HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2017-090RESOLUTION NO. 2017-090
Successor Agency, No. 2017-001 /Housing Authority Aro. 2017-001
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR
AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/ HOUSING
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING
THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED OPERATING AND
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2017/2018 AS PRESENTED ON MAY 23, 2017, AS THEIR
PROPOSED BUDGETS, RESPECTIVELY, AND SETTING
THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR
FINAL CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF SAME, WITH
DIRECTION THAT IF THE SAFER GRANT IS NOT
APPROVED THE CITY MANAGER WILL RETURN MID-
YEAR WITH THE ADDITIONAL FIRE CREW AND
RESPECTIVE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS WELL AS
DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO UPDATE THE CITY
COUNCIL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THE FISCAL YEAR
2018-19 BUDGET FORECAST AND FUNDING OPTIONS AS
WELL AS PROVIDE A LONG TERM PLAN TO ADDRESS
STAFFING SHORTFALLS IN PUBLIC SAFETY
WHEREAS, the City Charter requires that the City Manager submit the proposed budget
for the upcoming Fiscal Year to the City Council at least 35 days prior to the beginning of such
Fiscal Year; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has prepared and provided the proposed operating and
capital improvement budgets to the City Council, and has also prepared the proposed budgets for
the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency and the Housing Authority, and presented
them to their respective governing bodies, for Fiscal Year 2017/2018; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, and
Housing Authority have received the City Manager's budget report and the respective proposed
budgets and have approved the budgets as their proposed budgets, based on certain
understandings and conditions; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing shall be held prior to adoption of the proposed budgets,and
the proposed budgets, and notice of the proposed hearing, shall be published at least ten days
prior to the public hearing; and
WHEREAS, it is the understanding of the City Council that the City Manager has
committed to use fire overtime beginning July 7, 2017, increasfng one Engine company to a 4-
person crew until staff from the SAFER grant is trained and on -duty; and
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WHEREAS, if the SAFER Grant is not approved for funding, the City Manager will
return mid -year with budget amendments for City Council consideration to add the Fire Engine
Crew; and
WHEREAS, the City Council directs the City Manager to update the City Council on a
quarterly basis, the Fiscal Year 2018/2019 budget forecast and balancing options as well as
provide a long-term plan to address staffing shortfalls in public safety; and
WHEREAS, approval of the City Manager's proposed budgets to be published for the
requisite 10 -day public review period is based on the following conditions:
1. that there be a moratorium on hiring new employees, except for the five police officers in
the City Manager's proposed budget, until the results of the SAFER grant are known, to
ensure that some funding is available for additional fire personnel; and
2. that the City Manager report back to the City Council within 120 days with a plan to
address the chronic understaffing of the police and fire departments, with such plan
considering all options, including: (i) alternative service models that may improve
effectiveness and reduce costs; and (ii) potential funding sources.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council/Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority of the City of Chula Vista that the City Manager's
budget report for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 is approved, and the City Manager's proposed operating
and capital improvement budgets for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 are approved as their respective
proposed budgets.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a public hearing shall be held on the proposed
budgets on June 20, 2017, and that the City Clerk is directed to publish the proposed budgets, in
the form presented, for public inspection, and provide notice of the public hearing, at least ten
days prior to the hearing -date.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
David Bilby, MSBA, C O len >Googin
Director of Finance/Treasurer City Atto ey
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 6th day of June 2017 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Diaz, McCann, Padilla, and Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2017-090 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 6th day of June 2017.
Executed this 6th day of June 2017.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk