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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council Eugene Hilton Hotel--Board Room February 4, 1987 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Freeman Holmer, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller (7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.), Rob Bennett. The adjourned meeting of January 28, 1987, of the City Council of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. I. QUARTERLY PROCESS SESSION e A. Levels of Service and Financial Support for Library Mr. Miller said he is concerned about administrative adjustments to City finances that are made without council involvement. For example, City employees have been told to reduce their departmental budgets three percent this year and four percent next year. The reductions will impact the delivery of City services. He said the council could be more involved in financial adjustments if the process is refi ned at the next council goa l-sett i n9 session. Mr. Miller said he is especially concerned about the funding of the Eugene Public Library. The library is now in the fifth group of Municipal Service System Priorities. He suggested it be moved to the third group of priorities. He said the move would indicate that the councilors think the library is important. He said increases or decreases in library services should be addressed in the budget process. They shoul d not be the result of administrative action. He said putting the library in the third group of priorities will mean that the council has decided on an acceptable level of library services. Mr. Holmer said administrative adjustments are appropriately made to conform to the adopted bUdget. He suggested the process be changed so that the Budget Committee and the City Council are involved in adjustments to the budget. He said he is concerned because the adjustments change service levels that were intended when the budget was approved. He would not favor changing the library priority now. Discussing Mr. Miller1s concern, Mr. Gleason reviewed the budget process and library funding. He said putting the library in the third priority group would restore the book budget and Bookmobile services to the level they were two years ago. He recommended against moving the library into the third category because the categories should be considered comprehensively. - MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 4, 1987 Page 1