This week, the Eugene City Council will hold public hearings on the city’s hazardous materials fee and the parameters of its stormwater fee. The Springfield City Council will also hold public hearings for four budget items including the 2024-25 budget and will vote on pay raises for the city’s non-union employees.
The Lane County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to form the Row River Fire District Tuesday, following the county clerk’s certification of the election, which is scheduled for Monday.
Eugene City Council
To watch: Meetings stream online at bit.ly/Eugene-meetings, the city’s YouTube channel, and the GovHub Media app and are broadcast on Comcast channel 21. The council is transitioning to the new city hall and holding its meetings virtually only.
To listen: Dial 833-548-0282 and use the meeting ID and passcode.
WORK SESSION
When: 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 17
What: Eugene city councilors are scheduled to hold virtual public hearings on two fee-related proposals:
- The first is for setting the city’s Hazardous Substance User Fee, which the city charges businesses that work with hazardous materials and city management recommends keeping the same.
- The second is the city’s stormwater fee. The city is proposing loosening the definition of “stormwater service” so that the fee can be used to fund city parks and open space maintenance. The ordinance at the public hearing would not immediately raise stormwater fees, but the city manager has proposed the city raise the expanded-definition stormwater fee at a later date.