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Ms. Bettman objected to placing the $275,000 in the downtown capital reserves because the City <br />intended to spend it on a building that would be located at 2nd Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard. <br />She said that the reserve was not really a downtown facility reserve, merely a reserve that, <br />depending on what projects staff favored or were "trendy at the time," could be spent anywhere. <br />She said that the council needed to discuss its priorities for spending the money in question. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor shared Ms. Bettman's concerns. She said that she was happy with the savings to be <br />realized by the proposal but she had assumed that the council would to able to discuss its future <br />use. She indicated her intent to support an amendment to the suggested motion should Ms. <br />Bettman offer one. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Carlson clarified that staff was not proposing to <br />spend any of the money in question. The staff recommendation was consistent with the action <br />taken by the Budget Committee on the capital component of the budget earlier in the year. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly determined from Mr. Meisner that he was not willing to restore the service reductions <br />made in the fiscal year 2003 budget. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly suggested that one approach might be to place the $365,000 be placed in reserve for <br />further discussion during Supplemental Budget #1. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly determined from Mr. Carlson that under the new space policy, failure to pass the motion <br />meant that all services located in General Fund buildings would pay 65 cents per square foot, <br />except for Finance, Information Services, and the Administrative Division of the Library, <br />Recreation, and Cultural Services. Mr. Kelly suggested that placing the $275,000 in reserves <br />brought those services into conformance with other services in downtown space paid for by <br />General Fund dollars. Mr. Carlson agreed. <br /> <br /> Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. PapS, moved to direct staff to (i) fund $4.3 million <br /> of library construction expenditures by using available urban renewal funds <br /> and interest earnings in the library construction fund instead of issuing <br /> bonds; (ii) prepare a request for Supplemental Budget #1 that includes this <br /> change in funding and that reduces the overall appropriation for the library <br /> construction project by $100,000; (iii) prepare a request in Supplemental <br /> Budget #1 to move $365,000 from non-departmental transfers in part to <br /> departmental operating budgets and in part to reserve; and (iv) prepare a <br /> request for Supplemental Budget #1 authorizing the use of Urban Renewal <br /> Agency funds for up to $1.4 million to cover temporary library construction <br /> cash shortfalls until all anticipated resources have been received. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr indicated support for the motion and said he would not support an amendment. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr recognized the $100,000 contribution made to the library by the Confederated Tribes of <br />the Grande Ronde. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 25, 2002 Page 4 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />