$5.8 million levy on ballot for local law enforcement
By Meg Dedolph
f metfllr) Reporter
The Eugene Public .Safety Advisory Committee voted
Thursday to support a $5 H million serial levy for law
nnfort omenl. following a presentation by l-an« (bounty
Commissioner Jack Roberts and Captain Eric Langford
of the Lane County Sheriffs Department.
The levy, whic h will In* on the March 23 ballot, is the
third in a"series of levies for law enforcement and cor
nt< tions, tbf first of which was passed in 1‘1H7
Roberts said he believed the levy represented a rea
sonabie cost to taxpayers
Roberts said the levy would cost 53 cents per $1,000.
meaning a home worth $72,(MM) would generate S32
each year for law enforcement.
"I think that's a reasonable cost for the services pro
vided." Roberts said
If passed, the'money raised from the levy would lx
distributer) lx>tween the 1-ane County SherifTs Depart
ment and the Department of Health and Human Ser
vices
The sheriffs department, which operates two work
oriented correctional fa< ilili<”>. would use the money to
fund these facilities and 13 patrol officers.
One of the correctional facilities, n forest work i-arnp.
began in 1 *tH7 with the passage of n similar levy.
Though it has spac e for 12D inmates. I-angford said "the
fnc ilily is operating below capac ity. with around 50
people in custody."
During the past near, the inmates at this camp per
formed more than 200,000 hours of i ommonitv s.-rvii e.
whic it included <jw|x*nirv. painting, clearing brush and
repairing baseball fields used by Kidsports.
The other fat ility, a 76-bed < (immunity correctional
7 think that’s a reasonable cost
for the services provided.’
— Jack Roberts,
Lane County commissioner
center, would only be partially fun dud by the levy.
The Department of Health and Human Service*
would use levy funds to operate an eight-bed psychiat
ric hospital under contrac t from Sacred Heart General
Hospital where inmates are kept who may not be suit
able for incarceration elsewhere.
The levy would also fund a 14-bed juvenile facility
and a SO-bod facility for alcohol and drug detoxifica
tion.
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Prof pushes earth homes
A former University professor presented his vision of tomorrow's
energy-efTi< i"ii! home Thursday night in Lawrence Hall
Kn hard Hritz. who has helped pioneer construction of earth
shelters, gave a slid** show detailing his latest work in northern Ar
izona
Kiirtli shelters are bubble-shaped buildings half-buried in sloping
hillsides They take advantage of the earth's insulating properties,
while at the same time drawing sunlight through massive windows
to heat the interior.
"Light is critical in earth shelter buildings, ours have about 200
percent more ambient light than most buildings." Hritz said And
they are .10 percmit more efficient than building codes require.”
Hritz said bis buildings an- cheap to build, now at a cost of $2H a
square foot.
University architecture graduate student David Reynolds said
that cost is alxiut half the price for most American homes
• A normal home costs $50 to $75 dollars a square foot, a square
foot being all the living space inside the house." Reynolds said.
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IjiUir for Ilit! rewiring of the
HMU is also expensive. Hurl a
said the hourly rate for lalnir is
between $.10 and $50 an hour,
lie said telecommunications
does not have the manpower to
rewire, so it has to hire outside
workers.
Though the bills aw expen
sive. Barta said his department
isn't making a profit at (he ex
pense of student groups
EMU Director Dusty Miller,
whose office was charged for
rewiring, said he was satisfied
with charges once he met with
telei ommunication services
and had the charges explained
to him.
“They found some things
that were absolutely mandatory
to correct to meet cotie.” Miller
said.
However, some of the other
student groups were unable
and unwilling to pay their bills
Chi Alpha Christian Fellow
ship Director Matt Tallman said
it was absurd for his group to
pay $MM) for updating a phone
system when ail it wanted was
have a phone installed. Tall
man said he met with the dean
of students and got his bill re
duced to $100.
Students for Choice and
KWVA said they also had their
bills reduced because they
thought they were too high.
'Why put the the responsi
bility to subsidize the system
on the student groups?" asked
Joe Grube of KVVVA.
In the special cases where
student groups got reduced
rates, telecommunications ser
vices ended up losing money.
Rarta said.
"If we were a private busi
ness, we would be pulling our
hair out," Bortn said. "But
we’re doing this to benefit the
University.”
Barta said he hopes the worst
of the rewiring of the EMU is
over. The building is almost
completely rewired.
However, if a student group
moves into a room that has not
l>een rewired, it will have to
pay to get the room up to code.
Rarta said.
When the Voice recently
moved into a new office, that's
what happened. Kolen said the
Voice office does not have a
phone because he refuses to
pay the $500 rewiring-installa
tion fee.
"I don't see why we have to
pay if they are the ones who
want to upgrade," Kolen said.
"Why send the bill to student
groups?"
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