HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2018-024RESOLUTION NO. 2018-024
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING ITS INTENDED PUBLIC
SAFETY EXPENDITURE PLAN
WHEREAS, at the December 19, 2017 Chula Vista City Council meeting, City staff
presented the public safety staffing strategies report which identified public safety critical needs
as well as funding options, after which, the City Council directed the City Manager to return with
an item, for Council consideration, to place a ½ cent sales tax on the ballot in 2018; and
WHEREAS, the City does not currently have, and does not anticipate having in the near
future, sufficient revenues to implement the Public Safety Expenditure Plan; and
WHEREAS, in order to fund the critical needs of the Police and Fire Departments, as
identified in the Public Safety Expenditure Plan, City staff is proposing placing on the ballot in
2018 a local one-half cent general transactions and use tax measure (“Funding Measure”) which
is estimated to generate approximately $17 million per year in tax revenues (“Tax Revenues”);
and
WHEREAS, as a formal expression of how the City intends to expend the Tax Revenues,
City staff has prepared an Intended Public Safety Expenditure Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Intended Public Safety Expenditure Plan is being presented to the City
Council for its consideration concurrent with City Council consideration of the Funding Measure
for presentation to the voters in 2018, as an expression of current City Council intent and to
guide City staff budget proposals for Sales Tax Funding to this City Council, and future City
Councils, in their discretion.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it does hereby approve the Intended Public Safety Expenditure Plan in the form
presented, with such minor modifications as may be required or approved by the City Attorney, a
copy of which shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Gary Halbert Glen R. Googins
City Manager City Attorney
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Resolution No 2018-024
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 13th day of February 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Diaz, Padilla, and Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: McCann
Mary Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2018-024 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 13th day of February 2018.
Executed this 13th day of February 2018.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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