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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room--City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />June 20, 2012 <br />Noon <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, <br />Alan Zelenka. <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Brown, Pat Farr. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the June 20, 2012, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br />Mr. Zelenka submitted two resolutions to the council, one opposing the passage of coal trains through <br />Eugene and one calling for the use of the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Mayor <br />Piercy anticipated the resolutions would be scheduled for council consideration soon. <br />A. WORK SESSION: <br />Sustainable Budget Discussion <br />The council was joined by members of the City's executive team: Assistant City Manager /Acting <br />Planning and Development Department Director Sarah Medary, Public Works Director Kurt Corey, Fire <br />Chief Randy Groves, Central Services Department Director Kristi Hammitt, Library, Recreation, and <br />Cultural Services Director Renee Grube, and City Attorney Glenn Klein. <br />Finance Director Sue Cutsogeorge led the council through a PowerPoint presentation titled Sustainable <br />Budget Discussion that set out sustainable budget concepts, highlighted recent discussions about new <br />revenues, and outlined City Manager Jon Ruiz's approach to the fiscal year 2014 budget. City Manager <br />Ruiz shared a timeline for the development of the budget, which included a possible revenue measure. <br />Mr. Clark expressed disappointment that the council was not having a strategic discussion on how to <br />increase the tax base by increasing the amount of taxable property. He regretted the lack of a link <br />between Envision Eugene and the budget discussion. He did not envision that the voters would support a <br />new tax. City Manager Ruiz reminded Mr. Clark that the Joint Elected Officials Regional Prosperity <br />Report spoke to expanding the economic base and staff was working toward that goal. He promised to <br />return with more information. <br />Ms. Taylor suggested that the council eliminate tax exemptions to grow the base. She also suggested a tie <br />between higher service costs and more growth. She was glad the council had moved forward with a <br />measure for road repairs but did not otherwise support such dedicated revenues. She requested more <br />information about the potential yield from a payroll tax, which would capture revenue from non -City <br />residents. Ms. Taylor also wished to a personal income tax affecting those making more than $100,000 <br />annually. She did not think low- income people would vote for a tax that affected them. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council June 20, 2012 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />