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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2021-038 RESOLUTION NO. 2021-038 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE AMENDED MEASURE A PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURE PLAN TO ADD ONE POLICE LIEUTENANT, ONE POLICE SERGEANT AND THREE PEACE OFFICERS TO FUND SUCH POSITIONS FROM MEASURE A POLICE DEPARTMENT AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE WHEREAS, on February 27, 2018, the City Council approved Ordinance 3415 proposing to add 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, concurrently the City Council adopted a spending plan expressing its intention to expend any new sales tax revenues generated under the Ordinance on public safety and WHEREAS, the Ordinance was placed on the ballot 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, on February 11, 2021, City staff presented to the Measure A Citizens Oversight Committee (COC) a proposed amendment to the Intended Expenditure Plan to add one (1) Police Lieutenant, one (1) Police Sergeant and three (3) Peace Officers to the authorized staffing of the Police Department; and WHEREAS, the Measure A COC voted unanimously to recommend City Council approval of the five positions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it approves the amended Measure A Public Safety Expenditure Plan, in the form presented, to add one Police Lieutenant, one Police Sergeant and three Peace Officers to fund such positions from the Measure A Police Department available fund balance. Resolution No. 2021-038 Page No. 2 Presented by Approved as to form by Roxana Kennedy Glen R. Googins Chief of Police City Attorney PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 2nd day of March 2021 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, 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. 2021-038 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 2nd day of March 2021. Executed this 2ndday of March 2021. Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk