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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> <br /> November 23, 1998 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Pat Farr, Tim Laue, Bobby Lee, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, <br /> Laurie Swanson Gribskov, Betty Taylor, Ken Tollenaar. <br /> <br />Mayor James Torrey called the November 23, 1998, Eugene City Council Dinner Work Session <br />to order at 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> 1. WORK SESSION: AIRPORT SERVICE ISSUES <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey noted that the work session was a continuation of council consideration of airport <br />service issues begun on November 18, 1998. He invited councilors to ask questions and discuss <br />concerns without a staff presentation. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked if it would be possible to transfer the separate management funds within the <br />municipal airport fund into the General Fund. City Attorney Glenn Klein replied that it was <br />possible to use the identified funds as unrestricted revenue. City Manager James Johnson <br />added that there were no restrictions on use of the funds as there were on gasoline tax and road <br />fund revenue. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr asked if it would be possible for the council to designate the funds for non-airport use at <br />another time. Mr. Klein replied that such a transfer was possible at any time, but that no other <br />unrestricted airport funds were available in that way. Airport Manager Mike Boggs added that <br />airport reserves were only legally available to be used for airport purposes. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said she believed the airport management funds should be transferred into the <br />General Fund because there was a need for revenue and because she questioned whether there <br />would be success in attracting additional air service to Eugene. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner asked if there were other expenses for airport operations which would increase with <br />the addition of airline service. Mr. Boggs said that airfield and terminal maintenance cost would <br />not increase from such additional service and that other increased costs would likely be <br />insignificant. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner noted that concerns related to the need for airport reserves was irrelevant to the <br />funds under consideration. He said he would support a proposal designating all or part of the <br />funds to be used for non-airport uses. Ms. Andersen pointed out that although the funds were <br />not reserves, they were also not surplus operating funds. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner asked what uses of the funds in question were planned to develop new air service to <br />Eugene. Public Works Director Christine Andersen replied that use of the funds had not been <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 23, 1998 Page 1 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />