Eugene’s city council voted 4-3, broken by Mayor Kaarin Knudson, to implement the Technical Advisory Group on Fiscal Stability’s economic development recommendations, which include adding three new city positions.
The advisory group was formed after a council vote in July 2025 moved to create an ad hoc committee that would serve as a financial advisory panel to guide the council through the city’s budget crisis. The group began working in September, and delivered a final report with recommendations in February.
The city has been struggling with long and short term financial challenges for years, with its biggest issue being a structural deficit of the general fund. For the 2025-27 budget, the city has $445.1 million, which is the primary source of funding for public safety, recreation, cultural services and more. Currently, public safety takes up the largest amount of the general fund budget, using $142.1 million. Property taxes are 71% of the fund’s source of revenue…