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COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
EUGENE, OREGON.
JANUARY 25, 1951.
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AN ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS CALLED TO ORDER ON
JANUARY 25, 1951 AT 5:00 P.M. BY MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON, WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT:
CRUMBAKER, SMITH, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER AND BOOTH.
THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED THE REPORT OF THE FI~ANCE COMMITTEE WHICH WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
AS FOLLOWS:
"A MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS HELD THURSDAY NOON, JANUARY 25,1951 AT THE
OSBURN HOTEL WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: CHAIRMAN, BOOTH; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER AND
SIEGENTHALER; MAYOR JOHNSON; CITY MANAGER AND CITY RECORDER.
THE CITY MANAGER OUTLINED REQUESTS FROM VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS RELATIVE TO PAY
RAISES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRESENT HIGH COST OF LIVING. WAGES WERE REVIEWED WITH
SIMILAR POSITIONS IN SALEM, ROSEBURG, BEND, OREGON CITY AND MEDFORD. EACH OF THESE
CITIES HAS AFFORDED RAISES FOR THEIR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST OF
THIS YEAR.
IT WAS BROUGHT OUT BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT A $15.00 A MONTH RAISE COULD BE GIVEN
EACH EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY AND A $25.00 RAISE FOR ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS, BY EACH DEPARTMENT
ASSUMING THIS ADDITIONAL EXPENSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND THAT THE DIFFERENCE, APPROXI-
MATING $3,500 BE TAKEN FROM THE EMERGENCY FUND WHICH WOULD LEAVE A BALANCE IN THE
EMERGENCY FUND OF $3,400.
IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT THESE RAISES BE
APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER
BE REQUESTED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT 5:00 P.M. JANUARY 25, 1951
FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. THIS ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO
ASSIST CITY EMPLOYEES IN MEETING THE PRESENT HIGH COST OF LIVING.
RESOLUTION - RE: CITY EMPLOYEE SALARY INCREASES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"WHEREAS, PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN HAS DECLARED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO
BE IN A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY, AND
WHEREAS, INFLATIONARY TENDENCIES IN THE MONETARY STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED STATES
HAVE CAUSED PRICES OF FOOD COMMODITIES TO RAISE TO A POINT AT THE PRESENT TIME WHERE'
THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR IS NOW ONLY .43 CENTS IN COMPARISON TO THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR
IN 1939, IN RELATION TO ITS POWER IN PURCHASING FOOD COMMODITIES, AND
WHEREAS, PRIVATE BUSINESS IS IN A POSITION TO INCREASE SALARIES AND WAGES AND ALSO
TO RAISE THE PRICES OF THEIR PRODUCTS, BUT THAT MUNICIPALITIES ARE BOUND UNDER THE BUDGET
LAWS OF THE STATE OF OREGON TO SET WAGES ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE, BUT THAT COST OF LIVING
PRICES HAVE MATERIALLY INCREASED SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE 1950-5' BUDGET BY THE CITY
OF EUGENE, AND
WHEREAS, MUNICIPAL SERVICES, INCLUDING FIRE, POLICE, HEALTH AND SANITATION, ARE
ENDANGERED BY REASON OF COMPETITION FOR EMPLOYEES AND PERSONNEL, AND
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE TO RAISE THE WAGES OF MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE POLICE, FIRE, HEALTH AND SANITATION FACILITIES OF THE
CITY,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE THAT AN
EMERGENCY IS HEREBY DECLARED TO EXIST, AND THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO RAISE THE SALARY OF
ALL CITY EMPLOYEES $15.00 PER MONTH AND ALL HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS $25.00 PER MONTH,
COMMENCING THE 25TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1951, QN ORDER TO COVER THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE
IN PRICES, AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY RECORDER-TREASURER ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED
AND DIRECTED TO MAKE THE INCREASE IN SAID SALARIES AND WAGES, AND TO PAY SAID SALARIES
AND WAGES OUT OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, SO FAR AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT ANY
EXCESS REQUIRED SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE EMERGENCY FUNDS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE BUDGETED
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1950-51.
THE ABOVE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS ROLLCALL VOTE, BY THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, AT A SPECIAL MEETING EXPRESSLY CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CON-
SIDERING THE QUESTION OF INCREASE OF SALARIES AND WAGES FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ON THE
25TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1951.
IT WAS MOVED BY SMITH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AND THAT
THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE AS ABOVE OUTLINED BE GIVEN CITY EMPLOYEES. MOTION CARRIED AFTER
ROLLCALL VOTE.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
OREN L. KING,
CITY MANAGER.
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