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. Councilor Obie said he regretted the attitude of the AFSCME representative toward the wage freeze request. Councilor Ball said he felt it was inappropriate to single out AFSCME as being the cause of budget problems. CB 2658--An ordinance adopting the budget, making appropriations, determining and levying the annual ad valorem property tax for the City of Eugene for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1983, and ending June 30, 1984; and declaring an emergency. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Council Bill 2658 was read the second time by council bill number only. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 19159. VI. URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY--TAX ALLOCATION BUDGET (memo, resolution distributed) Res. No. 898A-A resolution of the Eugene Renewal Agency adopting the budget and making appropriations for the fiscal e year beginning July 1, 1983 and ending June 30, 1984. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the City Council, acting in its capacity as the Urban Renewal Agency, adopt the resolution. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. Mr. Gleason commended the council for the good job it had done on balancing the difficult issues that had been involved in this budget. VII. ELECTION ORDINANCE CHANGE (memo, additional information, ordinance distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Assistant City Recorder Karen Goldman. Ms. Goldman noted that $25,000 for the cost of special elections had been eliminated from the FY84 budget. She said that the proposed ordinance would preserve initiative and referendum rights and the right of the council to schedule special elections, with the understanding that funds for such elections would come from the general operating contingency fund. CB 2659--An ordinance concerning elections; amending section 2.981 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and declaring an emergency. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this . time. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 29, 1983 Page 8