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<br />- <br /> <br />Youth Competitive Swim Team Support. He said those services had not been <br />included in the plan because savings were less or impacts were greater <br />than expected. <br /> <br />Mr. Gleason said the proposal would implement the majority of the <br />council IS Strategic Financial Plan and would achieve a positive cash <br />balance over five years, rather than six. He said the programs that were <br />not included in the staff proposal could be brought back into the plan by <br />the council, but upon further analysis, their impacts had differed from <br />predictions. <br /> <br />f. Response to Council Targets <br /> <br />Mr. Wong referred councilors to the document titled Strategic Financial <br />Plan--Response to Council Targets, dated January 27, 1988 (green page). <br />He reviewed the information, noting that historical tax increases were <br />included in revenues, that requirements included the impact of inflation, <br />and that year one would begin in FY89. He added that overhead reductions <br />were included and noted by asterisks. <br /> <br />Mr. Rutan asked about the resulting balance in the capital bUdget. <br />Mr. Wong said the proposal would leave a balance of about $2 million in <br />the capital budget, about $550,000 in capital project reserves, and about <br />$500,000 in General Fund contingency. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Mr. Wong said year one figures included existing revenues and assumed new <br />revenues of $553,000, which have not been identified by the council. He <br />said the plan also assumed program cuts of $1.3 million and one-time <br />adjustments of $552,000. <br /> <br />Staff members said differences between the proposal and council targets <br />resulted from progressive calculations and actual program costs. <br />Mr. Holmer said he found Table I confusing and he thought it should be <br />more consistent in following a coherent program. <br /> <br />Ms. Bascom noted that wading pools had not been taken out, but never had <br />been included. <br /> <br />Mr. Bennett said he believed the role of the council was in determining <br />general direction about what to cut and what to keep, not in examining <br />details of the day-to-day operations of the City. Mayor Obie said <br />decisions about policy should be kept in the hands of the council. <br />Mr. Holmer said he agreed that the council could not master all of the <br />details, but it should give some direction to staff before proposals were <br />presented. He said he favored council review up to the point of <br />determining how much of the deficit should be addressed by revenues, <br />expenditure cuts, and one-time adjustments, and staff should make the <br />proposal from there. Mr. Bennett said he agreed. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Mayor Obie said he was unclear about the reason for the difference <br />between the councills identification of $2.4 million in programs on the <br />priority list and the total requirement adjustments of $1.3 million. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council <br /> <br />February 1, 1988 <br /> <br />Page 7 <br />