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Committee approves proposal to pay council ■ If it is approved by City Council, voters will have the chance to vote on the ballot measure By Darren Freeman Oregon Daily Emerald Though Eu gene mayors and city councilors work 20-50 hours per week, often sacrificing their employ ment opportuni ties and vacation times, they have never been paid. However, a committee of Eu gene residents appointed by City Council approved a proposed bal lot measure Thursday night that would nullify the City Charter provision prohibiting the com pensation of mayors and council members. After about three months of re search and deliberation, the com mittee decided mayors should re ceive from the city budget a monthly stipend of $1,500 and city councilors should receive $1,000 per month. The committee recommended those figures be an nually adjusted to match inflation. If City Council approves the proposed charter amendment, Eu gene voters will make the final de cision in either the May or Novem ber elections. If the measure passes, it will go into effect begin ning July 1,2001. Committee members hope that compensating mayors and city councilors will increase the diver sity of potential candidates and, therefore, improve representation in Eugene. However, the commit tee had to settle on a dollar amount lower than their ideal sum to ensure voters approve the amendment. “The majority of us felt that the job was worth more, but a larger amount wouldn’t have passed the voters,” committee member and retired Register-Guard opinions writer Don Bishoff said. City Councilor David Kelly, who said he’s cut his computer consulting business’s workload by 75 percent since joining City Council, said qualified City Coun cil and mayoral candidates often choose not to seek election for fi nancial reasons. “I don’t think we should make it a condition for running for coun cil or mayor that people be either wealthy enough to not work or be willing to impoverish themselves, which are the options we have now,” Kelly said. In addition to holding down jobs in the private sector, city councilors meet at least seven hours per week. Also, they spend time on committees, preparing re ports for council meetings, attend ing intergovernmental meetings and fielding telephone calls, e mails and letters from con stituents. “The stipends aren’t full com pensation for time and expertise and won’t allow people in every economic situation to run, but it should allow more people to run,” committee member and Friends of Eugene president Rob Zako said. “There’s a good chance the voters will support this.” Safety walk continued from page 1 the older light fixtures are very high and difficult to clean and maintain, while the light bulbs in some of the newer fixtures are eas ily replaceable with brighter bulbs. Some replacements have already taken place. Ath Norgaard, a senior journal ism major who frequently uses the Knight Library at night, said she participated in the walk to get a better idea of where potentially dangerous areas may be and also to show support to the cause. “I think it is important to show support for issues like lighting on campus because over the years, it has been a constant issue,” she said. Eliot said the safety walks give people a chance to come together and explore problems and solutions with different experts present. Byron McCrae, assistant dean of student life, said walking with a group provided an opportunity to identify potentially dangerous spots that he might not notice. “It was helpful for me to see what other folks thought,” he said. McCrae was especially con cerned with lighting along the Bean parking lot, the largest stu dent lot on campus. Although the parking lot appeared to be suffi ciently lit to most participants of the walk, McCrae questioned whether the existing lighting would allow someone who was assaulted on the lot to describe the attacker to police. Eliot said she would like to add lighting at the parking lot, consid ering its distance from campus and its potential for crime because of the large number of cars parked there. McCrae and Eliot said lighting and campus safety might be relat ed to sexual assault. Eliot said that although experts are divided about the effectiveness of lighting in stopping sexual assault, she feels that brighter lights might contribute to people’s confidence. “If people feel safe, they will look safe, and I think that’s really important,” she said. At the end of the walks, both groups gathered in the EMU to ex change their impressions. Thomas Fitzpatrick, OPS direc tor, commended the groups’ at tempt to make the campus safer. However, he pointed out that even the brightest lights should not prompt students to let down their guard. “I’ve always maintained that re gardless of how bright the lighting ... the only real safety we have is in utilizing our common sense,” he said. Students will have two more opportunities to explore safety on campus next Wednesday and Thursday. Next weeks’ walks will take students by Villard, Deady, Lawrence and Allen Halls as well as across the bridge to Duck’s Village. y/e*/f'&ffe* fr^-f y/e#/ Don’t miss out. Work .for your college paper. For more information on how to freelance for the Oregon Daily Emerald call 346-551 1. Top Girls Caryl Churchill Robinson Theatre Jan. 28, 29 Feb. 3,4,5 11,12 8pm Feb. 6 2pm Feb. 6 Matinee for the Community Alliance of Lane Co Call 485-1755 for ticket information. UT Box Office: 346-4191 EMU Ticket Office: 346-4363 Hult Center: 682-5000 LAZAR'S BAZAR • 57 W. 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