HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2019-118RESOLUTION NO. 2019-118
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE AMENDED PUBLIC
SAFETY EXPENDITURE PLAN
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2018, the City Council approved Ordinance 3415
(“Ordinance”) adding Chapter 3.34 to Title 3 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code establishing a
one-half cent General Transactions and Use Tax to be administered by the California Department
of Tax and Fee Administration; and
WHEREAS, the approved Ordinance included provisions for Citizen’s Oversight and
Accountability; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a spending plan expressing its intention to expend
new sales tax revenues on Public Safety (the “Intended Public Safety Expenditure Plan”); and
WHEREAS, Measure A was placed on the ballot and subject to approval by an affirmative,
simple majority vote of the people as required by law; and
WHEREAS, on June 5, 2018, the voters of the City of Chula Vista approved Measure A
authorizing a one-half cent sales tax on retail sales within the City; and
WHEREAS, the spending plan, the Public Safety Expenditure Plan (“Expenditure Plan”)
has been updated to reflect, where necessary, the ratification of Measure A; and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2019, the Measure A Citizen’s Oversight Committee (“COC”)
voted unanimously to support the amended Measure A Intended Public Safety Expenditure Plan.
The amended plan included updated sales tax revenue assumptions, staffing changes for both the
Fire and Police Departments, and updated expenditures; and
WHEREAS, per the Ordinance, Section 3.34.160.A, all revenue generated by the tax shall
be accounted for in the General Fund as a separate line item and will then be transferred to a
General Fund subfund entitled “Local Transactions and Use Tax - Measure A Revenues”; and
WHEREAS, as required in the Ordinance, Section 3.34.160.A, staff has created the
Measure A Sales Tax Fund (Fund 222) for the purpose of accounting for all revenues an d
expenditures of Measure A monies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it does hereby accept and approve the amended Public Safety Expenditure Plan in the form
presented, a copy of which shall be kept on file with the City Clerk.
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Resolution No. 2019-118
Page No. 2
Presented by Approved as to form by
David Bilby, MSBA, CPFO Glen R. Googins
Director of Finance / Treasurer City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 18th day of June 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas 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. 2019-118 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 18th day of June 2019.
Executed this 18th day of June 2019.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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