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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1995/06/21 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL WORKSESSION/~IEETING OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCIL Wednesday, June 21, 1995 Council Conference Room 6:13 p.m. Administration Building CALL TO ORDER 1. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Councilmembers Alevy, Moot, Padilia (arrived at 6:18 p.m.), Rindone, and Mayor Hotton ALSO PRESENT: John D. Goss, City Manager and Vicki C. Soderquist, Deputy City Clerk BUSINESS 2. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS AND CARRY-OVER ITEMS Mr. Goss stated there were three major areas that needed to be covered, i.e. 1) finish up on the issues regarding the operating budget and supplemental budget issues; 2) action on the CIP; and 3) the Redevelopment Agency budget. OPERATING BUDGET Revenues Mr. Goss presented an updated list of the revenues and expenditures. The proposed budget showed a beginning balance of revenues over expenditures of $35,000. Council then deleted the after school recreation program fee, deleted increase in fees for the youth leagues, modified the swim passes, approved vehicle I.D. verification, approved security alarm fees, approved AB 939 administrative fees, the sewer billing program revenues, alternative funding fur minor CIP, released CIP revenue to the General Fund, and the storm drain fee. The overall revenues were $288,992 which was an additional $46,000. Councilmember Rindone stated there should have been a reduction tBr the parking tickets, i.e. it was kept at $12.00 instead of raising it to $25.00. Mr. Goss stated the funds that would be reduced would go to two funds, i.e. approximately $70,000 to the Parking Meter Fund and $70,000 to the General Fund. Therefore, the action taken by Council would still maintain the $70,000 into the General Fund, but would reduce the $70,000 that would go into the Parking Meter Fund. Councilmember Moot questioned why the Parking Meter Fund was segregated from the General Fund. Mr. Goss replied that it was related to the parking district and had been segregated by Council and Agency policy. It allowed the fund to accumulate money to build and refurbish parking lots and to provide for the staffing to serve the parking lots, i.e. maintenance and meter enforcement. * * * Councihnember Padilia arrived at 6:18 p.m. * * * Expenditures Mr. Goss stated the following expenditures had been identified: 1) cable TV rate consultant; 2) Police reserves stipend; 3) labor negotiations consultant (POA); 4) addition of $1,270 tn the International Friendship Commission; 5) deletion of funds for additional microfilming in Building & Housing; 6) reinstatement of .25 Council Assistant; 7) addition of one proposition to the Elections budget; 8) addition of $5,000 for travel, $10,000 for SCEDC and $7,500 for South County EDC in the Community Development budget; 9) marketing program for economic development in Community Development budget; 10) deletion of funding for library books; 11) maintain existing Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 2 salary structure for aids, leaders and specialists in the Parks & Recreation budget and freeze new part-time staff salaries for aides (to be brought back for clarification); 12) add back the senior lifeguard for three months, staff to return with alternatives; 13) addition of seven computers in the Police Department budget; 14) reinstate South Bay Community Services funding for juvenile diversion, less amount of new revenue offset; 15) reinstate the Equipment Mechanic I for three months, vacate through attrition; 16) program costs liar sewer billing - new position in Engineering; and 17) relcassifications. The total expenditures were $244,434 with an overall balance of $44,558. Mr. Thomson, Deputy City Manager, stated the $6,000 t~r the cable TV rate consultant was the continuation of a program started several years ago when Chula Vista worked with five other cities to regulate Cox Cable's rates. The City would be reimbursed $4,000 from the other cities. The City would be receiving a refund of approximately $160,000 for the ratepayers in Chula Vista as well as a reduction of $.42 in the monthly rate. Supplemental Budget Memo #29 - Under-Utilized Vehicles Mr. Goss stated the item was informational only. Supplemental Budget Memo #31 - Economic Development Marketing/Public Relations Mr. Goss reviewed the current activities presently budget for FY 1995/96 which he felt dealt more with visitor promotion. He felt the request dealt more towards economic development. The Economic Development Commission made recommendations regarding the City's marketing, community promotions, and economic development