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It Ms. Schue said this is a good program and lots of money and energy has been spent to make it successful. She feels the council should act on the City Attorney's advice and she will support the review. Ms. Miller stated that CETA is a good program and is worth some increased risk to the City for a short period of time. Ms. Miller moved to adopt the staff recommendation and proceed with the advice of the City Attorney's Office that staff report back in 30 days on the progress on the necessary changes from the Department of Labor, and that the City should terminate the program in 60 days unless further action is taken by the council to prevent that. Mr. Obie seconded the motion. e Ms. Smith felt the 30-day review was good. Mr. Haws asked if the people who are currently on the program would be eligible for unemployment or welfare if it were discontinued. Gary Long stated that some might qualify for minimal unemployment benefits. Randy Miller, CETA, stated that 30 to 40 percent of the workers have gone off welfare into the program and they would possibly fall back if the program were discontinued. Mr. Haws stated that he needed guidance on how to vote as he does not want to be per- sonally liable during the next 60 days. Mr. Long advised him to vote "no." Mr. Haws indicated support for the program but stated that he would vote "no." Ms. Wooten questioned the need to build in an automatic termination date. Ms. Miller stated that she feels people should have this information for making projections. She would not like to see a sudden termination of the program. There is also the potential of increased tort liability. The attorney has advised to not continue in this fashion for a very long period of time. Ms. Wooten stated that anything could happen and it's possible that this would not be resolved in 60 days. This may need to be resolved by legislation. Mayor Keller noted that there is latitude in the motion and the council could extend its deadline. Mr. Obie stated that he respects Mr. Haw's decision; however, he will vote for the motion because of the 1,000 people involved. If there is no immi- nent answer in 60 days, then he will join Mr. Haws in voting "no." Mr. Lindberg stated that the council has the option to terminate the program in 30 days if need be. Staff must keep the council informed during the process. The council can modify its decision based upon additional information which the staff may present. He would like to see pressure applied so that this problem will not carryon indefinitely. Participants should feel confident that the council will try to seek resolution. He would also be comfortable with a termination date of 90 days and review at 30 and 60 days. Stan Long stated that the City is dealing with unknown risks, but the longer the period of e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 11, 1981 Page 8