Council sets budget vote,
adds $85,000 crime unit
A Eugene police five-man major crime team
was added to the proposed city budget for the fiscal
year 1973-74 at a special Tuesday night meeting of
the city budget committee.
The $85,000 for the new police unit had not been
included in the original city budget that was
defeated by the voters last month by a better than
two-to-one margin.
However, Eugene police cheif Dale Allen had
originally asked the 16-member budget panel for
$185,000 to fund a nine-man team but on the first go
around for city budget planning, the request had not
been slated for funding.
The item came up for reconsideration Tuesday
night on a motion by city councilman Bob Woods
during a meeting that had been scheduled to trim
the budget by $78,500. Woods’ motion called for
cutting $125,000 from a program for low and median
By DAVE WOODSON
Of the Emerald
income housing and $38,500 from the combined
parks and recreation department budget.
The total amount proposed by the councilman to
be sliced from the budget was$163,000, with $85,000
going to the scaled-down crime team and $78,500
into the city general fund. By moving monies slated
for another use into the general fund, the budget is,
in effect, cut by that amount.
The only person to speak in opposition to the
shift in financing was a representative of the Lane
County League of Women Voters. She said area
housing needs for low and moderate income
families are critical and terming such funding “a
high priority item” urged that it be retained in the
budget.
With the cut of $125,000 from the housing
program in the proposed budget, there is $150,000
remaining tor housing needs. However, no one on
the budget panel, present at the meeting, seemed to
know how the funds were going to be spent in that
area. The general understanding was that the
money would be spent in some manner for con
struction purposes but it was suggested that it be
used as a rent-supplement to low income families.
City council president Wickes Beal suggested
that a committee be appointed to decide how to
spend the funds. No action was taken on her
suggestion.
The Woods proposal was passed on a voice vote
but some budget committee members felt that the
cuts had not been sufficient to insure voter approval
when the measure is presented next month.
Councilman Tom Williams argued that “from the
beginning I did not think a tax increase was ap
propriate” and “I have not changed that opinion.”
However, the budget will go to the voters on
July 19th as it stands now, with $78,500 sliced from
the original defeated finance measure.
The new proposed budget includes a total of
$1,968,217 beyond the six per cent increase over last
years budget allowed by Oregon law or an $88,331
tax levy increase over last years levy of $1,879,886.
The Eugene city council enacted an ordinance
on Monday, June 11 scheduling the second city
budget election for July 19.
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Needy students out number aid grants
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We’ve heard it before, “There’s not enough
money to go around.” On the University campus
we are hearing it from the financial aid office.
“We’ll probably have about 5,000 applicants
for financial aid during the year. We’ll be able to
help about 2,400 to 2,500 students,” says Walter
Freauff, University financial aid director.
“For the 1973-74 school year we’ve asked the
federal government for $3,150,000. We’ll probably
receive about one million,” says Freauff.
How will the financial aid department decide
whom they will help?
“Students that definitely have a need don’t
have to worry. They will be helped,” says Freauff.
“The students who will f?*l the pinch the most
will be those from the middle class financial
bracket,” says Freauff. “Whereas before they
could receive a National Direct Student Loan
(NDSL) (originally a National Defense Loan) and
a work-study grant, it will be harder for them to
receive both loans,” says Freauff.
To help weed out the students that don’t have a
definite need, Freauff says, “What we do is find
out how much money a student has 'ndhow much
more he will need. Wc start by saying that an
average student who lives in a dormitory needs
about $2,400 per year. A student living off campus
needs about $2,800 per year,” explains Freauff.
“Then we subtract from that figure how much
the student’s summer earning will probably be
(usually from $300 to $600). Then we subtract how
much the parents can contribute,” says Freauff
“ITje figure left over is how much aid the student
needs.”
Another way to weed out applicants is to look
at when they applied for aid, says Freauff. “If
they applied after the March 1 deadline they have
less chance to receive aid.” Freauff quickly added
though that even if an application is late, it still is
considered.
“When it comes time to decide which students
will receive money, we simply make a list,” says
Freauff. “Those at the top have the greatest need.
Then we just allocate money until we run out. ”
Looking ahead to the September through June
school year, Freauff says the financial aid
By CORA GANGWARE
Of the Emerald
department has cut down the amount of work
study openings available this summer.
“Our basic concern is helping the students in
the regular school year. If we don’t watch it this
summer, we might use up too much money,” says
Freauff. “So we’ve reduced the number of work
study jobs available.”
How does the University receive federal aid
money?
The first step is getting Congress to ap
propriate money. This year Congress ap
propriated $872 million to be used by university aid
programs. This money then goes to the U.S. Office
of Education.
Each eligible university in the U.S. (about
3,000) sends a request for federal funds to the
Office of Education each fiscal year. The office
determines how much each state will receive in
appropriations and how much each individual
school will receive.
The amount issued to a state is based on a
number of criteria: the state’s total papulation,
the number of graduating high school students to
show how many students could go to a university,
the number of college students actually enrolled
and the per capita income of the state. The same
questions are asked of each college applying for
funds.
This year the University will offer the same
three aid programs it did last year plus a new one.
The U.S. Office of Education has allocated to the
University $270 million for the work-study
program, $210 million for the Supplementary
Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), $270
million for NDSL and the new program, the Basic
Opportunity Grant (BOG), will receive $122
million.
BOG will be available for any freshman, full
time student after January, 1973. The grant will
offer up to $600.
If it’s tight this year, what will happen next
year?
Freauff says, “Congressional commitment to
higher education will determine what happens
next year.”