INFORMATIONAL MEETING

TAPE 44-45, A-B

HOUSE REVENUE COMMITTEE

February 14, 2003 9:00 AM STATE CAPITOL BUILDING

Members Present: Representative Lane Shetterly, Chair

Representative Wayne Scott, Vice Chair

Representative Joanne Verger, Vice Chair

Representative Phil Barnhart

Representative Vicki Berger

Representative Pat Farr

Representative Elaine Hopson

Representative Max Williams

Members Excused: Representative Mark Hass

Witness Present: Michelle Deister, Oregon League of Cities

Philip Bransford, Association of Oregon Counties

Gil Riddell, Association of Oregon Counties

Tony Hyde, Columbia County Commissioner

Jean Cowan, Lincoln County Commissioner

Hasina Squires, Special Districts Association of Oregon

Staff Present: Paul Warner, Legislative Revenue Office

Mazen Malik, Legislative Revenue Office

Tara Lantz, Committee Assistant

TAPE 44, SIDE A

004

Chair Shetterly

Calls meeting to order at 9:04 am.

017	Michelle Deister	Gives brief overview of presentation: City Government & Finance in Oregon (Exhibit 1, slide 1) and begins by discussing city demographics. Exhibit 1, slide 2.
049	Deister	Discusses city accountability. Exhibit 1, slide 3.
065	Deister	Discusses city authority. Exhibit 1, slide 4.
092	Deister	Discusses city revenues. Exhibit 1, slide 5.
108	Deister	Discusses city services and expenditures. Exhibit 1, slide 6.
126	Deister	Discusses challenges facing cities. Exhibit 1, slides 7-9.
167	Deister	Discusses the financial condition of Oregon cities (Exhibit 1, slides 10-11) taken from report called Diminishing Returns. Exhibit 2.
214	Deister	Discusses community distress signals. Exhibit 1, slides 12-14.
227	Deister	Gives recommendations for Legislative action. Exhibit 1, slide 15.
274	Rep. Farr	Asks if cities throughout the state are losing large employers. Discussion follows.
321	Rep. Verger	Asks about the use of franchise fees. Discussion follows.
342	Gil Riddell	Introduces Columbia and Lincoln County Commissioners and briefly discusses the Association of Oregon Counties.
370	Tony Hyde	Gives overview of presentation: Oregon’s State-County Partnership. Exhibit 3, slide 2.
393	Hyde	Discusses Oregon’s 36 Counties. Exhibit 3, slides 3-5.

TAPE 45, SIDE A

014	Jean Cowan	Discusses shared state/county services. Exhibit 3, slides 6-7.
063	Cowan	Discusses sources of county revenue. Exhibit 3, slide 8.
075	Cowan	Discusses estimated county expenditures. Exhibit 3, slide 9.
079	Cowan	Discusses revenue trends for property vs. income taxes. Exhibit 3, slide 10.
087	Hyde	Discusses government benefits from local revenue authority. Exhibit 3, slide 11.
102	Hyde	Discusses requirements for continuing the state/county partnership. Exhibit 3, slides 12-14.
116	Rep. Verger	Asks about expenditures on parks. Discussion follows.
169	Rep. Farr	Asks about road expenditures. Discussion follows.
211	Rep. Hopson	Asks if the estimated expenditures are accurate for all counties.
217	Riddell	Responds that each county has different needs and that there is probably variety. Discussion follows.
246	Rep. Berger	Asks how much of the revenue spent on health and welfare comes from transfers, state funds, and local sources. Discussion follows.
286	Hasina Squires	Discusses the Special Districts Association of Oregon. Exhibit 4.
301	Squires	Discusses special districts.
330	Squires	Discusses where special districts get there authority.
357	Squires	Discusses types of special districts.
383	Squires	Discusses where special districts generate revenue.
396	Squires	Discusses where special districts are located.
413	Squires	Discusses how special districts are staffed.
430	Squires	Discusses the budget sizes of special districts.
443	Squires	Discusses where special districts get revenue.
463	Squires	Discusses significant tax policy issues for special districts.

TAPE 44, SIDE B

034	Squires	Discusses trends in special districts.
106	Rep. Hopson	Asks how the special districts interact with the organizations that they don’t represent. Discussion follows.

128

Rep. Verger

Meeting adjourned at ___10:03_ a.m.

Tape Log Submitted by,

Tara Lantz, Committee Assistant Reviewed by Kim Taylor James

Exhibit Summary:

1. Michelle Deister, City Government and Finance in Oregon, 9pp.

2. Michelle Deister, Diminishing Returns, 4pp.

3. Gil Riddell, Oregon’s State-County partnership, 8pp.

4. Hasina Squires, Special Districts Association of Oregon, 19pp.