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Mr. Chouinard said some of the citizen members of the budget committee had mentioned the ~ issue but noted that there were actually 16 members of the committee and only a few members had spoken on the issue. He said there was no activity unless the committee took action on the issue and provided a directive. 1 Mr. Chouinard said there was an emerging issue about contracting out airport services. He said city councilors were being talked to about services that should not be allowed to be contracted out. He said there might be a future work session on the issue. ~ B. FMCS Grant Mr. Chouinard called for input on whether other members wanted to change the proposal. He noted that the proposal did not need to be submitted until June but urged that members review the proposal to see if additions needed to be made. It was agreed that Mr. Chouinard would take the lead on updating and re-submitting the application for 2005. C. Competitive Service Delivery Costing Model Mr. Chouinard stressed the importance of completing the costing model so the City could be ahead of the private sector on the issue. Ms. Boyle provided a presentation on the organizations costing model. She said the project was an effort to support the organization in providing services in the most efficient manner possible. She said no financial model fit every situation but noted that adjustments could be made to fit specific situations. Ms. Boyle noted that, in some situations, contracting out services might be the best way to serve the public. She said every work unit would have to approach the question in a different manner. She noted that there were many factors that needed to be considered before making a decision to contract out services. She said staff were looking at other communities that contracted services but noted that no other community's situations would exactly match the City of Eugene. Mr. Sinniger commented that contracting decisions for the City were made on a budget basis and did not take other factors into consideration. Ms. Boyle said that was the reason the Finance Division was working with Human Resources to formalize the contracting process. Mr. Cronin distributed figures for Public Works Waste Water Operations. He said this division had been used to design a costing model. He said the model was designed around the lowest cost model that could be achieved. He outlined the process for how the costing model would work. He noted that one of the limitations of the system was that it did not indicate whether positions were filled or vacant.