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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes - 06/23/03 Mtg MINUTES Eugene City Council Regular Meeting Council Chamber--Eugene City Hall June 23, 2003 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, George Poling, Gary PapS, Bonny Bettman, Jennifer Solomon CITY COUNCIL MEETING Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. 1.PUBLIC FORUM Matthew Hasek, 3352 West 15th Avenue, congratulated the City Council for taking action to rename Centennial Boulevard for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He acknowledged that there was a lot of controversy over the issue but expressed his happiness that the council had come to the right conclusion. David Hinkley, 1350 Lawrence Street, said the budget process was the worst process in which the City was involved. He raised concern that there was not enough public input allowed by the committee process. Galen Phipps, Director of Looking Glass Shelter Program, spoke representing the Safe and Sound Project. He said the funding recommended in the budget would go a long way to help youth and families in the community. He raised concern that the community would be paying for cuts in social services for years to come. He commented that more and more of the burden would have to be taken up by public safety services. He commented that Safe and Sound would turn away as many youth as it helped this year. Michael Guest, spoke representing the Oregon Administration for Safe Highways. He said there were proposals before the US Congress that would increase the number of triple trailer trucks allowed on Oregon highways. He said his national group opposed increases in truck weight because of damage done to roads and the costs of that damage. He noted that 30 percent of Oregon bridges were structurally deficient for higher truck weights and added that there would be major funding required to repair the situation. Nick Urhausen, 2858 Warren Street, commented that the Human Rights Commission had suggested a memorial to Japanese Americans who were interned during World War II. He said it was a good idea but raised concern over the possibility of renaming the Hult Center after that event. MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 1 Regular Meeting Mr. Urhausen raised concern over the Human Rights Commission checking into the jail sentence of an anarchist arrested in the community. He said it was not the purview of the commission to question decisions made by the judiciary. Mayor Torrey closed the Public Forum. Councilor Kelly said there was never any discussion among the Human Rights Commission about re-naming the center. He noted that the Hult Center location was where Japanese Americans from the area had gathered before being interned, and that discussion involved adding a memorial somewhere at the Hult Center. Councilor Pap~ thanked Mr. Guest for bringing national matters to the attention of the council. Councilor Taylor expressed hope that a plaque or memorial would be placed on the site of the Hult Center as a memorial to interned Japanese Americans. Councilor Bettman thanked those who spoke. She noted that the Human Rights Commission had compared the sentence of the "anarchist," referred to by Mr. Urhausen, and felt that there was political motivation behind the overly heavy sentence. She said it was an equity issue and had noting to do with taking up the cause of the anarchist. II.CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of Council Minutes - May 27, 2003, Work Session - May 27, 2003, Regular Session - May 28, 2003, Work Session B. Approval of Tentative Working Agenda C. Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of May 28, 2003 D. Approval of Spring 2003 Neighborhood Matching Grants E. Approval of Resolution 4760 of the City of Eugene, Oregon Authorizing the Sale of the City's General Obligation Refunding Bonds F. Approval of Waiver to Tim Lines and "On the Record" Requirement for City Council Public Hearing on Metro Plan Amendments for Downtown Plan Update G. Approval of Initiation of Amendments to the Land Use Code to Allow Concurrent Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar. Councilor Kelly and Councilor Bettman noted they had submitted minutes corrections in writing. MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 2 Regular Meeting Councilor Meisner pulled Item D. Roll call vote; the remaining items on the Consent Calendar passed unanimously. Regarding Item D. Councilor Meisner said all the grants had merit but suggested that the grants committee keep track of grants and strive for a more equitable geographic distribution. He said his concerns would not prevent him from voting for the recommended grants. Councilor Nathanson distributed a list of matching grants by ward from 2000 to date. Roll call vote; Item D passed unanimously. III.ACTION: Resolution 4759 Establishing and Declaring the City of Eugene's Compliance with ORS 453.370(4) and ORS 453.370(7), Concerning Limitation on Local Community Right to Know Regulatory Programs. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to adopt Resolution 4759 establishing and declaring the City of Eugene's compliance with ORS 453.370(4) and ORS 453.370(7), concerning limitation on local community right to know regulatory programs. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously. IV. