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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1982)
County officials face budget denial By Steve Hooks Ot lha EmaraU The Lane County Budget Committee began picking up the pieces Thursday in the af termath of the voters' rejection of the $10 million increase in the property tax base The county now must resort to the contingency plan, a scaled-down alternate budget, which requires budget and per sonnel cuts in almost every department County officials drew up the plan in April in case voters defeated the proposal to increase the present $4 2 mil lion tax base to $14 2 million Had voters approved the tax base, the county would have worked with a $41 1 million budget for I982-83 The county still must find $2 75 million to balance the current $31.2 million budget. The committee will consider this problem at Monday's budget session The cuts include: — Reducing the public safety department patrol staff from 26 to seven officers — Discontinuing mainten ance of all 86 county parks in October. — Reducing family planning services, alcohol and drug pro grams. county museum hours and the veterans program of fered through the community health and social services department. — Eliminating routine animal regulation patrol activi ties in the unincorporated areas, including stock molest and rabies control — Reducing the service levels in the district attorney's office, including prosecution of misdemeanors and traffic of fenses, felonies and juvenile crimes. — Delaying road recon struction and bridge - re placement. The county now plans to get voter approval in June for a special $3 million, one-year property tax levy to reduce the sharpness of the cuts. This levy — or the "A" ballot — would be subsidized with state property tax relief. The heated debate at Thurs day's meeting, however, was whether voters should select specific services for property tax funding or approve a gener al special levy. “I’m not very excited about menu' government," Commis sioner Scott Lieualien said. Commissioner Otto t’Hooft argued that voter selection may be the only way to get voter approval of special levies. T’Hooft plugged a special tax levy for county law enforcement, saying voters would be more willing to ap prove such a levy. County fire districts have been successful with such special levy propo sals, he added Budget committee member Carl Hosticka, a University CSPA professor, said that a selection of single-purpose levies would drive the "wedge deeper” between rural county residents and city dwellers. The budget committee will meet at 9 a m. Monday in the commissioners’ conference room of the County Public Ser vice Building to discuss various proposals. aac SALE 25% OFF except sales items consignment OFF credit cards FABRICS, NOTIONS, | LACES, CLOTHING and MORE Limited time only MAY 21 JUNE6 Cloth and ( 2441 Uih/ar Eugenc.Oregfr\<97405 349-1324 snaam University student wins GOP senate nomination University student Michael Cross won a write-in vote in Tuesday's primary election for the Republican nomination to state senate District 21 Defeating Libertarian Tonie Nathan by a write-in vote of 121-81, Cross will face Sen Edward Fadeley D-Eugene in November's election District 21, which Fadeley has represented during its 10-year existence, includes most of Springfield, the central and north areas of Eugene and the Coburg area No Republican had filed for the election, but Cross’ write-in win qualifies him for the GOP nomination The 21-year-old, political science senior, said he felt "pretty good" about the race, considering he hadn't spent a cent cam paigning "I had zero budget." He said he conducted most of his campaign by word of mouth or by phone Much of his support came from University students. The election outcome was "a welcome relief." he said. Cross, who is active in the College Republican Federation, ran unsuc cessfully for a position on the ASUO's Incidental Fee Committee. A Springfield resident, Cross attended Springfield High School and attended Lane Community College for two years before coming to the University Nathan said she mounted a last minute campaign at the urging of several republican representatives but "wasn't really running She said her campaign consisted of two ads totaling $104 and tags printed with her name for voters to carry into the boothes. Nathan attributed Cross' success to “good organization.” She said she wouldn't be surprised if he beats Fadeley in November's election "He's (Fadeley) a big spender. The deficits can be laid right at his door," Nathan said "He's not what they (constituents) want. 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