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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall September 21, 1992 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Debra Ehrman, Bobby Green, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robi nette. The work session of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. I. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS Mr. Rutan introduced Ron Chastain of Chastain Economic Consultants, who had assisted the Committee on Revenue in its work. He briefly reviewed the council's charge to the committee and described the committee's review of available revenue sources. Mr. Rutan recommended that the council review and discuss each revenue source. e The council reviewed a memorandum entitled "Revenue Report" from the Council Committee on Revenue, and an attached matrix entitled "Comparison of Attrib- utes of Five Proposed Taxes." Restaurant Tax Mr. Boles asked how catered meals would be affected by the tax. Mr. Rutan responded that catered meals would be included under the broader definition of "prepared meals." He said that the estimated yield of $1.51 million on a tax of one percent was based on the Standard Industrial Code (SIC) definition of a restaurant. An expanded definition of prepared foods tax that included catered meals would yield an additional three to five percent on the estimated base of $1.51 million. Mr. Rutan added that he believed the additional yield estimate to be too low. Mr. Chastain indicated that no national data was available to test Mr. Rutan's belief. Ms. Bascom asked if banquet meals were included in the revenues estimated for the restaurant tax. Mr. Rutan said no. The council briefly discussed what types of restaurants were included in the standard definition that had been used to reach the revenue projections. e MINUTES--City Council Work Session September 21, 1992 Page 1 5:30 p.m.