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w German a UTO St ft 1/IC£ VWs-MERCEDES-BMWs DATSUN-TOYOT A-AUDI Reliable service for your foreign car 342-2912 2025 Franklin Blvd Eugene, Oregon PHOTO SPECIAL! 4-HOUR PHOTO FINISHING $199 20 Exp 24 Exp 36 Exp Develop t Print C-41 only Films in before 10 am Ready by 2 pm 12 Exposure $3.19 $3.99 $5.99 3% Incti (tea ASA 400 - Add 50c Coupon must accompany order S/21/S2 OREGON PHOTO LAB 1231 Alder 2538 WMamette r No on 8 may mean cuts By Stow Hooks Voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a $10 mil lion increase in Lane County's current $4.2 million property tax base If voters reject the tax base, Measure 8 on the ballot, county officials say the county faces drastic cuts in all services. The state constitution res tricts yearly tax base increases to 8 percent or below without voter approval. The rejection of the new tax base would force the county to implement a "contingency plan" that involves budget cuts in all departments and elimina GRE PSYCH • GRE BIG • MAT GMAT • DAT • OCAT • PCAT VAT* SAT* ACT* CPA*T0EFL MSKP • NAT L MED BDS ECFMG • FLEX • VQE NDB • NPB I NLE MPUN EDUCATIONAL CENTER Test Preparation Specialists Since 1938 The Galleria Room 402 tommm 485-5699 — tion of 287 county jobs, accord ing to the plan. County Commissioner Scott Lieuallen says voter rejection of the tax base and the resulting cuts mean a "real breakdown of local government.” Lieuallen adds that University students who plan to live in Lane County for a while should consider how rejection of the tax base would affect county services they might use. The county's Community Health and Social Services (CHSS) department, which aids several agencies used by University students, would have to cut $161,000 from 42 non profit agencies, funded in part through joint social services, says John Kostenbauer. CHSS administrative assistant CHSS also would suffer cuts in its family planning, mental health and senior services, he says Among the non-profit agen cies affected by CHHS cuts would be White Bird Clinic, Womenspace, Rape Crisis Network and Planned Parenth ood. Kostenbauer says But county officials say basic services, such as law enfor cement, would bear the brunt of 1 It's Here Peace Corps Week // It’s time for Peace Corps Week II, and if you missed us last term, you’ll want to catch this one. Especially if you’re a graduating senior. Why? This Week, we’ll be on campus to show you how the Peace Corps can help prepare your for the challenges you’ll face in the working world. If you’re a junior, we’d like to see you too because now’s the time to start planning ahead. Take a look at the schedule of events and plan to stop by during Peace Corps Week II. 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Burks said the department is "fast losing ability to respond" to calls For example, Lane County parks could deteriorate due to crimes such as van dalism because his department wouldn't be able to patrol them as often, he said The 86 Lane County parks also would no longer be main tained by parks department crews as a result of budget cuts, according to the contingency plan Because the level of county services would be "unpredicta ble," the county's liveability may be reduced, and its economic growth stifled because busin esses may be discouraged from locating here, Commissioner Otto T'Hooft says T'Hooft says the county's present financial situation stems from better days when the county had the surplus revenue from federal timber sales to offer more services Lane County receives about 15 percent of its total revenue from timber sales from federal lands formerly owned by the bankrupt Oregon and California Railroad (O&C). according to county figures Three years ago. OSC timber revenues filled county coffers, and "the county was spending every cent it was getting," T'Hooft says i nere was sucn a cry ror certain services that the ser vices were added even if they benefited only a few people,'' T'Hooft says Last year, O&C timber reven ues totaled about $15 million Now county officials estimate that timber revenues will drop to about $6.2 million for the com ing year T'Hooft and Lieuallen say they feel the public is aware of the county's need for a new tax base, and they expressed cau tious optimism for its passage “I would have said eight weeks ago the tax base didn’t have a chance It's going to be close," T’Hooft says "We've been given a lot of opportunity to explain our case," Lieuallen says Under Measure 8, the coun ty's share of property taxes would increase from 85 cents to $2.28 for every $1,000 of as sessed value, according to county figures These figures assume a 2 percent rise in as sessed valuation before state property tax relief An owner of a $60,000 home would pay approximately $136 in property taxes to the county next year, according to county figures This amount would be a $90 increase over this year's county property taxes, accord ing to county figures.
