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e Mayor Obie recessed the meeting of the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency and recon- vened the meeting of the Eugene City Council. B. Eugene Budget Committee's FY87 Budget Recommendation, including: l} City of Eugene FY87 Budget; 2) Use of Federal Revenue Sharing funds; 3} Use of State Revenue Sharing Funds (memo, ordinance distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced discussion of the Budget Committee's FY87 Budget recommendation. Finance Director Warren Wong gave the staff report. He said the public hearing will be on the Budget Committee's recom- mendation for the FY87 Budget and the use of Federal and State Revenue Sharing Funds. He said the FY87 Budget contains some administrative and management changes made after the Budget Committee recommended its approval. For example, a Reserve for Encumbrances for purchase orders that carryover from this fiscal year to the next fiscal year was included in each fund, an adjust- ment to the tax base for annexations processed this year was made, and the jail contract was moved from the Police, Fire, and Emergency Services budget to the Municipal Court budget. He said the budget totals $159 million and the General Fund budget is $64 million. Mr. Wong said the General Capital Projects Budget approved by the Budget Committee was for $1.758 million. He said $1.05 million can be funded with known sources and the rest must be funded by new sources of revenue, service reductions, or user fees. He said about $700,000 of capital projects will not be started until funding for them is identified. e Referring to his memo to the councilors dated May 30, 1986, titled "Water Rescue Program," Mr. Gleason said the issue of water rescue by the Police, Fire and Emergency Services Department was not clearly explained by those who presented it to the Budget Committee. He said the proposal presented to the Budget Committee included both training and new equipment for water rescue and the Budget Committee did not approve the expenditure. He said he suggested in his memo that only the training be included in the FY87 Budget. He said the training would cost $9,500 and the contingency fund could be reduced by that amount. He said City staff respond to calls in about four minutes and spe- cialized water rescue units usually do not arrive for at least an hour. Some- times they do not arrive for 24 hours. Mr. Holmer said Mr. Gleason's memo was fine and the issue should be addressed by the Budget Committee. Because the Budget Committee will meet tomorrow~ he suggested the council wait to make a decision. He said the Budget Committee had considered a different proposal than the one presented by Mr. Gleason. Mr. Hansen said equipment, as well as training, is necessary for water rescue and he favored approval of $20,000 for equipment and training. Mayor Obie opened the public hearing. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 16, 1986 Page 7