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Oregon. Eugene is leading the way and setting an example for municipalities and utilities throughout the
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<br />state to look beyond the borders of their own watersheds and recognize that when their contributions help
<br />make watersheds healthier statewide, their local watershed benefits too.”
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<br />“The City’s support for this important citizen-based effort to maintain watershed health is another
<br />indication of Eugene’s commitment to sustainability,” Moriarty said. “On behalf of Oregon’s watershed
<br />councils, thank you.”
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<br />The Network of Oregon Watershed Councils provides training, communication and resource support to
<br />watershed councils in communities throughout the state, including several surrounding Eugene. For
<br />more information contact Moriarty at 682-8323.
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<br />More Successful Community Partnerships Achieved
<br />Working collectively with PeaceHealth, Sacred Heart Hospital, Lane County’s Regional Information
<br />System (RIS) staff, and the City’s Information Services Division (ISD) for more than a year, the Eugene
<br />Fire & EMS Department’s Ambulance Billing Section now has the ability to access PeaceHealth's
<br />Lastword Patient Information System. Lastword has been worth the wait. Since the majority of the
<br />patients transported by the Fire & EMS Department are to Sacred Heart Hospital, it is much more time
<br />efficient now that billing staff has direct access to patient demographics and insurance information.
<br />Additionally, the information found in Lastword is up-to-date, something that has created billing issues in
<br />the past.
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<br />Sacred Heart’s business office will also benefit from Eugene Fire & EMS’ billing staff being able to
<br />directly access patient information, instead of contacting them for the information. For more information,
<br />please contact Billing Supervisor Gail Draper at 682-7130.
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<br />City Singers at First Friday @ the Downtown Library
<br />On First Friday @ the Downtown Library,
<br />December 1 at 6 p.m., it's the City Singers—a
<br />choir made up entirely of City staffers. Enjoy
<br />their versatile, vibrant mix of doo-wop, pop,
<br />folk, ethnic, and classical music. Discover the
<br />hidden talents behind those employee
<br />nametags!
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<br />The City Singers began in 1999 as part of
<br />Eugene’s City-Wide Diversity Celebration when
<br />Diversity Committee members were charged
<br />with the task of figuring out creative ways to
<br />involve City employees in the celebration.
<br />Maureen Robeson, now Executive Assistant to
<br />Angel Jones, proposed organizing a choir
<br />which would perform music representing varied
<br />cultures. Every City employee was invited to
<br />participate. The only requirements were, and
<br />still are, a desire to sing with a bunch of one’s co-workers, and a willingness to give up a lunch hour two
<br />to four times a month for rehearsals. Many participants hadn’t performed since their high school choir
<br />days, and some had never performed outside of their own shower stalls!
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<br />The group ranges in size from 20 to 40 City employees, depending on work schedules. Administrative
<br />aides, architects, computer techs, court administrators, engineers, human resource specialists, librarians,
<br />management analysts, 911 specialists, police officers, property managers, tree specialists, etc., step out
<br />of their respective work roles to come together and create something truly wonderful and fulfilling.
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<br />The City Singers have performed for various City of Eugene events including the Mayor’s State of the
<br />City address, employee recognition events, diversity celebrations and First Fridays @ the Downtown
<br />Library, and for community events including Human Rights celebrations, Hult Center SHO Case,
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3
<br />November 22, 2006
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