MILK INSPECTOR.
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<br />MILK PRODUCERS PRESENT WERE MESSRS. HAWN, LYON AND HEMINGWAY; MILK DISTRIBUTORS
<br />MESSRS. KESEY, COLEMAN AND FISH; AND,ED BUTLER, ATTORNEY.
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<br />THE PURPOSE O~ THE MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS SECTION 17 OF ORDINANCE No. 9867 WHEREIN
<br />GRADE A MILK, PRODUCERS' INSPECTED BY THE (I TY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD ~AY A FEE OF 1/4~
<br />FOR EACH POUND OF BUTTER~AT, BASED UPON THE ALLOCATED QUOTA PER YEAR. THIS ORDINANCE
<br />WAS PASSED BY THE CI TY, COUNCI L ON MAY 25, 1951, AND PRODUCERS WERE ADVI SED OF THESE
<br />INSPECTION FEES WHICH WERE COMPRABLE OR A LITTLE 'LESS,THAN OTHER PRODUCERS PAY THE
<br />STATE FOR THE SAME SERVICES. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 300 DAIRIES SERVING THIS' AREA ,OF
<br />WHICH AB6uT ONE-HALF ARE INSPECTED BY THE CITY AND THE OTHER ONE-HALF BY THE STATE.' STATE
<br />LICENSE FtES CONSIST OF $fO~OO PLUS $1.00 FOR EACH COW OR GOAT IN THE MILKING HERD WI TH
<br />THE-MAxIMUM ESTABLISHED AT $35.00 PER HERD. THE:EUGENE INSPECTION FEE ESTABLISHED A
<br />$10.00 MINIMUM AND $35.00 MAXIMUM, BUT WOULD AVERAGE A LITTLE LESS THAN THE PRESENT
<br />STATE FEE. IT WAS EMPHASI ZED THAT THE EUGENE ORDINANCE WOULD NOT IMPOSE A DUPLICATE TAX
<br />AS THOSE DAIRIES BEING INsPECTED BY THE STATE WOULD NOT BE CHARGED THE EUGENE ~NSPECTION
<br />rEEj THAT THIS FEE WOULD ONLY APPLY TO THOSE DAIRIES BEING INSPECTED BY THE CITY HEALTH
<br />DEPARTMENT.
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<br />IT WAS AGREED BY THE PRODUCERS PRESENT THAT THEY DID NOT DESIRE THE STATE TO TAKE
<br />OVER THE INSPECTION or ALL OF THE DAIRIES; THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE INSPECTIONS
<br />AND SERVICES PRESENTLY RENDERED BY THE CITY. THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME IMPRESSION THAT
<br />THIS rEE WOULD BE CHARGED TO ALL DAIRIES WHETHER THEY-WERE CITY OR'STATE INSPECTED.
<br />ArTER CLEARING tHIS MATTER UP, IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THE FEES WERE NOT UNJUST IN
<br />THAT THEY WERE IMPOSED ONLY IN AN ENDEAVOR TO PAY FOR THE INSPECTIONS AND SERVICES
<br />INVOLVED.
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<br />THE PRODUCERS STATED THEY ,WOULD SEND OUT EXPLANATORY LETTERS AND ASSIST IN ESTAB-
<br />LISHING THIS FEE WITH A MINIMUM OF Di'SSENTlON IF THE CITY COUNC.lL WOULD AGREE TO MAKING
<br />THE RATES BECOME EFrECTIVE JULY I, 1952, WAIVING THE rlRST YEAR'S rEES FROM JULY, 1951
<br />TO JUNE 30, 1952. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO STUDY THESE FEES AND GIVE THE
<br />PRODUCERS AN ANSWER AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
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<br />MILK DISTRIBUTORS CALLED THE ATTENTION Of, THE COMMITTEE TO THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING
<br />A DISTRIBUTORS TAX OF 1/2~ PER POUND ON BUTTER FAT FOR ALL MILK SOLD WITHIN THE CITY
<br />LIMITS OF EUGENE. MR. COLEMAN FELT THAT THE LARGE DISTRIBUTORS WERE PENALIZED UNDER
<br />T~IS SYSTEM AS HIS FEES A~OUNT TO $100.00 PER MONTH WHICH CONSTITUTES A LITTLE O~ER ONE-
<br />HALr OF THE TOTAL OF $283.50 COLLECTED FROM ALL SEVEN MILK DISTRIBUTORS WITHIN THE CITY.
<br />IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THIS FEE WAS SET UP TO PAY THE COST OF INSPECTION rOR GRADE A
<br />INSPECTION AND THE CERTlrlCATIONOF GRADE A MILK; THAT THESE INSPECTIONS INCLUDED BACTERIA
<br />COUNTS, COLIFORM, PHOSPHATASE AND ADULTERATION TESTS AND WERE CONSIDERED TO BE A SERVICE
<br />TO PROGRESSIVE AND SAFE OPERATIONS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO AGREED TO STUDY THESE INSPECTION
<br />'FEES AT AN EARLY DATE."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY SMITH, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEES.BE RECEIVED
<br />AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A REPORT OF THE HEALTH & JUDICIARY COMMITTEES - RE: MILK PRODUCERS TAX AND MILK DISTRI-
<br />BUTORS TAX; ORDINANCE rOR REGULATION OF CIRCUSES, MENAGERIES AND TENT SHOWS WAS SUBMITTED AND
<br />READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"A MEETING OF 'THE HEALTH AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEES WAS-HELD ON MAY 19, 1952 WITH THE
<br />FOLLOWING PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, ALLEN, SMIJH, KOPPE,
<br />SIEGENTHALER AND WATSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; DR. HELTERLINE; MR.
<br />RACKLEFF, MI(~ INSPECTOR; AND MR. PALLESKE, BUILDING INSPECTOR.
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