HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1978/09/23 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
Held Saturday - 10:10 a.m. September 23, 1978
An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of theCity of Chula Vista, California
convened at 10:10 a.m. on the above date following a Redevelopment Agency meeting in
the Council Conference Room, City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue.
ROLL CALL
Councilmen present: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Cox, Gillow, Scott
Councilmen absent: Councilman Egdahl
Staff present: City Manager Cole, City Attorney Lindberg, Assistant City
Manager Asmus, Director of Finance Grant,Deputy City Manager
Wittenberg, Administrative Analyst Swartfager
REVIEW OF TH~ IMPACT City Manager Cole briefly discussed the cuts madelin per-
OF PROPOSITION 13 ON sonnel and services (a new loss of 27 positions saving
THE CITY BUDGET approximately $400,000) and the increase in fees and charges
adopted by the Council to offset the impact of Proposition
IS on the budget.
He noted that the budget for 1978-79 is within a close
margin of the 1977-78 budget which he said was attributed
to inflation (e. g. Metropolitan Sewer costs are up
$200,000 over last year). He said that at this point it is
difficult to predict if the estimated revenues will be
realized, but that expenditures will be monitored closely
in an effort to stay within the budget.
Mr. Cole presented the Council with copies of the Final
Budget Summary for 1978-79, together with alternate
schedules for projected operating budget summaries for
1979-80.
Council discussion - An in-depth discussion followed between Council and staff
Budget Summary for concerning specific categories on the Budget Summary
1978-79 Schedule 1, i. e. Sewer Service funds may be used to pay
the total cost of sewer services (City System and Metro-
politan System), the need for reserves in the Wor~er's
Compensation and Unemployment Insurance Trust funds, the
transfer of $369,700 from Revenue Sharing funds to General
Fund for operations, and the Use of $150,000 of Residential
Construction Tax funds for Capital Projects. The estimated
all funds balance for June 30, 1979 will be $8S0,000 less
than that on July 1, 1978.
Assistant City Manager Asmus explained alternate budget
sununaries developed for F£scal Year 1979-80. He then noted
various optional expenditure plans whereby some flexibility
in the utilization of various revenues were considered.
Mr. Asmus said that the 1979-80 estimated expenditure figures
may be conservative and could be higher when the final budget
is considered. He expressed concern that City revenues,
when considered on a year-by-year basis, would be less than
a single year's expenditure estimates even if salary levels
remain unchanged. He stated that without income exceeding
estimates and expenditures falling short of appropriations,
the City could not expect to operate for an extended period
of time under these conditions.
ABJOURNED REGULAR MEETING - 2 - Septembe~ 23, 1978
Discussion of Discussion continued concerning the options shown in the
projected budget alternate projected operating budget summaries. Staff
summaries for 1979-80 noted that the figures reflected an 8% inflation factor and
that each percent increase in salaries would total $75,000
based on current salary level; options shown in Schedules 2
through 4 assumed no salary adjustments; options under
Schedules S and 6 included an expenditure of $750,000 in
the General Fund to provide a total compensation increase
of 10%.
Request for Executive City Manager Cole reported that the MOU's with employee
Session for employee groups have been extended through September 19~8. It was
negotiations requested that an Executive Session be held at the con-
clusion of the meeting today to discuss employee negotiations.
Discussion of In answer to a query from Mayor Hyde concerning the Park
utilization of Acquisition and Development (PAD) funds, City Attorney
PAD Funds Lindberg said that funds received from one park service area
could be "borrowed" to develop another park area, but the
funds would have to be used essentially under a "loan"
arrangement and an accounting would have to be made for the
benefit of the subdivision making the contribution. Funds
should be paid back within a reasonable period of time. He
said that the park services area concept could be adjusted
for park development.
Motion for staff study It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Mayor Hyde and
of park service a~eas unanimously carried by those present that the staff look
into the possibilities of readjusting into larger park dis~
tricts.
Motion for staff It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman CoX and
recommendation for unanimously carried by those present that at budget time -
utilization of PAD or prior thereto - that the Council have a recommendation
Funds from staff in regard to an expenditure policy for the utili-
zation of the PAD funds.
EXECUTIVE SESSION The Council recessed to Executive Session at 11:00 a.m. with
the Deputy City Clerk being excused. City Manager Cole was
appointed Deputy City Clerk Pro Tempore and he reported that
the meeting reconvened at lliS5 a.m.
ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hyde adjourned the meeting at 11:35 a.m. to the
regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, 1978
in the Council Chamber , City Hall.
.. Deputy City Clerk