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Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0, and became Ordinance 20231. V. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION: a Resolution Adopting a Supplemental Budget; Making Appropriations for the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2000, and Ending June 30, 2001 Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Seeing no one wishing to speak, he closed the public hearing and called for councilor questions/comments. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to approve Resolution 4678 adopting a supplemental budget; making appropriations for the City of Eugene for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to amend the FY01 Supplemental Budget #3 to direct that any remaining General Fund contingency balance be transferred into FY02 General Fund contingency at the time of FY02 Supplemental Budget #1. In response to a question from City Manager Johnson regarding whether the intent of the motion related to the social services side or the general contingency account, Councilor Kelly said just the general City of Eugene account was intended. In response to a question from Councilor Nathanson regarding the bottom line impact of the amendment, Kitty Murdoch of the Administrative Services Department said staff was not anticipating any balance in the general contingency account. She noted that there was a $50,000 request for police overtime reimbursement and staff was asking for that money to be appropriated for the Police Department. City Manager Johnson said that the Police Department was extremely close to overexpending its budget. He said that any money not needed would be returned, but noted that there had been a number of large specific overtime costs during the year. He cited the Halloween activity, three homicides, and the Romania arson investigation as examples. Councilor Kelly said that it was his understanding that the remaining $50,000 had not yet been expended and it was his intention to salvage whatever was left for things that had recently come before the council. He cited design standards for reopening Broadway as an example. City Manager Johnson noted that there was more than $50,000 in the social services contingency account that could accomplish what Councilor Kelly was suggesting. Councilor Kelly expressed concern that the $50,000 was a placeholder in case of spring public demonstration activity and observed that there had been no spring and summer protest activity. He said that if the police budget did not end up being appropriately managed for separate reasons then that was a matter for the department manager to work through since the contingency was set aside for a specific purpose that never occurred. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 25, 2001 Page 8 Regular Meeting