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<br />10. CONSIDERATION OF CITY HALL AND SALARY ITEMS TO BE PLACED BEFORE THE VOTERS OF THE CITY
<br />OF EUGENE AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD MAY' I I, 1961 - THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED A
<br />MEMO TO THE COMMITTEE IN WHICH IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ~BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION I~ THE
<br />AMOUNT OF $2,400,000 BE APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING LAND, .CONSTRUCTION OF.A
<br />NEW CITY HALL, AND PROVIDING FURNISHINGS fOR A NEW CITY HALL. THE AMOUNT IS BASED ON
<br />THE fOLLOWING ESTIMATES:
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<br />ACQUISITION Of LAND AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING
<br />FURNISHINGS
<br />TOTAL COST
<br />LESS SALE OF EXISTING CITY HALL SITE
<br />NET TOTAL COST
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<br />$ 2,560,000
<br />100,000
<br />2,660,000
<br />260,000
<br />$ 2,400,000
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<br />THE CITY MANAGER ALSO INDICATED THAT THE ESTIMATED LAND COST IS BASED ON APPRAISALS
<br />MADE fOR TH~ URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY AND ON VALUATIONS ASSIGNED BY THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S
<br />OFfiCE AND ARE SUBJECT TO SUCH VARIATIONS THAT NO SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN CAN BE MADE AT THIS
<br />TIME. IT WAS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT A BOND ISSUE BERET IRED OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS,
<br />WHICH, AT 3-1/2% INTEREST, WOULD REQUIRE AN ANNUAL MILLAGE LEVY OF 2.7 MILLS, BASED ON
<br />THE EXISTING ASSESSED VALUATION. IF THE ISSUE WOULD SELL AT 4%, THE MILLAGE LEVY WOULD
<br />BE 2.9 MILLS AVERAGE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 3-1/2 MILLS IN THE FIRST YEAR AND 2.1 MILLS IN THE
<br />fiNAL YEAR.
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<br />W,TH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED SALARY LEVY, THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT A SPECIAL
<br />SERIAL LEVY FOR TWO YEARS IN THE SUM OF $290,000 BEGINNING JULY I, 1961 AND ENDING
<br />JUNE 30, 1963, BE APPROVED. THIS WOULD PROVIDE $120,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND $170,000
<br />fOR THE SECOND YEAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING SALARIES OF CITY EMPLOYEES Of ALL DEPART-
<br />MENTS, EXCLUDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE MANAGER INDICATED HE BELI~V~S, IT NECESSARY TO
<br />BRING SALARIES TO A LEVEL WHICH THE RECENTLY COMPLETED WAGE SURVEY INDICATED IS PROPER,
<br />AND THAT THIS WOULD FURTHER PERMIT A PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN 1962-63 COMPARABLE TO THE
<br />$24.00 PER MONTH INCREASE RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE VOTERS FOR FIREMEN. IT WAS FURTHER
<br />POINTED OUT THAT THE PROPOSED SALARY RATES ARE ~ASED ON THE RECENTLY REVISED JOB CLASSI-
<br />FICATION PLAN AND SALARY SURVEY, AND If THE PROGRAM AS RECOMMENDED IS ADOPTED,BY THE
<br />VOTERS Of THE CITY, IT WILL ENABLE THE CITY OF EUGENE TO PAY RPOPER SALARIES T~ ITS
<br />EMPLOYEES, ALLOW THE CITY TO ATTRACT AND HOLD GOOD EMPLOYEES, WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN A
<br />BETTER QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF SERVICE.
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<br />THE RECOMMENDATION WAS LIMITED TO A TWO-YEAR PERIOD BECAUSE OF THE MANX FACTORS WHICH
<br />CAN CHANGE OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE INFLATION, THE LOCAL
<br />ECONOMY, VARIATJON IN SOURCES Of MUNICIPAL REVENUE, PREVAILING WAGE RATES AND OTHER
<br />ITEMS.
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<br />IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE PROPOSED LEVY WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL MILLAGE LEVY Of
<br />1.9 MILLS IN 1961-62 AND 2~7 MILLS IN 1962-63, BASED ON PRESENT ASSE~S~D VALUATIONS.
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<br />A fiNANCIAL SUMMARY WAS ALSO EXPLAINED IN WHICH IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE PRESENT
<br />COMBINED MILLAGE OF ALL TAXING AGENCIES IN THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS 94.6 MILLS. THE
<br />PRESENT CITY MILLAGE IS 19.3 MILLS. ITEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT PREVIOUS ELEC-
<br />TIONS ARE STREETS, WH.ICH WOULD JNCREASE 2.3 MILLS; fiREMEN'S SALARIES, 1~8 MILLS; AND
<br />THE PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURES FOR PARKS. WOULD INCREASE 1.3 MILLS; SALARIES, 1.9 MILLS;
<br />THE CITY HALL AVERAGE, 2.8 MILLS; BRINGING THE TOTAL PROPOSED CITY MILLAGE TO 29.4
<br />MILLS, OR A,TOTAL PROPOSED COMBINED MILLAGE, ASSUMING OTHER TAXING BODIES REMAIN
<br />STAT1C AND BASED ON PRESENT ASSESSED ~ALUATIONS, OF 104.7 MILLS.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED CONCURRENCE IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER ON
<br />THE LEVY. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE ELECTION DATE BE ESTABLISHED fOR MAY 11,196'.
<br />MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY. MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 10 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />I I. CONSIDERATION OF VACATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS LOCATED BETWEEN LOTS 77 THROUGH
<br />'8a., INCLUSIVE:, WHICH MR. RAY LI,NDBERGREQUESTS BE VACATED TO ALLOW FOR REPLATING OF
<br />THESE LOTS - THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WO~KS INDICATED HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE VACATION OF
<br />AND REPLATTING, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APRROVAL OF THE REQUESTED VACATION
<br />OF PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS ON THE LOT L,INES BETWEEN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LOTS. MOTION
<br />CARR I EO: UNAN I MOUSL Y.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM I I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />12. ANNOUNCEMENT Of RESIGNATION OF DANIEL O. POTTER AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE
<br />OFfiCER - THE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THAT DANIEL O. POTTER HAD SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNA-
<br />TION AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE OFFICER. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE
<br />EXPRESSED ~HEIR VIEWS FOR THE SERVICE WHICH MR. POTTER HAS GIVEN IN PRIOR YEARS AND
<br />RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY DRAW A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR SUCH
<br />SERVICE ON BEHALF OF MR. POTTER. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY."
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<br />I T WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAUR I S SECONDED BY MR. MQ.LHOLM THAT ITEM 12. OF THE COMM I TTEE REP:ORT BE APPROV,ED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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