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should examine the possibility of collecting fees from the source of the materials and require the source to collect product waste materials. Mr. MacDonald said that licensing should not be the primary funding mechanism for the hazardous materials program. He added that it should not be finan- cially burdensome to get a license and that it should be made clear that there is a significant financial penalty for not having a license. Mr. Gleason pointed out that program implementation has been under way for the past 18 months. He asked for council authorization to proceed with the issuance of interim status permits and to begin assessing the fees. In order to respond to the council's discussion, he suggested that staff come back to the council with a report discussing some of the issues raised today, such as establishing incentives for proper waste disposal and looking at fee collec- tion from the end user. The council offered general consensus to proceed in that manner. Mr. Boles encouraged staff not to adopt a piecemeal approach to this issue, but rather to approach this issue in an comprehensive, integrated fashion. III. WORK SESSION: COMPENSATION DOCUMENT .~~. . City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. He said that this document came out of Budget Committee discussions about the need to detail the City's compensation plan in some comprehensive manner. While this document details . the City's plan in a clear manner, the community will need some assurance that the City's compensation plan is not out of line with what it should be. In order to do this, he suggested that at some point in the future the City should contract with an independent audit firm to evaluate the City's compen- sation policy. Linda Norris, Human Resource and Risk Services, provided an overview of the City of Eugene Compensation Report, prepared by the Administrative Services Department Human Resource and Risk Services Division. She said that the purpose of this document is to present a comprehensive profile of the methods the City uses to establish and budget for salaries and benefits. This docu- ment examines the City's human resource environment, employee relations envi- ronment, its compensation process, benefits schedule, and means by which the City budgets for salaries and benefits. Ms. Norris said that the City's ability to provide quality public service is largely determined by the quality of its employees. Demographic and techno- logical changes over the next ten years will challenge the City's ability to attract, retain, and train employees. At the same time, the City will be experiencing the loss of approximately 25 percent of the existing work force to retirement alone. Mr. Green requested a graph depicting the number of members of the minority population in middle-management positions. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 16, 1991 Page 6 .