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City of Eugene, Oregon <br />Budget Summary <br />Information Center. The new positions will focus on improving customer access to <br />services through on-going enhancements to the new portal website, increasing hours at the <br />PDD reception and PIC technical assistance counters. Funding for this effort will come <br />from realigning resources in the General Fund, Construction Permits, Community <br />Development, Urban Renewal and Stormwater .Funds. <br />• Construction Permits -Unprecedented building activity has dramatically increased the <br />workload within the Permit and Information Center (PIC) and the resources available <br />within the fund. The budget proposes to create an ongoing contingency account within the <br />operating budget to enable the PIC to respond to swings in building activity. It also is <br />requesting budget authority to hire project staff in the event that the major downtown and <br />..hospital developments are initiated in FY07. <br />• Parking Fund -The contribution to the General Fund is being reduced by 15% in order to <br />use those resources to maintain current service levels. <br />• Stormwater & Road Funds -Council approved shifting half of the Road Fund's street tree <br />maintenance budget to the Stormwater Fund in February 2006. <br />• Wastewater -The Biocycle Farm is proposing to add a Residuals Technician to meet <br />biosolids production goals and reduce overtime use at the facility. <br />Achieving Efficiencies or Long-term Cost Savings <br />All Funds <br />• Call eligible Pension Bonds -The Risk and Benefits Fund will budget to call $7.7 million <br />in eligible pension bonds in FY07, using resources accumulated, and no longer required, <br />in the fund's PERS Reserve. This action will provide savings of $500,000 per year for <br />eighteen years in avoided interest payments. <br />General Fund <br />• Add an Application Support Specialist in the Fire and EMS Department to manage, direct <br />and oversee the numerous automated processes and programs within the department. The <br />increased use of technology in daily operations, such as the new records management <br />system, the E-log, CAD, ambulance billing system, mobile data terminals, and web portal, <br />requires technical oversight for efficient and reliable service. <br />Other Funds <br />• Early redemption of Santa Clara Fire Bonds -Use $1.0 million in the PERS Reserve <br />contributed by the General Fund and $500,000 from the General Fund's Reserve for <br />Revenue Shortfall to redeem general obligation bonds sold to support the building of the <br />Santa Clara Fire Station. This action will avoid future interest payments totaling <br />$176,000. <br />• Wastewater operations maintenance software and technical support to organize <br />operations and maintenance practices into an online manual accessible to plant operators <br />and maintenance staff and support the division's extensive software systems and utilities. <br />This manual will increase safety and will insure compliance with the requirements of our <br />wastewater discharge permit. <br />17 <br />