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September 14, 2009 <br />Joint Elected Officials Meeting <br />City of Springfield <br />City of Eugene <br />Lane County <br /> <br />Page 11 of 14 <br /> <br /> <br />bring back to the ATS. The task force would then bring a recommendation back to the JEO group at a <br />later time. Although the two processes were separate, there were connections, such as the work being <br />done regarding consolidation would help with some of the overhead costs, reducing that from the <br />ambulance transport system. They were interested in hearing the elected officials’ feedback. The <br />consultant’s study was the why, but they now needed to hear the how. <br /> <br />Councilor Ortiz thanked staff and audience members for coming tonight. She said what she needed from <br />Chief Groves were the outcomes of the various outreach forums in both communities. It was important to <br />hear from everybody in the community. She felt they had been thorough and included representation and <br />participation from all jurisdictions. <br /> <br />Councilor Simmons said he agreed. He was concerned because he didn’t have the facts of what it would <br />cost. He gave the example of equipment repair costs each City incurred. He read that there would be <br />initial savings, but wanted to know about savings in years five, six and so on. He discussed deficiencies in <br />the equipment replacement funds in Springfield and asked about the replacement funds in Eugene and <br />how those replacement costs differed. He said it was wonderful that we had already combined training <br />and response, and we needed to share in that responsibility. He trusted both Chiefs, but would be looking <br />over their shoulders. <br /> <br />Board Chair Sorenson asked what percentage of the population served by this unified fire force would be <br />outside of Eugene. <br /> <br />Chief Murphy said about 35%. <br /> <br />Board Chair Sorenson asked if the taxes paid by those people would change as a result of their inclusion <br />into a district or if taxes paid by residents in Springfield and Eugene would be affected by the merger. <br /> <br />Chief Murphy said it would cost less. There would be no effect on service on any other government in <br />Lane County. Springfield and Eugene Fire served 35 jurisdictions in metro central Lane County and <br />throughout the state. Those were user driven fees for contracts and that was self governance by each <br />agency. <br /> <br />Chief Groves said it would depend on the level of governance. If this was some level of modeling a Metro <br />Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC), there wouldn’t be any change. If a fire district was <br />formed, it would be a level taxation. <br /> <br />Board Chair Sorenson confirmed that the current proposal was just to combine the departments but not <br />changing the tax structure for any of the jurisdictions. <br /> <br />Chief Groves said that was correct. Staff was looking for support to go ahead and put together the <br />specifics of what it would look like to bring the two organizations together. <br /> <br />Board Chair Sorenson asked if this would involve an amendment to the Metro Plan. <br /> <br /> <br />
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