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e e e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall April 23, 1992 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Bobby Green, Paul Nicholson, Randy MacDonald, Kaye Robinette. ABSENT: Roger Rutan. I. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS--DEVELOPMENT OF DETAILED STRATEGIES Tony Mounts, Eugene Decisions Project staff, explained the revenue package for Strategy B. He said that a property tax for public safety and fire expansion has been added, as well as a personal/corporate income tax for affordable housing and human services. The percentage for entertainment tax is uncer- tain, as is its relationship to the library expansion and information systems. He added that the council had discussed a ten-year sunset on the property tax and a seven-year sunset on the entertainment tax. Mike Gleason, City Manager, distributed the criteria for developing Strategy C, which balances the $8 million shortfall through service reductions and eliminations only. The criteria follow the service priorities set forth in the Financial Management Goals and Policies. Mr. Gleason said that critical life safety services have the highest priority. He said that mandated services would be reduced to the legal minimum, such as citizen involvement in the planning program. A sustainable minimum service level would be estab- lished for parks maintenance. In response to a question from Mr. Boles, Mr. Gleason said that citizen involvement would be kept at the minimum level legally required. He added that this reduction would occur program by program, not across-the-board. Mr. Boles pointed out that the council members will most likely view the "core service levels" differently from the way the public does, with respect to Public Safety and Administrative Services. He said that the council should adjust services that have a large service impact but a low impact monetarily. In response to a question from Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Mounts said that the corpo- rate/personal income tax would cover the cost of affordable housing services. In response to a question from Ms. Bascom, Mr. Mounts said that library costs covered by the entertainment tax would reflect only the costs of enhancing the library. Mr. Mounts distributed information on Strategies A, B, and C, and on the corporate/personal income tax. As indicated in the packet, the funding target for Strategy A was $8,000,000. Service changes totaled $3,478,000. The MINUTES--Eugene City Council 5:30 p.m. April 23, 1992 Page 1