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Chula Vista, CA 91910
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ellY OF
CHULA VISTA
DATE: March 27, 2008
Memorandum
TO:
FROM: Jerry R. Rindone, Deputy M
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Fully Implement Mayor and Council Budget Reductions
The City Council has twice voted to reduce the fiscal year 2007-08 budgets of the Mayor and
each Council Seat by at least 10%. As part of the mid-year budget reduction process, the City
Council approved the following motion:
Mayor Cox moved to approve the Budget Subcommittee recommendation that
the Department of Mayor and City Council offer up $148,857 in a targeted
reduction, and that each Councilmember make a 10% reduction.
This motion was adopted on November 1, 2007 by a 5-0 vote. Additional clarification was made
in the months subsequent as to whether the intent of the above resolution was to reduce the
budget of each individual Council Seat by 10% or if the intent was to reduce the combined
Mayor and Council budget by 10%. Clarification of this issue was provided on March 6, 2008 by
the following motion, which passed on a 4-1 vote:
Mayor Cox moved to accept the recommendation of the budget subcommittee
that each blocked budget division in the department of Mayor and Council be
individually reduced by at least 10%, the details of where the Mayor and each
Councilmember take their respective 10% reductions of their own block budgets
were at their own discretion, with the sum total reduction of at least $148,857 for
the department.
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Per the memorandum sent by the City's Finance Director dated March 11, 2008, to date the
following reductions to the Mayor and Council budget have been made:
Ma or and Administration
Council Seat 1
Council Seat 2
Council Seat 3
Council Seat 4
Total
90,787.20
7,85965
15,74737
16,160.00
7,859.65
$138,413.87
10.5%
5.0%
10.0%
10.3%
5.0%
9.3%
To date, the Mayor and City Council has reduced its combined fiscal year 2007-08 budget by
$138,414 (or 9.3%). The Mayor and Administration units have made a combined reduction of
10.5%, exceeding the goal. Council Seats 2 and 3 have also met or exceeded the 10% goal
with budget reductions of 10.0% and 10.3% respectively. Council Seats 1 and 4 have each
reduced their respective budgets by 5%.
I am recommending that the City Council direct the City Manager to fully implement all
previously approved reductions to the. budgets of the Mayor and each Council Seat and
furthermore ensure that all Council Seats have reduced their individual budgets for fiscal year
2007-08 by at least $15,719 (10%) and that the overall budget of the Mayor and Council has
been reduced by a cumulative total of at least $148,857 (10%).
Cc: David Garcia, City Manager
Ann Moore, City Attorney
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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
FULLY IMPLEMENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
REDUCTIONS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2007-2008 MAYOR
AND COUNCIL BUDGET
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista has twice voted to reduce the
fiscal year 2007-2008 budgets of the Mayor and each Council Seat by at least 10 percent; and
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2007, Mayor Cox moved to approve the Budget
Subcommittee recommendation that the Department of Mayor and City Council offer up
$148,857 in a targeted reduction, and that each Councilmember make a 10 percent reduction; and
WHEREAS, the motion to approve the Budget Subcommittee recommendation on
November 1, 2007, was adopted by a 5-0 vote; and
WHEREAS, additional clarification was made in the months subsequent as to whether
the intent of the above resolution was to reduce the budget of each individual Council Seat by
10 percent or if the intent was to reduce the combined Mayor and Council budget by 10 percent;
and
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2008, via a motion which passed on a 4-1 vote, Mayor Cox
moved to accept the recommendation of the Budget Subcommittee that each blocked budget
division in the department of Mayor and Council be individually reduced by at least 10 percent,
the details of where the Mayor and each Councilmember take their respective 10 percent
reductions of their own block budgets were at their own discretion, with the sum total reduction
of at least $148,857 for the department; and
WHEREAS, as of March 27, 2008, the Mayor and City Council has reduced its combined
fiscal year 2007-2008 budget by $138,414, or 9.3 percent; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Administration units, and Council Seats 2 and 3 have met or
exceeded the 10 percent goal with budget reductions of 10.5 percent, 10 percent, and
10.3 percent, respectively; and
WHEREAS, Council Seats 1 and 4 have each reduced their respective budgets by 5
percent; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this resolution directs the City Manager to implement further
reductions as necessary to ensure that all Council Seats have reduced their individual budgets for
fiscal year 2007-2008 by at least $15,719 (10 percent) and that the overall budget of the Mayor
and Council has been reduced by a cumulative total of at least $148,857 (10 percent).
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby direct the City Manager to fully implement previously approved reductions to
the fiscal year 2007-2008 Mayor and Council budget.
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