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Koprowski, Paul

From: MOODY Christine M [Christine.Moody@co.lane.or.us]

Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:20 PM

To: Koprowski, Paul

Subject: RE: Request for Information

Hi Paul. Here are some details for you on budget changes to other programs/departments. This is not an exhaustive list, 

but some highlights to show that other locations in the County also experienced large reductions. 

#1 – Justice Courts program went from a FY 11-12 budget of $1,354,055 down to a budget of $626,518 in FY 12-13. A 

decrease of 53.7%. 

#2 – Animal Services Program went From a FY 11-12 budget of $2,106,463 down to a budget of $604,422 in FY 12-13. 

A decrease of 71.3%. 

#3 – General Fund reserves went from $11,544,519 in FY 11-12, down to $8,509,410 in FY 12-13. A decrease of 

26.3%. 

#4 – The Department of Assessment & Taxation went from $6,680,524 in FY 11-12, down to $5,776,890 in FY 12-13. A 

decrease of 13.5%. 

#5 - From FY 11-12 to FY 12-13, Departments saw their discretionary General Fund go down substantially. These funds 

are property taxes, timber dollars, etc. The largest hit were: 

 FY 11-12 FY 12-13 Decrease 

SO - $26,865,558 $22,314,984 16.9% 

HHS - $11,544,519 $8,509,410 26.3% 

DA - $11,923,919 $10,456,952 12.3% 

I hope this helps. We did continue to see some decreases in FY 13-14 as we’ve been spending the end of our excess 

reserves and there is a projected deficit in both the General Fund and Road Fund for FY 14-15. 

Thanks! 

-Christine Moody 

Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 8:59 AM

Subject: RE: Request for Information 

Thanks Christine for looking into this. Sorry if I was being a pest. I did get your out of office message so there was no technology 

failure. I’m just under a bit of pressure to keep this action moving. 

Thanks for your time on this. I really appreciate it. 

Paul 

Paul Koprowski 

U.S. EPA; Oregon Operations Office 

805 SW Broadway, Suite 500 

Portland, Oregon 97205 

(503) 326-6363 

From: MOODY Christine M [mailto:Christine.Moody@co.lane.or.us] 

Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 9:33 AM 
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To: Koprowski, Paul 

Subject: RE: Request for Information 

Hi Paul.  You should have received my out of office letting you know that I was out until the 8th of July – sorry if

technology failed there.

I’ll do my best to look into this today and see what I can gather for you.   

Thanks,

Christine

From: Koprowski, Paul [mailto:Koprowski.Paul@epa.gov] 

Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 4:32 PM 

To: MOODY Christine M 

Subject: Request for Information 

Hi Christine, 

On 6/25 while you were out of the office, I sent you the following email: 

“Hi Christine, 

In May you provided me with some critical information necessary to complete a notice I’m working on for the federal register 

regarding a federal grant to Lane Regional Air Protection Agency. Unfortunately, after an internal review of my draft document a 

question was raised that I hope you can help me answer or perhaps point me in the right direction. 

Based on the budget information supplied by LRAPA I was able to include the following information in the draft document. 

 

“In 2012 and 2013 county revenue reductions were 11% and 17%, respectively, the comparative local LRAPA reductions for 2012 

and 2013 were 52% and 23% respectively.” 

The purpose of the notice I’m working on is to affirm that LRAPA was not singled out for a reduction and the percentage of reduction 

made was relatively similar among the departments cut. Can you provide me with some examples of other departments that received 

reductions similar to the reduction made to LRAPA during 2012 and 2013? 

I appreciate any help you can provide that will help me affirm that other the budgets for other department were reduced by a similar 

amount (more or less). 

If you have any questions about this request please give me a call or send an Email. 

Thank you again. I look forward to your reply.” 

I’m writing now to see if you will be able to provide any of the information requested above. I appreciate your help and look forward 

to hearing from you. 

Thanks again, 

Paul

Paul Koprowski 

U.S. EPA; Oregon Operations Office 

805 SW Broadway, Suite 500 

Portland, Oregon 97205 

(503) 326-6363