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City budget talk: council asks for $11.5M reductions; Office of Equity hiring paused amid uncertainty
Summary
City Council has asked staff to develop options to reduce general-fund spending by $11.5 million across departments (excluding police and fire), and the Office of Equity and Community Engagement told the Human Rights Commission it has paused a recruitment for a human-rights analyst while the budget outlook is resolved.
City budget priorities and staffing for the Office of Equity and Community Engagement (OECE) were a central topic at the Eugene Human Rights Commission meeting on Jan. 29 as council requested steep reductions and OECE staff described curtailed hiring.
Fabio and Mia, staff from OECE, told commissioners that City Council asked for options to cut $11.5 million from the general fund, distributed across departments except police and fire. Council asked staff to return with reduction scenarios; staff noted that the organization has previously reduced about $60 million from the general fund since 2010. The…
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