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Ms. Wooten said she thought the council first needed to agree on goals. e Mr. Miller said a $2 million shortfall was expected, and he suggested ranking priorities and goals to address funding dilemmas. He said funds from user fees had been exhausted, and the only options remaining were to raise revenue or to eliminate projects. He suggested focusing on agreement, not on pet projects. Ms. Bascom said she thought the library should be considered as the first priority issue. Mr. Mi 11 er said he was uncomfortable about the cost expected for fire redeployment. Ms. Wooten said she favored discussing both short-term or annual service priorities and long-term visions for the community. She said she did not think goals could be driven totally by fiscal issues. Mr. Holmer said he thought the Administrative Spending Authority process was resulting in problems. He said he favored forbidding the City Manager from violating the budget passed by the City Council. Ms. Wooten said the financial forecast was intended to restate desired service levels and priorities. Mr. Miller suggested limiting growth. Ms. Wooten suggested revisiting the financial management policies and trendlines for service levels prior to the goal session. Mayor Obie said he favored such action after the goal session. He said adjustments then could be made, and councilors could be asked how to deal with financial issues. e Mr. Miller suggested having Mr. Gleason share perceptions and ways policies were to be applied. He said he wanted to know the impacts of Administrative Spending Authority decisions. Ms. Schue said she was not ready to use cuts to address the shortfall, and she suggested more work on ways to raise revenue. Ms. Ehrman said she was receiving duplicates of some documents, and she asked about the purge system used for items such as weekly agendas. Mr. Holmer suggested that department mailings might be sent in packets when convenient. Ms. Wooten said she appreciated and wanted to continue receiving information from the Development department. She commented on the amount of information in Planning Commission packets and added that she found the information from the Downtown Commission very helpful. Mr. Miller and Ms. Ehrman agreed to develop a way to celebrate this year's accomplishments at the League of Oregon Cities dinner. Ms. Freedman said information about the conference would be sent in November. Responding to Mr. Holmer's question, Ms. Freedman said the City Council work plan was updated quarterly and was used for process sessions and by City executives. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Process Session September 21, 1987 Page 14