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION: Resolution 4761: Adopting the Budget, Making Appropriations, Determining, Levying and Categorizing the Annual Ad Valorem Property Tax Levy for the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2003 and Ending June 30, 2004; Resolution 4763: Electing to Receive State Revenue Sharing Funds Pursuant to Section 221.770 of Oregon Revised Statutes; and Resolution 4764: Certifying that the City of Eugene Provides the Municipal Services Required by Oregon Revised Statutes Section 221.760 Jim Carlson noted that the packet in front of the council had been approved by the Eugene Budget Committee. He said there were minor changes in the Library Recreation and Cultural Services funding and said a small amendment would need to be made to recognize increases in revenue and expenditures. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Roxie Cuellar, Home Builders Association of Lane County, raised concern over cutting $70,000 from the Permit and Information Center. She noted that the City formed a committee in 1992, to look at how the PIC should be funded. She said that the committee, after 1750 hours of staff time, recommended a split of 80/20 with permit fees providing 80 percent of the funding. She said there was a public benefit to operating the PIC and that many people who used the PIC did not get permits but were only looking for information. She noted that the PIC was now only open half MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 3 Regular Meeting days. She said permits were funding 96 percent of the cost of the PIC. She said if there was another cut, the customers would be paying a higher price for poorer service. David Hinkley, 1350 Lawrence Street, urged the replacement of neighborhood newsletter funding and the addition of funding for staff service for the Citizen Involvement Committee. He urged the council to receive public input before the budget direction was established in the fall. James Cunningham, 1190 West 26th Avenue, urged the restoration of neighborhood newsletter funding to its former levels. He said the key to a democracy was the ability for its citizens to communicate with each other. He opined that there was leeway in neighborhood matching grants to restore some of the cut funding. Cary Thompson, 966 Jackson Street, thanked the council and the Budget Committee for maintaining the funding for the Trude Kaufman Senior Center. Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing. Councilor Pap~ noted that the budget process was long, tedious and contentious. He complimented staff and the Budget Committee Chair and Vice Chair for their role in managing the process. He maintained that there was much public involvement although there were tough decisions to be made that, by their nature left some participants unhappy. He noted the Budget Committee had eight lay members who represented the public throughout the year. In response to a question from Councilor Kelly regarding the term "reserve for encumbrance," Mr. Carlson said it was an annual item containing carry-forward funds for contracts or obligations that had been entered into but for which not all resources had been spent. Councilor Nathanson reiterated the comments of Councilor Pap~. She stressed that there had been a high level of public involvement. She noted that each committee meeting had a public comment period and that decisions had been made and changed based on that public input. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to approve Resolution 4761, amended according to staff recommendation, adopting the budget, making appropriations, determining, levying, and categorizing, the annual ad valorem property tax levy for the City of Eugene for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to amend the motion by restoring the cut of $41,500 for neighborhood newsletters on an ongoing basis, offset by a reduction in the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall. Councilor Kelly said newsletters were a cheap way to get information to citizens. He noted that there was a council policy to have active neighborhood associations. He said that more people read neighborhood newsletters than used the City's website or watched Metro Television. He added that there was funding available in the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall. Councilor Nathanson stressed that sharing public information was critical. She noted that some newsletters were more helpful than others. She said Mr. Cunningham was an ideal advocate for the public on the issue. She suggested that service organizations, leadership groups, scout MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 4 Regular Meeting troops, and youth groups might help distribute newsletters by hand. She said she would not support the amendment. Councilor Taylor supported the amendment. She said citizen participation was vital to neighborhoods and representative government. In response to a question from Councilor Pap8 regarding how many newsletters the allotted funding would allow, Mr. Carlson said he understood that there would be enough funding for at least two newsletters. In response to a question from Councilor Pap8 regarding whether funding would allow postcards to announce neighborhood meetings, Mr. Carlson said it was up to the neighborhood organization as to whether it sent a newsletter or meeting notification cards. Councilor Pap8 raised concern over allotting Councilor Kelly's suggested amount of funding. Tom Coyle suggested that an option would be to give discretion to the department head with direction that the funding be spent in accordance with a twice-a-year publication schedule for neighborhood newsletters. He said the matter could then be handled administratively and any funding left over could be given back to the City Manager. He estimated that another $15,000, in addition to the recommended funding, would allow for two newsletters to be published. In response to a question from Councilor Meisner regarding whether it would be possible to use the supplemental budget process rather than the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall, Mr. Coyle said that would be a workable solution. Councilor Meisner said he would not support the amendment. He said the budget situation was not improving and the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall would be needed in future years. Councilor Taylor said she had experience with several neighborhoods. She said two newsletters per year was not enough to keep a neighborhood informed and noted that some neighborhoods could not deliver newsletters by hand. Councilor Bettman said she had defended the budget for neighborhood newsletters since she had been on the council. She said it was anti-neighborhood to not support the amendment. She said cutting the newsletter budget would hamstring the neighborhoods and lessen neighborhood participation. