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FY14 Proposed Budget and Budget Committee Changes The City of Eugene FY14 Proposed Budget was sent to the Budget Committee for its consideration on May 10, 2013. Concurrently with the Budget Committee’s review of the Proposed Budget document, the FY14 Proposed Budget was published on the City web site and made available in hard copy format for public review. The underlying philosophy behind the FY14 Proposed Budget was to balance ongoing revenues and expenditures in the City's General Fund using one of the following two approaches: 1. Implement $5.3 million in various service reductions to bring expenditures in line with the revenues. The proposed service reductions included the following: Service Amount Fire Engine and Crew $700,000 Four Police Detectives 400,000 Second CAHOOTS Van 300,000 Teen Court Program 100,000 Human Services 600,000 Sheldon Branch Library 300,000 Bethel Branch Library 300,000 Downtown Library (1 day a week) 500,000 Sheldon Pool 400,000 Recreation Programs & Services 300,000 Neighborhood Park Restrooms 100,000 Parks Maintenance 500,000 Equity, Human Rights, Neighborhoods & Sustainability 800,000 TOTAL $5,300,000 2. The alternate strategy was the city service fee proposal that was included in the May 21, 2013 election as Ballot Measure 20-211. If this measure were approved by the voters, the revenues provided by the city service fee would have been used to continue General Fund services at their current level. The city service fee was rejected by the voters, with 67 percent of the votes cast against the measure and 33 percent in favor of the measure. Budget Committee review of the FY14 budget consisted of five meetings held on May 23, May 28, May 30, June 3 and June 5, 2013. Public comment was received at three of the Budget Committee meetings. A Budget Committee public hearing on the FY14 budget was conducted on June 5, 2013. The Budget Committee recommendation consists of the City Manager’s FY14 Proposed Budget with several significant amendments. The Budget Committee’s final recommendation, approved on June 5, 2013, is as follows: “Move that the Budget Committee recommend to the Eugene City Council the FY14 Budget for the City of Eugene that consists of the City Manager's Proposed FY14 Budget, including the property tax levies and/or rates contained therein, amended to reflect appropriations for prior S:\CMO\2013 Council Agendas\M130624\S1306243.doc