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City of Eugene Legislative Policies for 2009 Oregon Legislative Session <br /> <br />As an example, State-owned properties with an estimated assessed value of about $400 million <br />receive police, fire and emergency medical services provided by the City of Eugene, yet are exempt <br />from payment of property taxes to help support those services. Other Oregon cities, like Salem, <br /> <br />with many State-owned properties, face similar demands for services. <br /> <br />C7. Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports efforts to uphold PERS reforms and mitigate volatile rate increases to <br />public employers, in a fashion that upholds a fair and adequate retirement for public <br />. <br />employees <br /> <br />C8. Repeal of Local Real Estate Transfer Tax Preemption <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports efforts to repeal the prohibition of local real estate transfer taxes. <br /> <br />C9. Local Flexibility for Enterprise Zone Criteria <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports efforts to allow additional local flexibility to enterprise zone criteria for <br />qualifying businesses. <br /> <br />C10. Provision of Services <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene opposes subsidizing, through taxes or services, those living in unincorporated areas. <br /> <br />Cities are the most logical and most effective providers of urban level municipal services, and tax <br />policies should avoid duplication of city services by other local governments. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br /> <br />