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to amend the amendment by taking the funding from neighborhood matching grants. Councilor Bettman said hand delivering newsletters resulted in a lot of litter in the streets because it was illegal to leave the newsletters in people's mail boxes. She said the amendment was a modest proposal. Councilor Meisner said he would support the amendment to the amendment. He said it would help the grants committee to look at neighborhood projects rather than regional ones. MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 5 Regular Meeting Mr. Carlson said there was not enough money left in the matching grants program to fully restore the entire amount of funding and noted that the amendment would eliminate all General Fund matching grants. Councilor Pap~ expressed his preference for a supplemental budget process. Councilor Nathanson said she would not support the amendment to the amendment. She said there needed to be an alternative since so many hard cuts had already been made. Councilor Kelly urged taking action that evening rather than using the supplemental budget. He acknowledged that there was not enough funding in the matching grants program and suggested using the remaining amount with the balance to come from Reserve for Revenue Shortfall. The amendment to the amendment passed, 6:2; councilors Solomon and Nathanson voting in opposition. Councilor Kelly said the amended amendment was to use whatever funding was left from the neighborhood matching grants program on an ongoing basis and eliminate the General Fund portion of that program. Councilor Nathanson said she would vote for the amended amendment. In response to a question from Councilor Nathanson regarding whether the amendment would affect the need to reexamine the general City public information program, City Manager Taylor said all programs would be examined in the upcoming year, including the public information program. Councilor Nathanson stressed that there were more budget cuts coming in the next years. She said she regretted the loss of funding for neighborhood projects. In response to a question from Councilor Taylor regarding the nature of the amended amendment and whether the balance could be taken from the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall, Councilor Kelly said the motion was limited to restoring the amount of funding that could be taken from the neighborhood matching grant General Fund budget. City Manager Taylor suggested that a definite amount be stated and suggested a figure of $32,000. Councilor Kelly, and his seconder, accepted that funding limit for his amendment. Councilor Solomon clarified that the previously approved neighborhood grants would still receive their funding. Councilor Pap~ stressed the importance of getting information circulated in neighborhoods to promote participation in projects. Roll call vote; the amended amendment passed unanimously. Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Pap~, moved to amend the budget to restore $70,000 in ongoing General Fund budgetary authority to the MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 6 Regular Meeting Planning and Development Department using $70,000 from the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall in FY04. Councilor Solomon said fees could only legally be charged for services leading to a permit. She said the current funding ratio was 96/4 with 96 percent of the funding being provided by permit fees. She said providing information to the public was part of doing business for the City, given the complicated nature of the city building code. Councilor Meisner said no matter how much money was provided for the PIC, he received nothing but complaints about it. He raised concern that if there were no cuts there would be no motivation to improve the service of the center. He stressed that the service at the PIC needed to change. In response to a question from Councilor Kelly regarding the nature of the motion, City Manager Taylor said the intent of the motion was to set broader guidelines and keep the discussion at the highest level. He said he preferred giving the department the resources rather than targeting a specific program. He said there had been improvements in the PIC and staff were working hard to improve the service even more. He said the amendment would restore the budget that was recommended by the City Manager on April 14. Councilor Kelly said he would not support the amendment. He remarked that the motion was more broad than restoring funding to the PIC. Councilor Bettman said the last task force for PIC met in 1998 and it had decided on a goal to achieve full cost recovery from permits. She said that permit costs subsidizing general information services was a myth. She said there was a public benefit to providing information but reiterated Councilor Meisner's comments regarding complaints about the PIC. Mayor Torrey expressed a hope that the amendment would