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City of Eugene, Oregon Budget Summary <br />Preserving or Maintaining Existing Assets <br />General Fund <br />• Parks Maintenance capacity, reduced in previous years, is being restored to previous <br />levels in order to improve maintenance on the city's growing parks and open space asset <br />base. <br />• An Equipment Replacement account is being established in the General Fund ($400,000) <br />to replace equipment, especially specialized tools and equipment for our public safety <br />programs, and corporate software. Any unspent funds will be carried forward into future <br />years. <br />• The Fire and EMS Department will purchase two new heart monitors to replace aging <br />equipment on first response vehicles. This is the first step in replacing all of the first <br />response heart monitors with new technologically advanced models over the next two <br />years. <br />• Radio tower site lease and maintenance agreements, including a multi jurisdictional <br />agreement to fund a dispatch equipment reserve for the 911-Center, are also funded in this <br />budget. <br />Other Funds <br />• Key investments in equipment replacement are scheduled for FY07 -Telecommunications <br />Registration & Licensing Fund will replace aging telecommunications equipment <br />($200,000), Ambulance Transport Fund will replace heart monitors and ambulances <br />($900,000), and the Wastewater Fund will purchase a new lift truck ($55,000). <br />• The proposed General Capital budget includes .$2.1 million in preservation and <br />maintenance projects on public buildings and facilities, an increase of $100,000 over the <br />amount budgeted for such projects a year ago. <br />• The rehabilitation of the Wastewater system continues in FY07. $2.1 million is allocated <br />to improving the aging system, the pump stations, and community sewers. Wastewater <br />charges will- increase by another 6%, approximately 36-cents per month, for the typical <br />residential customer in FY07. Equipment purchases, including a truck with a telescoping <br />lift, will assist in preventive and corrective maintenance and equipment installations. <br />• Fleet and Radio -Federal grants are providing funding for special projects to improve <br />radio communications. <br />Implementing Adopted Plans or Policies <br />General Fund <br />• In November 2005, voters approved a charter amendment to enable the City Council to <br />hire an independent auditor to conduct reviews of complaints filed against police officers <br />and to establish a civilian review board. Funding for the auditor and two staff members is <br />provided in FY07, along with monies to support the work of the civilian review board. <br />• Police staffing initiative -The budget provides half-year funding to set in motion the <br />staffing initiative which was established in the department's strategic plan. Five sworn <br />and two support staff will be added mid-year to lessen the delay between the final <br />18 <br />