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formation. He added in 1982 local governments had the option of asking their citizens to approve a tax base by putting it on the ballot, there was no need for a plan amendment. He noted in 1982 tax bases grew by six percent. He commented it was a different financial environment than it is now. With regard to Measure 5 passing, Van Vactor said it imposed the ~ taxes, $10 to general government and $5 to schools. He said wit~ ~hsure ! have increased the tax base. He noted in 1996 Measure 47 chan~ {hings islature put out to the citizens a measure addressing the issue Measure 50. He said that passed and that is now today. He noted that act had the effect of producing on a average by 17%. He said it capped the property tax growth at ~i ~1~ new constructi(,i said it created that there is no legal way for Lane County t0 ?~reaS~ ~ ~anent tax rate. stated they are stuck forever at $1.27 per thousand. He n°~ lh~ ~ ~ is number 35 out of 36 counties for low tax rates. He indicated costs for Lane C°untY are ~°~r~d ~ix percent and it is hard to control costs at six percent with the revenuo d three perceht ~ ~iained that every year they have to reduce services in order foi~:fli~ to ~eer~ their balan~.~et He added they had done that the past three years bY~ h~ ~ ~d reducing se~mes. He said they face the future of continuing to erode Van Vactor distributed a revised charter taxes and the rates and where Lane County ranks among ~ i~s. E~a ~Ounty is proposing an ORS. 451 County Service District. ~e exl:laih~d tl~ ~ ~oard of~i~ Commissioners would remain in charge and there ldbe no new going b~dy ~ iayer of government to coordinate the service delivery s~: Van Vactor indicated theywant~ ~° go with a district in~d ~a local option levy because with a district, if approved by tfi~ Vo~ ~ rate is permanent. He believed that public safety is a core service o£government and h~ an ~gP~ive infrastructure and it shouldn't be subject to the risk citizeh~ ~ ~ lng the renewal and the loss of the core service. are more s~OO~ ~ compression and it would be a less stable de i~g th~ Public Safe~y District with three major hurdles: getting the Amendment, th~ ~aary Commission process that involves getting the resolutions ~aia th~ ~ould then determine ~ the rate would be and how each city would be affected by the proposal work for Lane County, Eugene and Sprin~I~ ~ indicated all 12 cities is to work it out so it is a win-win for all of the juriS~i¢~ ~hfted this in a narrow fashion and it didn't touch on any of the other policie§ ~i~!~i!:: ?!;i Page 3 - Joint Elected Officials Meeting - April 19, 2005 WD bc/~05035/T