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Eugene schedules follow-up work session after fire service fee referendum qualifies for November ballot
Summary
At an April 9 work session the Eugene City Council heard that a petition to refer Ordinance 20717 (the fire service fee) qualified for the November ballot; the council voted 8-0 to schedule a follow-up work session on April 21 and took no repeal action at this meeting.
Katie Lasalla, the city recorder, told the Eugene City Council on April 9 that referendum petition 2025-1 had met the county's signature-validation threshold and was certified on March 24, meaning the ordinance referred by the petition will appear on the next regular election ballot in November unless the council repeals it by Sept. 3.
The petitioners submitted 928 signature sheets with more than 8,000 unvalidated signatures, Lasalla said, and the county's verification returned enough valid signatures for the referendum to qualify. "Their verification checks did result in enough valid signatures for the referendum to qualify to the ballot," Lasalla said.
The ordinance at issue, Ordinance 20717, was passed by council on Feb. 10 and establishes a fire service fee. Eugene code 2.98(o) requires the city present options to council no later than 20 days…
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