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e management regulations to the use of propaning and stack-burning within the buffer zones; and use a flame-spread index for imposing a burning ban. The council directed staff to advance this position at the Fire Marshal's hearing on January 27, 1989. III. FY90 BUDGET UPDATE Mr. Gleason provided an update on the preparation of the FY90 budget. He said progress has been made on the budget issues and he felt that the budget will be balanced in approximately three or four years. Mr. Gleason said the council cut $642,000 from the operating side of the FY89 budget and $550,000 from the FY88 budget. He said another $500,000 needs to be removed from the FY90 budget. In preparation for the FY90 budget, almost $200,000 has been removed in incremental cuts (e.g., holding positions vacant and position consolidations). Mr. Gleason said the council should be prepared to maintain its existing priorities in order to produce the FY90 budget. This essentially means setting program priorities, using 50-percent revenues and 50-percent cuts to handle the deficit, focusing revenues on user fees related to service, and maintaining the fiscal integrity of the City based on the financial plans. e Mr. Gleason said projections indicate that in FY90 there will be approximately $1.7 million more in expenditures than in revenues. He said that using one-time resources (e.g., cash adjustments in equipment rental funds, sinking funds, risk funds) and $400,000 to $500,000 in forecasted revenue adjustments (e.g., increasing EWES fees, increasing franchise fees to five percent) will reduce the $1.7 million shortfall to approximately $700,000 to $800,000. Mr. Gleason said he would like to take approximately $400,000 to $500,000 in cuts and generate $400,000 to $500,000 in user fees to make up this difference. Mr. Gleason said that as a team the staff and council has done well in its budgeting process, but he would like to modify the process somewhat this year. Mr. Gleason said he would like to hold council work sessions during the year to discuss major policy decisions, rather than having these debates during the middle of the budget-review process. Mr. Gleason cited several areas in which he feels the council should have a policy work session. These included discussions of the following issues: whether certain recreational programs should be completely fee-supported; the desired proportion of fee recovery to the General Fund for regulatory areas; how the City should handle special events; and the potential for third-party recovery in public safety areas. Mr. Gleason said discipline will be required by both the council and staff to address the budget issues. He felt the budget will work by following the policy of trying to add $500,000 in revenues through user fees and making $500,000 in cuts from operational costs over each of the next three years and by making deliberate choices about adding costs to the budget. Mr. Gleason e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session January 23, 1989 Page 9