Item B: Approval of Legislative Policies Document

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City of Eugene Legislative Policies for 2009 Oregon Legislative Session IX. GG ENERAL OVERNMENT A. BUSINESS LICENSING ?Eugene supports the ability to license business activities in order to promote public health and safety. ?Eugene supports the ability to charge sufficient fees to recover regulatory costs. ?Eugene supports the right to regulate activities when State regulations are insufficient to address local community concerns. For example, the City of Eugene regulates a limited number of business activities such as taxi service and sidewalk vending in order to safeguard the public's health, safety and welfare. B. CONTRACTING ?Eugene supports fair and open procedures in awarding contracts with the flexibility to respond to local conditions and resources, including costs of monitoring the contracts and the availability of competent suppliers to ensure competitive bidding. ?Eugene supports modifying Qualified Rehabilitation Facilities (QRFs) statutes to exempt security employment from the areas QRFs are awarded selection preference. ?Eugene supports the promotion of local sustainability by permitting purchasing and contracting by public entities to be awarded based on sustainable criteria such as “locally grown or produced” and “family wages with benefits.” C. LABOR C1. Local Control of Wages, Benefits and Employment Practices ?Eugene opposes restrictions on the rights of local governments to exercise local control over benefits, wages and employment practices. ?Eugene opposes adding any more groups or categories of employees to those already eligible to receive police and firefighter benefits. C2. Adequate Benefits Levels ?Eugene supports the provision of public employee benefits that are consistent with formal needs assessments and/or actuarial studies establishing standards of adequacy. Benefits exceeding such standards should be provided at the discretion of individual employers, and should not be mandated. 31