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M I NUT E S
e Eugene City Council Work Session
McNutt Room--City Hall
October 28, 1987
11 : 30 a. m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Freeman Holmer, Emily Schue,
Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller,
Rob Bennett.
The work session was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie.
I. GENERAL FUND SERVICE/FINANeIAL PLANNING
Finance Director Warren Wong reviewed the procedure that will be used at the
council's work session November 2, 1987. He said the session will be a
practice one. On November 30, the procedure wi 11 be repeated and those
results will be incorporated into the budget. He said councilors will be
asked to complete ballots indicating priorities for City services and revenue
sources. Then the councilors will discuss the services and revenue sources.
Mr. Wong urged councilors to call the Finance Division to add services to the
e list.
Answering questions, Mr. Wong said the cost of services wi 11 include
administrative costs. Counci 1 ors wi 11 be gi ven i nformat i on about central
overhead costs but councilors will not vote on that category because central
overhead costs depend on other decisions.
Ms. Bascom said the ballots do not give councilors an opportunity to indicate
that part of programs should be eliminated. Mr. Wong responded that
decreasing programs can be part of the council IS discussion of programs.
Answering questions from Mr. Rutan, Mayor Obie said the objective of the work
session on November 2 will be to focus on future fi nanc i a 1 problems and
develop priorities for the FY89 budget.
Mr. Miller wondered if the costs of the Economic Development Strategic Plan
will be on the ballots. Mr. Holmer pointed out that the Strategic Plan may be
changed after the public meetings. The Mayor and several councilors suggested
Budget Committee members be urged to attend the work session.
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II. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAM
e Dick Christensen, Deputy Chief of Fire Operations, discussed the need for
special training and special equipment to respond to emergencies involving
hazardous materials. Then the councilors toured the new hazardous materials
van.
submitted,
(Recorded by Betty Lou Rarick)
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