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Public urges Eugene council to protect libraries, fund alternative crisis response and form a budget stabilization process
Summary
At the June 23 hearings on the 2023–25 supplemental and the 2025–27 biennial budgets, dozens of residents, business leaders and nonprofit representatives pressed the council to prioritize funding for libraries, Cahoots‑style crisis response, and long‑term fiscal stabilization.
EUGENE, Ore. — Dozens of residents and community leaders used the City Council’s June 23 public hearings to press elected officials to prioritize services they said are essential to daily life in Eugene, including the downtown library, community pools and non‑police crisis response.
Speakers said the city’s budget negotiations had repeatedly put core services at risk and urged the council to adopt sustained revenue and stabilization solutions rather than year‑to‑year cuts.
Why it matters: Many residents told council that immediate budget choices have real impacts — for example, reduced library hours affect literacy and access to free services, and the loss of Cahoots-style mobile crisis response removes a non‑police option for people in crisis. Several speakers urged the council to create a permanent funding source for…
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