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-- said the City has long been an important part of the social services provided to the community. Ms. Bascom said many social service agencies have large budgets which reflect private-sector contributions. Ms. Ehrman said the City's contribution to these budgets is sometimes crucial. Mr. Miller said the changing role of the City would allow it to be an enabler for non-political groups, although it could not do the work of these groups for them. Mr. Boles said the City must decide which of the core of local pri- vate/nonprofit social service agencies to support and suggested the City stabilize these services through such measures as City-provided insurance for agency employees. Mr. MacDonald said the City's contribution to the Intergovernmental Human Services Committee (IHSC) provides the City leverage as to how IHSC directs the social service system. He said an IHSC policy subcommittee is working on devising methods by which both the group and the community can more effec- tively support social services. He said he hoped the City maintained current funding for the social services. Ms. Bascom said the City's role in the social service arena has grown in areas such as housing. She said the City provides interim solutions through such groups as the IHSC. e Mr. Gleason said that in the past the City's contribution to social services focused on block grants. He said that over the years, the City has changed its method of funding, due to intergovernmental contracts. He said the coun- cil should decide what social services the community needs to purchase by contract and that this could lead to Requests For Proposals (RFPs). Mr. Gleason said long range planning is needed in terms of master plans for the administration of funding for social service agencies. Mr. Boles suggested the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Long- Range Plan include a mechanism for administering the funding of social service agencies. Mr. Nicholson said the City needs to identify a process for relating to agen- cies outside the City which receive City funds. Mr. Green said he did not feel that the City was competing with social ser- vice agencies to provide social services, but agreed that the City needs financial checkpoints for its funding of these groups. Mr. Boles referred to another item in the Summary of Council Leadership SWOT which stated: "The community's leadership has not reached agreement about how limited our physical, fiscal, and personnel resources are." Mayor Miller said it was difficult for the council to agree on priorities and it might be just as difficult for the community to do so. - July 8, 1991 MINUTES--Eugene City Council Page 3 --