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Councilors agreed to refer the matter back to the Planning Commission, noting e the concerns expressed by councilors. v. CITY OF EUGENE FY84 BUDGET (memo, additional information, ordinance distributed) Mr. Gleason responded to several questions that had been raised at the council's June 27 public hearing in the budget. Regarding streetlights, he noted that there is a backlog on installation of lights for both residential and arterial streets totalling $600,000 in capital costs and $70,000 in operations and maintenance. He therefore recommended that the council not deal with the issue of streetlights for the Spyglass area unless it is also willing to address the issue of the installation backlog for arterial streets, such as the Amazon Parkway, where the current lack of lighting creates a greater public hazard than on residential streets such as Spyglass. Regarding staffing for the human rights program, Mr. Gleason noted that he had made the recommendation that one of the two human rights staff positions be cut only in response to the Budget Committee's direction that $2 million be cut from the executive budget. He said that this cut was made along with a number of other cuts. He said this staff cut would not affect the human rights program to any greater extent than the cut in council support services made last year had affected staff services to councilors. He said the effect of the cut would be mitigated by increased support from other staff members in the Manager's Office and noted that the council had been provided with material on how this would be accomplished. Mr. Gleason noted that Councilor Wooten had requested reports to e the City Council from the Human Rights Presidents Council on the effect of the cuts on the human rights program. Regarding the $277,000 increase in extra help funds, Mr. Gleason said that $146,000 of this was earmarked for the Fire Department to mitigate the current problem of inspection backlogs by providing for concentrated inspection activities in FY84. He said that $100,000 was for the Hult Center and noted that most center employees are part-time employees. He noted that the increased amount for center extra help over last year's budget stemmed from the fact that last year's funds were only for the nine-month operation of the center in 1982-83. Mr. Gleason said that the remainder of the increase in extra help funds was to cover the three-to-four month period when both the new and the existing sewage treatment plants will be operating simultaneously. He said the City continued to operate under a policy of not supplanting full-time employee positions with extra help. Regarding the issue of the management/employee ratio and representation issues, Mr. Gleason said there was a tendency to make the interpretation that employees who were not represented by bargaining units were therefore management employees. He said there are a number of exempt employees who are not in management positions. He noted that State laws determine how employees can be represented. Mr. Gleason said that currently two percent of City employees are at the manage- ment level and 13 percent at the supervisory level. He noted that some reorganiza- tion was taking place and that it was hoped more lead workers could be used rather than management personnel. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 29, 1983 Page 5