HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2021-206RESOLUTION NO. 2021-206
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE AMENDED MEASURE A
PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURE PLAN TO ADD ONE
POLICE CAPTAIN, ONE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC, ONE
FORENSICS SPECIALIST, THREE PROPERTY & EVIDENCE
SPECIALISTS, ONE PROPERTY & EVIDENCE SUPERVISOR
AND THREE SENIOR POLICE RECORDS SPECIALISTS AND
AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 EXPENDITURE
BUDGET FOR THE MEASURE A SALES TAX FUND TO
FUND SUCH POSITIONS OUT OF MEASURE A AVAILABLE
FUND BALANCE
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2018 the City Council approved Ordinance 3415
(“Ordinance”) 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 from the Ordinance on public safety (the
“Intended Public Safety Expenditure Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance was placed on the ballot for the June 2018 election as “Measure
A,” 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 October 14, 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
Captain, one (1) Forensics Specialist, three (3) Property & Evidence Specialists, one (1) Property
& Evidence Supervisor and three (3) Senior Police Records Specialists to the authorized staffing
of the Police Department, and one (1) Equipment Mechanic to the authorized staffing of the Public
Works Department; and
WHEREAS, the Measure A COC voted unanimously to recommend City Council approval
of the ten positions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it (1) approves the amended Measure A Public Safety Expenditure Plan, in the form presented,
to add one Police Captain, one Equipment Mechanic, one Forensics Specialist, three Property &
Evidence Specialists, one Property & Evidence Supervisor and three Senior Police Records
Specialists, and (2) amends the Fiscal Year 2022 Expenditure Budget for the Measure A Sales
Tax Fund to fund such positions from the Measure A available fund balance.
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Resolution No. 2021-206
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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 9th day of November 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Padilla
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. 2021-206 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 9th day of November 2021.
Executed this 9th day of November 2021.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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