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... , , M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council Council Chamber--City Hall September 14, 1992 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mayor Jeff Miller, Roger Rutan. The regular meeting of the Eugene City Council of September 14, 1992, was called to order by City Council President Shawn Boles. The agenda was amended so that Item V was moved to precede Item III. I. PUBLIC FORUM Dave Sweet, 1237 Ferry Street, quoted Henry Thoureau as saying IIgovernment that governs least, governs best.1I He said he believed that Eugene needed a more responsive government. e William J. Mason, 1803 West 34th Avenue, read a prepared statement that was addressed to Mayor Jeff Miller about the cost of the Eugene Decisions process. Mr. Mason said that at a supplemental budget public hearing in June, he challenged that the $351,000 cost of the Eugene Decisions process did not include lease expenses for the building in which Eugene Decisions staff worked between April 1991 and August 1992. Referring to a response he received from Mayor Miller about this challenge, Mr. Mason said he was correct in that the rent expense for the building was not included in the $351,000 figure. He calculated the lease expense for the building as totaling $44,055. He asked why lease expenses are funded by the City's operations budget. He said he believed that the actual cost of the Eugene Decisions process was about $.5 million. In conclusion, he requested an updated line item budget for the Eugene Decisions process. Mr. Boles said he understood that an updated budget was being prepared by staff. II. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes of April 22, 1992, Dinner Work Session; May 26, 1992, Joint City Council/Planning Commission Work Session; and June 22, 1992, Meeting e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 14, 1992 Page 1 7:30 p.m.