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In response to a question from Councilor Meisner regarding how much of the allotted contingency fund had been spent for FY03, City Manager Carlson said approximately $82,000 out of $340,000 had been spent. Councilor Nathanson expressed concern over the amount of the time the motion was taking. She expressed a desire for the City Manager find a legal and expeditious way to just "make it so." Councilor Bettman noted that there were two members of the council that had already made personal donations to cover the cost of the parade. She went on to note that Councilor Fart's motion did not ask for ongoing funding for the parade. She questioned why there was still discussion on the matter. She stressed the need for a fair and consistent policy on how to allocate contingency money to nonprofit causes and opined that it was bad public policy and bad government to make policy "on the fly." She said she would oppose the motion. Councilor Pap~ said he would also oppose the motion. He noted that he already made a personal donation to pay for the police services during the parade. Councilor Taylor said she would oppose the motion for the same reasons. Councilor Kelly said he would oppose the motion for the same reasons. Councilor Rayor said, no matter the outcome of the vote, he would still make a personal donation to the cause for the amount specified in his friendly amendment. Roll call vote; the motion failed, 5:3; councilors Fart, Rayor and Nathanson voting in support. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Pap~, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar. Councilor Kelly pulled items A and B. Councilor Kelly noted that he had submitted his corrections to the minutes via e-mail before the meeting. Mayor Torrey determined there were no objections to Councilor Kelly's suggested corrections. Councilor Nathanson proposed a rewrite to page 1 of the August 12 work session minutes. She suggested the following: She said she had recently attended a Federal Communications Commission LSGAC meeting where the FCC discussed rate policy and stated that it could only talk about rates and not programming. She maintained that rates and programming were related, as channels were moved into more expensive or premium tiers and the value of the basic service declined while the rate stayed the same .... The program, because of its cost to local government, for providers simply maintaining a list of key or essential services to restore in an emergency. Councilor Taylor asked that consideration of the August 12, 2002, regular session minutes be pulled while further research was done on a change she wished to make. MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 23, 2002 Page 4 Regular Meeting