The minimum wage has to be paid.  If it is paid by Lane County, the money has to come from somewhere.  There is no 'magic money tree' out in Armitage Park that the Commissioners can go pluck to pay for this new expense.   Lane County will have to up your taxes or not pay for something else. 

 If you make a business pay minimum wage, they can increase the cost of their products to pay for it, and they will.  The County can't do that.   They don't produce anything; all they can do is take money from taxpayers and spend it the way the law requires.

All this lawsuit does is require the Legislature come up with that money.    How they tax you to pay for it is up to them if this lawsuit is successful.  

Your progressive idea has to be paid for by taxpayers; either with County taxes or State taxes.   The State has a lot more ways to get money than the County does and it's their idea; they should pay for it.