pass. He said that the more hurdles placed in front of people who were trying to develop in the community, the less people would want to develop in Eugene. He urged the council to have the courage to pass the amendment. Councilor Solomon remarked that Eugene was ranked poorly as a business friendly environment. She noted that people needed general information just to know where to start on a permit process. Councilor Bettman said the service was already being provided. She said the resources for funding were already there but not being used efficiently. Councilor Kelly said he would not support the amendment. Councilor Meisner said he would vote against the amendment. He said he would be more likely to support it if the funding came from another program rather than the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall. Councilor Taylor said she would not support the amendment. She expressed a hope that the department would allocate resources in such a way as to provide necessary information. City Manager Taylor said the Budget Committee motion to take funding from the Permit and Information Center and allocate it to the Safe and Sound program and came at a time when the PIC was the subject of process improvement studies and had experienced budget reductions for the last two budget cycles. He said he had been present at each of the work stations at the PIC and had seen the detailed general information that was needed before getting a permit. He said MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 7 Regular Meeting general information was not covered by permit cost recovery. He stressed that progress and improvements were being made and to take more funding away from the program was not the way to facilitate improvements. He stressed that he had given the matter his priority attention since he had been with the City. He said he understood the desire to provide service in a more efficient way, but that a cut in the eleventh hour would not help. Councilor Bettman noted that the Budget Committee felt its allocation was adequate. She said the funding problems for the PIC were efficiency-and-management based. Roll call vote; the vote on the motion was a 4:4 tie, with councilors Bettman, Meisner, Taylor, and Kelly voting in opposition, and councilors Nathanson, Pap~, Solomon, and Poling voting in support. Mayor Torrey voted in favor of the amendment, and the amendment passed on a final vote of 5:4. Councilor Meisner, seconded by Councilor Pap~, moved to amend the FY04 budget to restore $7,500 for community arts grants using $7,500 from Central Services from the allocation for Community Television of Lane County. (Specifically he moved to amend Exhibit A of the resolution adopting the FY04 budget by reducing the general fund allocation to Central Services by $7,500 and increasing the general fund allocation to Library Recreation and Cultural Services by $7,500.) Councilor Meisner said he had been looking for possibilities to get the most benefit to the public out of the budgeted funding spent. He said he had been impressed by the community arts grants and their ability to reach great numbers of people. Councilor Taylor said she would vote against the amendment. She said she was in favor of restoring funding to community arts grants but not by eliminating the funding to community television. She raised concern that no one participating in community television had been asked to testify on the issue. Councilor Bettman said she would vote against the amendment. She reiterated Councilor Taylor's desire to see funding restored to community arts grants but raised concern over eliminating community television funding. She commented that community television was the only free speech available on TV. Councilor Kelly said there was a large amount of community support for community television. He said he would not support the amendment. He said he had repeatedly told community television representatives that its funding was not in jeopardy. Councilor Pap~ noted that the Budget Committee had implored community television to do fund raising of its own. He questioned the status of that effort. Mary Walston said community television had requested $5,500 so far of the $7,500 allocated to them by the City funding from the City and had received 1:1 matching in-kind donations as stipulated in its agreement with the City. Councilor Pap~ said he would not support the motion but would take a hard look at fund raising efforts in the future. MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 8 Regular Meeting Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved a substitute amendment to restore full funding, ($14,000), to community arts grants from the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall. Councilor Bettman said community arts grants benefitted many different kinds of youth activities. She noted there was a big allocation to athletics and said the motion was an opportunity to allocate funding to other areas. She also said Community Television was located in a local high school and provided lots of benefits for people other than students. Councilor Taylor reiterated the comments of Councilor Bettman. Roll call vote; the substitute amendment failed, 5:3, with Councilors Meisner, Pap~, Nathanson, Poling, and Solomon voting in opposition. Roll call vote; the amendment vote resulted in a 4:4 tie, with councilors Poling, Taylor, Bettman, and Kelly voting in opposition, and councilors Nathanson, Meisner, Solomon, and Pap~ voting in support. Mayor Torrey cast a vote in favor of the amendment, and it passed on a final vote of 5:4. Councilor Taylor, moved to restore full funding to the Citizen Involvement Committee. The motion died for lack of a second. Councilor Taylor moved to supply funding to the Lane County cattery. The motion died for lack of a second. Roll call vote; the main motion passed, 6:2, with Councilors Taylor and Kelly voting in opposition. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to approve Resolution 4763 electing to receive State Revenue Sharing funds pursuant to Section 221.770 of Oregon Revised Statutes. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to approve Resolution 4764 certifying that the City of Eugene provides the municipal services required by Oregon Revised Statutes Section 221.760. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously. V. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION: Resolution 4762 Adopting a Supplemental Budget; Making Appropriations for the City of Eugene for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and Ending June 30, 2003 Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Roxie Cuellar, Homebuilders Association, raised concern over the settlement on the Ferry Street Bridge. She said the settlement would come from Systems Development Charge, (SDC), funds and noted that there was nothing in the project goals that talked about adding capacity. She said MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 9 Regular Meeting SDC funds could only be used when capacity was added. She said state law required that a plan listing capital improvement projects be made. Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing. In response to a question from Councilor Bettman regarding the re-appropriation of attorney's allocations, Mr. Carlson said a preliminary allocation for civil litigation budgets was made among the different departments at the beginning of the year. He said a re-allocation was always done at the current time of the year to make sure that departments that had incurred legal costs received resources from that line item. He added that the re-allocation did not increase or decrease the total amount allocated to the purpose nor was any extra funding available for other purposes. Ms. Bettman raised concern over moving operating funds into the capital budget. She cited moving $208,546 from General Fund fire contract savings to the General Fund Road Capital Projects Fund to cover Fire Station 11 as an example. She said the City did not have the funds to staff the facility. In response to a question from Councilor Solomon regarding the settlement on the Ferry Street Bridge and how it could be funded from SDCs, Tom Coyle said the project had major components dealing with capacity enhancement. He said there was no question in his mind that it was a legal use of SDCs. In response to a question from Councilor Kelly regarding the relationship between a one-time request of $300,000 in FY04 for fire backfill because of retirements and training and the current contingency request, Chief Tom Tallon said that, since early July, 2002, the department had experienced 23 retirements, each costing between $15,000 - $20,000 per employee. He said this number of retirements was much greater than anticipated because of PERS legislation. He noted that there would be 21 more employees who would be eligible for retirement in 2004. Councilor Kelly questioned why there had been no mention of this during the budget process. In response to a question from Councilor Poling regarding SDCs of one type being used in other types of funds, Mr. Carlson said is was possible because it was done as an intra-fund loan. He said the SDCs were rolled up into one reporting fund. He added that there was not enough money in the Transportation SDC portion of that reporting fund and money would be loaned from the parks SDC portion which would be repaid by Transportation SDCs over the next several years. In response to a question from Councilor Poling regarding the legality of using SDC funds to pay for Ferry Street Bridge litigation, City Attorney Jerry Lidz said SDC monies needed to be used for enhancements to level of service. He said he could not give a definite answer without seeing an analysis of which portions of the project increased capacity and which were aesthetic in nature, but said his impression was that the City's share could be attributable to capacity enhancement, given the City's relatively small share of the funding of the project. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to approve Resolution 4762 adopting a supplemental budget; making appropriations for the City of Eugene for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002 and ending June 30, 2003. MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 10 Regular Meeting Councilor Pap~ raised concern that the project was untimely and over budget. He clarified that the Oregon Department of Transportation had served as the contracting agency and managed the project. Public Works Director Kurt Corey said the engineer was under contract with the City of Eugene. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to amend the motion by pulling the settlement money from the supplemental budget and having a work session on the item after the first of the fiscal year. Dee Ann Hardt, Finance Management Services Director, said there was a liability in FY03 that needed to be recognized. She noted that the obligation could be paid out of another funding source. In response to a question from Councilor Pap~ regarding whether the final change order had the approval of the council, Mr. Corey, as the lead negotiator on the final change order, noted that the item was not something that was typically brought before the council but noted, in anticipation of council questions, he had sent a report out three weeks previously and had not received word of any concerns. In response to a question from Councilor Pap~ regarding how the authority for the change