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to Section 221.770 of Oregon Revised Statutes. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to adopt Resolution 4799 certifying that the City of Eugene provides the municipal service required by Oregon Revised Statutes Section 221.760. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to adopt Resolution 4797 adopting the budget, making appropriations, determin- ing, levying and categorizing the annual ad valorem property tax levy for the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to amend the mo- tion to provide a one-time allocation of $10,000 for Community Cable Access Television. Councilor Taylor spoke of the benefits of CCATV. Councilor Kelly supported the amendment. He felt the council had not dealt fairly with CCATV last year. He added that he had been moved by the testimony. Councilor Pap~ agreed that community television was an asset, but disagreed that CCATV had not been treated fairly. He noted that two years previously, Councilor Meisner had challenged CCATV to do some private fund raising and to show the council evidence of it. He would have been more open to the plea for funding if CCATV had risen to the challenge. He thought the council too often represented "iow-hanging fruit" for organizations seeking funding. Councilor Nathanson asked staff to estimate what other organizations would have come before the council with last-minute appeals if they had thought they could have been allocated more funding. She also wondered to what degree the other jurisdictions contributed to CCATV. City Manager Taylor responded that the City of Eugene was the only entity that funded CCATV. He predicted that last-minute changes occurring after all of the rest of the processes that went into the budget had transpired could create a pattern among entities that sought funding from the City. He underscored the challenges burgeoning health care costs alone presented to the City and stressed that the City had been forced to take a stance of austerity. Councilor Nathanson commented that the City Council used to have two different kinds of contingency funds. She thought it important to differentiate between contingency for discretionary services and unanticipated contingencies. She stated that the former had been effectively eliminated. Councilor Bettman suggested that the council should prioritize the contingency funds at the end of the year. Councilor Bettman agreed that amending the budget could bring in other last-minute requests, but said she would support the amendment. She said the CCTV station provided a venue for free speech, noting that, MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 28, 2004 Page 8 Regular Meeting