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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-090
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 BUDGETS
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 I, 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 budgets 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 I 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 budgets.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 3rd day of April 2008 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
Ramirez
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Donna R. Norris, Interim City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2008-090 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council
at an adjourned regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 3rd day of April
2008.
Executed this 3rd day of April 2008.
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Donna R. Norris, C C, Interim City Clerk