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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall September 24, 1990 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Emily Schue, Rob Bennett, Ruth Bascom, Shawn Boles, Freeman Holmer (after 5:50 p.m.), Roger Rutan, Bobby Green, Debra Ehrman (after 6:20 p.m.). The regular meeting of September 24, 1990, of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. 1. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FINANCING STUDY Tony Mounts, Finance Director, reviewed this item. He said that in July 1989, the council established the Committee on Development Services. The charge of this committee was to review each of the development services provided in the General Fund and to prepare a recommendation on the appropriate level of fee support versus general tax support for each of the e services. Committee recommendations were based on a review of service descriptions, review of full cost information, and review of existing and potential revenue sources. Mr. Mounts said that the committee recommends that general tax support for development services be reduced by up to $2.4 million over a five-year period. The committee also recommends that the Council Committee on Development Services be disbanded and that staff make periodic progress reports to the full council over the next five years to provide updates on progress towards these goals. Mr. Mounts said that staff analyzed each service to develop an estimate of the full costs based on the FY90 budget and reviewed all revenue sources to determine the level of fee support. The services were divided into categories according to the individual or group which benefits from the provision of the service. The major categories included in the study were direct customer services, general business services, and general public services. The committee recommended the following reductions in general tax support over a five-year period: *Direct Customer Services $2,330,000 *General Business Services 20,000 *General Public Services 93,000 In summary, Mr. Mounts said that if the committee recommendations were e adopted, the General Fund support could be reduced by up to $2,443,000 in FY90 dollars. MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 24, 1990 Page 1