order was handled, Mr. Corey said the change order was processed with the assumption that staff would come to council to get the appropriate spending authority. In response to a question from Councilor Pap~ regarding whether there was any shared liability by the County or Oregon Department of Transportation, Mr. Corey said there were intergovernmental agreements with ©D©T and Lane County which prescribed that the level of funding they were bringing to the table be a fixed amount and anything over that would be the obligation of the City. In response to a question from Mayor Torrey regarding whether the motion was possible, Ms. Hardt said there was an obligation to pay the change order by the end of the fiscal year. She said the liability could not be ignored. In response to a question from Councilor Bettman regarding whether the funding would be taken from the road fund, Ms. Hardt said the money would be taken from the General Capital Projects Fund. Councilor Meisner said he would support the motion. He noted that the City Attorney needed to do a better job of protecting the city in its contracts. In response to a question from Councilor Solomon regarding why the settlement would not come out of the risk fund, Mr. Carlson said project money had to cover the cost of a change order to the project. He noted that the liability did not come from a lawsuit and therefore the Risk Fund could not be used to cover the cost. Councilor Pap~ questioned the reason why it took three years to process a change order. Mr. Corey said the change order was put in virtually at the completion of the work being done, but that it had taken much time to complete the negotiations. Councilor Bettman reiterated Councilor Meisner's comments that the City did not advocate well for itself in contract negotiations. MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 11 Regular Meeting Mr. Carlson said the project was a three-party funding agreement but noted that virtually all of the State portion was earmarked federal dollars and the County funding came as a grant to the City. He said this put the City of Eugene in the position of covering extra costs. In response to a question from Mayor Torrey regarding what would happen if Councilor PapS's motion passed and whether there would be an opportunity to change the source of the funding, Mr. Carlson said the council could choose to pay back the loan with another allowable source. Mayor Torrey said staff was well aware of how upset he had been about the project but stressed the importance of stepping up to the liability and dealing with the issue. Councilor Kelly noted that ground rules required a motion to extend the meeting. Councilor Nathanson, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved to extend the meeting by 10 minutes. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 7:1, with Councilor Pap~ in opposition. Roll call vote; the amendment passed, 6:2, with Councilors Bettman and Nathanson voting in opposition. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to amend the supplemental budget to remove $153,372 for Fire and EMS leave payoffs and roll that into general fund contingency for fiscal year 2004 with the understanding that Fire/EMS back fill would be tracked and allocated as needed over the course of the fiscal year. Councilor Bettman raised concern over the funding coming out of council contingency. She expressed a preference to see the money come from contract savings. She said she would vote against the amendment. City Manager Taylor said all of the expenditures covered by the funding would occur before the end of the fiscal year. In response to a question from Councilor Kelly regarding whether the same issue was faced by every other city department, City Manager Taylor said that was true but noted that 24-hour services had a larger benefit payout than other departments and had larger liability in retirements. Roll call vote; the amendment failed, 6:2, with Councilors Kelly and Taylor voting in favor. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to pay the back fill for retirements for Fire and EMS from the $208,546 in fire contract savings and hold the contingency over until FY04. Councilor Bettman said there was no knowing what needs there would be for the contingency fund in the coming year. MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 12 Regular Meeting Roll call vote; the vote on the amendment was a 4:4 tie. Mayor Torrey voted in opposition. The amendment failed, 5:4, with councilors Bettman, Taylor, Kelly, and Meisner voting in favor. Roll call vote; the main motion passed, 7:1, with Councilor Bettman voting in opposition. VI.PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION: Resolution 1025 Adopting a Supplemental Budget; Making Appropriations for the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2002, and Ending June 30, 2003 The item was not addressed. VII.PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION: Resolution 1026 of the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene Adopting the Budget and Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2003, and Ending June 30, 2004 The item was not addressed. VIII.ACTION: An Ordinance Levying Assessments for Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, Wastewater, Stormwater, Street Lights and Trees, Irrigation and Landscaping on Legacy Street from Avalon Street to Babe Ruth Lane, and on Avalon Street from Legacy Street to Haviture Way; and Providing an Immediate Effective Date (Contract 2003-07) (Job #3990) The item was not addressed. The meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dennis Taylor City Manager (Recorded by Joe Sams) MINUTES Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 13 Regular Meeting