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Ordinance No. 20616 with Corrected Code Section Numbers Attachment to August 5, 2019 Scrivener Error Memo 3.734 3.764 Payroll Tax — Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any decision under this code may appeal the decision in the manner provided by administrative rule adopted pursuant to section 2.019 of this code. The appeal shall be heard and determined as provided in the adopted administrative rule. 336 3.766 Payroll Tax - Annual Audit. The city manager shall contract with an outside auditor to prepare an annual written report on the use of the payroll tax revenue. The auditor shall ascertain and report on whether the tax revenue was used in compliance with the purpose and use set forth in sections 3-720 and 3.728 3.750 and 3.758 of this code. The city manager shall provide the report to the Council and make the report publicly available. 3:7-38 3.768 Payroll Tax - Citizen Advisory Board. The city manager shall convene a Citizen Advisory Board. The Citizen Advisory Board shall prepare an annual report, separate and distinct from the report prepared by the outside auditor, documenting the city's use of the tax revenue and noting whether the tax revenue was spent in compliance with the purpose and use set forth in sections 3.750 and 3.758 of this code. The city manager shall provide the Citizen Advisory Board's report to the Council and make the report publicly available. Section 2. Payroll tax revenues shall be budgeted and accounted for in a separate fund that is easily identifiable by members of the public. Section 3. The purpose of the payroll tax is to raise additional revenue to be able to increase community safety services beyond what the City was able to fund in FY18 (before the $8.6 "bridge" funding). Therefore, the Council will use, in accordance with Oregon budget law, the payroll tax revenues to supplement, and not replace, funding used in FY18 for community safety services. Section 4. Notwithstanding Section 3, the Council may use payroll tax revenues to replace $840,000 of downtown police services funding that is currently coming from the parking fund. Section 5. In FY27, the Citizen Advisory Board established by section 3.738 3.768 of this code shall conduct a comprehensive review of the city's community safety system, use of the payroll tax revenues, and compliance with Section 3 and shall prepare and deliver a report to the city manager no later than March 31, 2027. The report shall include, but is not limited to, an analysis of the economic impacts of the payroll tax on businesses in the city and an analysis of Page 6 of 7