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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />April 18, 2011 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, <br />Pat Farr. <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Poling, Chris Pryor. <br />Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the April 18, 2011, City Council workshop to order. <br />The council was joined by John Barofsky, David Funk, Gerry Gaydos, and Jean Tate of the Meeting the <br />Challenge Task Force. Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce Director David Hauser was also present. <br />Also present were Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Director Renee Grube, Eugene Police Chief <br />Pete Kerns, Planning and Development Department Director /Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary, Fire <br />and Emergency Services Chief Randy Groves, City Attorney Glenn Klein, Public Works Director Kurt <br />Corey, Central Services Director Kristi Hammitt and Finance Division staff Mia Cariaga, Pavel <br />Gubanikhin, Twyla Miller, and Larry Hill. <br />A. COUNCIL WORKSHOP: <br />Long -Term Financial Stability <br />At the request of City Manager Jon Ruiz, those present introduced themselves and discussed their <br />perception about where the City had been in regard to City budgets and finances for the last five years and <br />their feelings about that perception. City Manager Ruiz then provided some context for the discussion by <br />identifying factors affecting the budget. Those factors included the recession, a structural imbalance in <br />the budget, the City Council's policy decision to absorb the library levy inside the General Fund, and <br />increases in the PERS system. He also reviewed the steps the City took the previous year to balance the <br />budget and indicated the goals for the next budget were essentially the same. <br />City Manager Ruiz solicited comments and questions. <br />Mayor Piercy advocated for the City to set goals for its job recruitment efforts. <br />Ms. Ortiz said she continued to receive requests for services from constituents. She asked if it was <br />possible to set a goal for a core level of service, acknowledge the City was "not there" yet, and celebrate <br />when the goal was achieved. <br />Ms. Cariaga suggested the multi -year financial plan addressed Ms. Ortiz's questions by identifying <br />unfunded needs. Ten of the unfunded needs were highlighted as priorities to inform the council's <br />discussion. <br />MINUTES — Eugene City Council April 18, 2010 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />