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Ms. Solomon agreed with Mr. Zelenka and Mr. Pryor. She pointed out that the City of Eugene already <br />received $2 million per year from the statewide weight/mile tax. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor averred that charging a dollar a month garbage hauling fee would not reduce the amount of <br />driving and would not stop any damage. She disagreed with people who did not consider a dollar to be very <br />much money. She felt it could be the tipping point at which some people would decide they could not afford <br />garbage service anymore. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark commented that the value of the diversity of income streams was offset with the political <br />resistance to complicating the solution. He thought simplifying the solution had a greater political value. <br />He said while the garbage haulers would not mind the fee he believed the citizens would. He also felt the fee <br />added to the taxes citizens paid while the people in the Santa Clara area remained exempt from it. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman observed that the funding mechanism did not charge a fee to the haulers; it was a pass-through <br />charged to the resident. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling asked if everyone would be charged the fee. Mr. Lidz replied that all entities utilizing a garbage <br />service would be charged a fee equal to five percent. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy said she wanted to support the whole package but could not support forwarding a portion of it <br />with less than majority support. <br /> <br />The vote on the motion was a tie, 4:4; Ms. Solomon, Mr. Zelenka, Ms. Ortiz, and Mr. <br />Pryor voting in support and Ms. Taylor, Ms. Bettman, Mr. Poling, and Mr. Clark voting in <br />opposition. Mayor Piercy voted against the motion and it failed on a final vote of 5:4. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka stated that the funding that the garbage hauling fee should come from somewhere. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to split the $1 million that the garbage hauler <br />fee would have garnered between the street utility fee and the capital local option levy. The <br />motion passed, 7:1; Ms. Taylor voting in opposition. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 1:37 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dennis M. Taylor <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Ruth Atcherson <br />) <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 23, 2007 Page 9 <br /> Work Session <br />