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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall September 22, 1992 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Debra Ehrman, Bobby Green, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette. The work session of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. I. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS City Councilors offered a series of proposals regarding funding sources, funding source combinations, and whether to refer a revenue to the voters. The council agreed to postpone evaluation of the proposals until all were presented. e 1. Fund the core with a five percent restaurant tax with a ten-year sunset not to be referred to the voters, with any remaining dollars used to fund the library. The tax would be implemented in fiscal year 1994. (Boles) 2. Fund the core with a 2.5 percent restaurant tax with no referral to voters. (Boles) 3. Fund the core with a 2.5 percent restaurant tax with no referral and no sunset, and fund the library with a 2.5 percent restaurant tax without a sunset, that tax to be referred to the voters. (Ehrman) 4. Fund the core with a 2.5 percent restaurant tax with a 10-year sunset, the tax to be referred to the voters. Action on the library to be postponed until the results of private fund-raising effort were known. (Robinette) Mr. Robinette noted that he supported placing a property tax increase on the ballot to give voters a chance to indicate their support for fire station construction and fire redeployment. 5. Council commitment to the future development of strategies related to the library and fire station construction. (MacDonald) e MINUTES--City Council Work Session September 22, 1992 Page 1 5:30 p.m.