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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council/Eugene Budget Committee <br />McNutt Room —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />February 11, 2012 <br />9 a.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka. <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the February 11, 2012, annual workshop and meeting with the <br />Eugene Budget Committee to order. The council was joined by Budget Committee lay members John <br />Barofsky, Ken Beeson, Chelsea Clinton, Shanda Miller, Mark Rust, Doug Smith, and Claire Syrett. City <br />Manager Jon Ruiz and members of the City's Executive Team, Assistant City Manager/Planning and <br />Development Director Sarah Medary, Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief Randy Groves, Police <br />Chief Pete Kerns, Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Director Renee Grube, and Public Works <br />Director Kent Corey. <br />The council first considered a motion related to the location of the proposed Veterans Administration <br />(VA) hospital. <br />Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Farr, moved that because the City Council strongly <br />supported veterans and locating the new Veterans Administration (VA) Clinic in Eugene, <br />and because the council was committed to ensuring that Eugene sites were competitive <br />and was working proactively with the VA, land owner, and developer of the project to <br />ensure its success, the council directed the city manager to bring back to the council as <br />quickly as feasible a range of options for facilitating the development of a VA Clinic in <br />Eugene as well as possible mechanisms for funding those options. The motion passed <br />unanimously, 7:0. <br />A. WORKSHOP <br />Ms. Miller and Ms. Cutsogeorge then led the council and lay committee members through a PowerPoint <br />presentation entitled City of Eugene General Fund Forecast, which highlighted General Fund trends, <br />described causes of the structural budget imbalance, and underscored recent budget accomplishments. <br />The presentation included both a General Fund forecast and reserve review that included trend data about <br />property tax revenues, Eugene Water & Electric Board's Contribution -in -Lieu of Taxes (CELT), and <br />inflation, and highlighted the impact of additional PERS costs over the forecast period. <br />Councilors and lay committee members asked questions clarifying the details of the presentation. <br />Mayor Piercy called for a brief break. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council/ February 11, 2012 Page 1 <br />Budget Committee Workshop <br />