City must cut back services
by $1.2 million before July
By Gabriel Boehmer
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Unlike the federal government, the City of
Eugene cannot spend more money than it makes
This poses a problem for City Manager Mike
Gleason, who says the city will spend an estimat
ed $1 2 million more this fiscal year than it will
collect
As a consequence, Gleason announced
Tuesday his plans to cut services to ensure the
city has enough money to begin its new fiscal year
in July
Gleason s proposal includes laying off as
many as 37 full-time city employees and budget
cuts for all city departments
The city will save $400,000 by reducing
spending for travel, supplies, training, postage,
temporary help and contract services
Another $300,000 will be saved by cutting 30
to 37 full-time employees Adding those layoffs to
the number of vacant positions not being filled,
the city work force will be reduced by about eight
percent
"We consider displaced employees to be a
valuable resource, and every attempt will be made
to retain them in the organization," Gleason said
He attributes part of the imbalance of spending
and revenue to lagging collection of property
taxes
Targets of the spending cutback include
cultural and recreational programs, public safety
services and city administration, Gleason said
The Library will be open 6 to 10 hours fewer
per week and about 30 part-time employees will
be released he said In addition, all new book
purchases will be stopped and library service fees
may be increased
Recreation programs will be reduced, par
ticularly those not supported by user fees Those
programs already charging user fees will increase
the fees to pay the program s entire cost
Maintenance for parks and equipment will
also be reduced Gleason said he also recom
mends delaying repairs for the Jefferson Memor
ial Pool
Trial delays in municipal courts will increase
to 125 days from the current 50-day wait. Less
time will be spent providing legal services for
prosecuting and defending cases and the number
of judicial hearings will be curtailed
The traffic patrol division of the police
department will be cut, eliminating 13 positions
As a result, the number of citations issued and the
revenue the division generates will be reduced,
Gleason said
"There will also be a reduction in some of the
services people receive when we follow up on
accidents and misdemeanor crimes,” Gleason
added
In the fire department, satellite station
Number 10 at Bailey Hill Road — opened earlier
this year — will be unstaffed and vacant, Gleason
said Station Number 7 will be staffed on a relief
available basis, while station numbers 6 and 3 will
become satellite facilities rather than "attack
vehicle stations", he said
"Most of those deployments were set up to
take advantage of increased qrowth in urban
areas We feel we can delay that deployment
since the growth hasn't taken place at the same
pace, and still have essentially the same response
pattern," Gleason said
The public works department will reduce
street maintenance, trash collection downtown,
graveling and grading of unimproved streets and
alleys and maintenance of storm drains and street
repair. Gleason said No new street lights would
be installed, he added
City management operations such as ac
counting, data processing and staff services will
also be reduced
Finally, the city will make less of a contribu
tion to inter-governmental funds in Lane County,
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