text: The original estimate to renovate the now-destroyed city hall to meet current seismic standards was just over $11M. We've now spent nearly $6M just to create a design we won't build and a vacant lot. Mismanagement is an understatement. 
  
  Meanwhile, in the middle of this fiasco the city council gave Jon Ruiz a raise (and praise) that was larger than the annual median income in Eugene. Disgusted is another understatement.
  
  As noted by others, we don't need a palace for the city manager's staff. We don't need a grand facility for city council. Things we do need are jail beds, law enforcement, homeless shelters, clean public rest rooms and code enforcement. Unfortunately, Jon Ruiz doesn't see the value of any of those things.