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. 2. Central Business Function Mr. Wong recalled that the direct service components of General Fund services included a proportionate dollar amount for centralized administration. A percentage of that has been taken as the equivalent for the central business function reduction--approximately $110,000. The proposal calls for the elimination of the Excellence Through Involvement Committee, City support for Public Access cable television services, and the centralized Data Control position. Reductions are planned in financial and management analysis and City Council support, including a 10 percent reduction in meetings. Mr. Wong said the proposed eliminations and reductions in the central business function amount to $110,000. 3. Public Safety Services Mr. Wong described the Spay/Neuter Clinic as another administrative function. Fee increases were implemented on November 1 without a significant decrease in the number of surgeries conducted. In addition, the City contract with lane County Animal Regulation Authority has been reduced by $35,000. One of the four enforcement staff in the department's Animal Control section will be eliminated. 4. Cultural Services Bob Schutz, Director of Cultural Services, described service changes in his division, saying they include reduced support for the Eugene Celebration and . the Sister Cities Program. Other changes include increasing revenues by charging for custodial services to shows, changing the telephone service at the Ticket Office, eliminating lunches for the Cultural Affairs Commission, and reducing administrative clerical support. Mr. Schutz said that the institution of a membership program for the Hult Center will be undertaken after the hiring of the new Director of Marketing and Programming. 5. Recreation Services Mr. Schutz reviewed the council's directives with regard to Recreation Services: to maintain the programs but reduce tax support by increasing user fees, to explore ways to reduce the cost of operating programs to offset the fee increases, to preserve low-cost youth activities and tax support for youth programs, and to increase scholarships for low-income residents. Mr. Schutz reviewed the following as assumptions used in developing an implementation strategy: static demand, implementation will take three to five years, services are maintained, no increase in recreation costs, scholarships are not subsidized by increased user fees, and the standards for facility maintenance remain high. He said that research on user fee increases included a customer groups feedback form distributed at recreation sites and an informal pricing survey. Mr. Schutz said that the only exception to the youth fee increase, which has been allowed by the council, is a 15 percent increase in the Aquatics Program. He said that the fee increase may have resulted in fewer teams registering for the program. Staff will conduct a survey and determine . MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 7, 1992 Page 3 4 p.m.