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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
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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
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the cuts.
Sheriff David Burks said the
county public safety department
would lose 49 officers His pa
trol division would be reduced
to seven officers next year from
his current 26, he said.
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.