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Mr. Clark shared a graph of the Save Rural Schools Act county timber payments. He pointed out that the <br />General Fund for the county would lose about $30 million over the next two years. He said the General <br />Fund comprised about $75 million and of this, approximately three - quarters paid for the Lane County <br />Sheriffs Office and the county jail. He did not believe the act would be reauthorized at the federal level nor <br />did he think the state would come to the county's rescue. He thought there would come a time in the next <br />couple of years where, at a city level, they might face some of the questions on how those services could be <br />continued. He thought that making sure the work they were discussing happened in a timely way was <br />important so that the City could begin to think about what would happen if there were some fundamental <br />large changes at the county level. <br />Ms. Taylor commented that when advisory committees submitted a large body of work, they expected the <br />City to adopt it. <br />B. WORK SESSION: <br />City Council Process Session <br />Keli Osborn, manager of the City Manager's Office, joined the council at the table. She said the first item <br />on the list in the Agenda Item Summary (AIS) was a desire for more detailed committee reports. <br />Mr. Zelenka had suggested this. He explained that the council used to have committees talk to them at <br />greater length, but now the council just received reports. <br />Ms. Ortiz thought this was a good idea. She said it was hard to share what they were doing in committees <br />during a three - minute comment period at the beginning of a work session. She related that she wanted the <br />council to know what was going on with the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA), for which she <br />served as the council representative. She also wanted to hear more reports on the work of the Human Rights <br />Commission (HRC) and the Human Services Commission (HSC). She suggested that they add five minutes <br />to the work session every other week. <br />Mayor Piercy remarked that the council did not have the opportunity to give direction to committees very <br />often. <br />Mr. Pryor liked the idea. He thought it would be good to have a more well- fleshed -out understanding of <br />what was happening on the committees. He said they needed to figure out the mechanism to do it. He felt <br />that if there was really nothing to report, they should not give reports just to give reports. <br />Mr. Clark thought the structure in place was fairly effective. He said if they added some amount of time to <br />the Items section of the agenda, it would provide opportunities for such reports. He could see the value in <br />select circumstances, where checking in with the body would be valuable to the committee. <br />Ms. Taylor thought it might be valuable to have representatives of outside groups, such as the Lane <br />Workforce Partnership, come before the council and provide reports. <br />Mr. Zelenka said his suggestion for more time for committee reports would serve two purposes: to inform <br />the rest of the council what was going on in the committees and to provide the opportunity to discuss the <br />more substantive issues. <br />Ms. Ortiz commented that she would like earlier access to rising issues. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council June 16, 2010 Page 4 <br />Work Session <br />