Oregon daily emerald., June 21, 1976, Section B, Page 2, Image 17

Top townsmen
provide tandem
for Eugene
No good footbaH team could get very far without
outside and inside runners. Eugene’s mayor and city
manager combine to give city government that kind
of tandem.
Mayor Les Anderson, who holds the part-time,
non-paying post, does most of the outside running.
He holds the tie-breaking vote in city council affairs,
fields questions from the press, and serves as the
city’s official representative to visiting guests.
Elected for a four-year term, Anderson divides his
time between duties at city haH and his job as pub
lisher of Random Lengths, a lumber industry news
letter. Anderson says he wil not seek re-election in
November, but wil continue to work on many issues
of concern to students — including neighborhood
croups.
“The general program of neighborhood groups is a
good one," Anderson says. "They furnish a direct
pipeline of opinion and resources through the city
council — and the West University Neighbors are
one of the more active groups. They're on their way
to developing a good neighborhood plan."
Anderson also supports the November ballot
measure that would give Eugene fluoridated water.
Tm not in favor of government making that kind of
decision,” he says. “But I’d support it if the people
want it. Personaiy, I think it's a good thing."
Eugene City Manager Charles Henry does most of
the inside running. Appointed by the city council, he
handles all the day-to-day chores of running city
government in a traditionaly low-profile manner.
Henry came to Eugene last year from University City,
Miss., and got right to work with the ne&rborhood
groups.
“By the middle of Jufyv" he says, “we should have
set up our Neighborhood Liaison office here in city
halt. This should increase communications "
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Page 2 Section B
City Council welcomes
public input at meetings
The Eugene City Council pro
vides easy access to anyone who
wants to work on civic affairs.
Meeting 7:30 p.m. on the sec
ond and fourth Monday of each
month, the council sets aside time
for pubic input. Anybody, includ
ing University students, can re
quest council action by contacting
the city manager's office to have
an item put on the agenda. And if a
person just wants to get his two
cents worth in, he can write a letter
(which wil be copied and given to
the council members) or appear in
person and offer testimony during
the public hearings held on most
issues.
Another open door is provided
by the branches of the old Human
Rights Commission. The com
mission was recently divided into
separate committees which study
the problems of the aged, the
handicapped, youth, minorities
and women. These committees,
in turn, report their findings to the
city council for further considera
tion and offer guidelines for a pre
ferred plan of action.
City council members are
elected to represent citizens in
each of the city's eight wards.
They serve four-year terms and
divide their time between the
non-paying positions and jobs in
the community. Four members of
the council will be up for re
election in November, and one of
them, the University’s director of
orientation Neil Murray, says he
will run for mayor.
Maps of the city's wards are av
ailable at city hall to help you fig
ure out which council member
represents you. Raymond Brad
ley represents Ward One, a part of
Eugene's south hills. Gus Keller
was elected from Ward Two,
which borders Hendricks Park.
Wickes Beal represents Ward
Three, an area which includes the
West University district. Tom Wil
liams is the representative from
Ward Four, whk*i covers the Uni
versity and land northeast of the
Willamette River Bill Hamel rep
resents Ward Five, which includes
Skinner's Butte and land north of
the river. Eric Haws was elected
from Ward Six, an area which in
cludes the northwest part of the
city. Neil Murray represents Ward
Seven, which lies downtown, west
of the mall. And Enda Shirey was
elected to represent Ward Eight,
Eugene's southwest hills.
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