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� f DISCUSSION The following discussion covers four main areas. First, immediate changes to services which will result in operational savings in the FY -93 budget. Second, operational changes occurring during FY -93 which will result in savings for the FY -94 budget. Third, service changes resulting in one -time savings. And fourth, services where increases in efficiency may be possible, but difficult to determine immediate monetary impact. In addition to the above, I'll conclude with a summary discussion involving working space needs and associated costs which at this time still remain to be resolved. ON -GOING OPERATIONAL BUDGET GENERAL FUND SAVINGS A) Savings possible for FY -93. A -1. Transfer a Landscape Architect position which performs design and contract management activities to Engineering and fund through the Professional Services Fund. This results in an on -going savings to the General Fund of approximately $ 56,000. A -2. Parks Services will take advantage of the bulk purchasing and warehous- ing operation at Public Works Maintenance. Consolidating purchasing and warehousing activities would result in an on -going savings to the General Fund of approximately $ 30,000. A -3. Consolidating the rough mowing programs can result in an savings to the General Fund in several ways. First, reducing the frequency of mowing on undeveloped park land to a level closer to that mandated by Eugene Code for similar private properties would result in an on -going savings of approximately $ 17,500. Contracting for the mowing of out -lying areas and charging costs to appropriate dedicated fund revenue sources would save an additional $ 5,500. Total on -going savings to the General Fund would be approximately $ 23,000. A -4. An agreement has been reached to transfer the responsibility for planting of "Color Spots" on the Downtown Mall to Eugene Downtown INC. The transfer of this program will result in an on -going savings to the General Fund of approximately $ 6,000. A -5. Several pieces of equipment can be eliminated due to increased availab- ility of specialized equipment possible through the merger or through service changes listed above. This equipment includes a rough mower, dump truck, tractor /loader, roller, ATV, and the General Fund contri- bution to a crawler. Elimination of this equipment would result in an on -going savings to the General Fund of approximately $ 30,000. Implementation of the above proposals would result in a total on -going savings to the General Fund of $ 145,000 for FY -93. 2