activities. Mayor Horton stated it was not just economic, but the whole public relations program for the City. When a survey was done of the bio-tech companies their perception of Chula Vista was not positive and she felt that was one of the reasons for a good marketing/public relations program, i.e. to overcome those perceptions. Even though it was tied into economics it was the overall image. Councilmember Rindone stated they had tried to send a staff member that was not an elected official to Washington D.C. for the hydrogen fuel cell and there were no monies provided for that. That was one of the categories and he wanted that noted. He did not want that to happen again. Mr. Goss stated the City spent a lot of money in promoting the community. The total for economic development/visitor promotion was $156,000. Councilmember Alevy stated there was a need for the City to make a concerted/designed effort to try to assist the current efforts being made to bring business to the City and enhance the image of the City. The Council needed to make a commitment. Mr. Goss stated part of the problem staff had was in not coming together with an outline of how the $50,000 would be spent. He suggested that whatever figure the Council decided on that it be used as a placeholder figure with staff returning with a specific program on how it would be utilized. Councilmember Rindone questioned which items on the expenditure list had not been voted on other than marketing program and deletion of funding for library books. Mr. Goss stated the deletion of funds for microfilming for Building & Housing, cable TV rate consultant, police reserves stipend, labor negotiations consultant (POA), and reclassifications had not been acted upon. Councilmember Rindone questioned which items on the revenue list had not been voted upon. Mr. Goss replied that the sewer billing, release of CIP revenues to the General Fund, and storm drain fees had not been acted upon. The following Supplemental Budget Memos needed action: 6, 8, 9, 17, 20, 26, 27, 30, and 31. Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 3 Suonlemental Budget Memo #6 - Equipment Replacement Schedule Mr. Goss stated money was taken from each department and put into the overall equipment replacement schedule. The Public Works Operations Department evaluated the vehicles and made reconm~endations for replacement. The amount recommended was $855,000 which was reflected in the Operating Budget. Councilmember Rindone questioned the procedure for replacing equipment. Dave Byers, Deputy Director of Public Works/Operations, stated in 1984/85 Council adopted an equipment replacement program which included retentions for various types of vehicles. In addition to looking at the age of the vehicle they also looked at the number of miles and maintenance costs over the life of the vehicle, specifically over the last twelve months. There were two vehicles what had low mileage that were not needed. Some of the others had low mileage but that was due to the nature of the work done and, therefore, were not under-utilized. If the City was going to get rid of some of the under-utilized vehicles they would then trade them to the departments with older vehicles in the fleet and then new vehicles would not be purchased. The original recommendation was correct. Councilmember Moot questioned if it came out of the CIP budget. He further questioned if it would affect the Council's ability to balance the budget. Mr. Goss stated it did not. Every department had in it's operating budget a charge against the department that went for the operation of the garage and the equipment replacement fund. Mr. Goss stated it would not impact the balancing of the budget as it was already in the overall budget proposal. Councilmember Rindone questioned if the item was approved if all the equipment would have to go out to bid separately and then brought back to Council. Mr. Goss stated that was correct. MSUC (Rindone/Moot) to approve Supplemental Budget Memo #6. Sunnlemental BudsJet Memo #8 - Minor CIP Prniects Recommended ~r Annroval Mr. Goss stated the minor CIP program included items for maintenance and repair under $25,000. The original recommendation was $33,100. In reviewing the RCT funds staff found additional revenues to fund the original recommendation and the Priority I list. Theretbre, $36,000 would go back, or would still be available, for General Fund purposes. The total amount of the Minor CIP was $92,775. Mayor Horton questioned the funding for the security wall for the Mayor/Council offices. Mr. Goss replied that it was being funded from the current budget. MSUC (Moot/Hortnn) to approve Supplemental Budget Memo #8, as amended to include the Priority I list. SunDlemental Budget Memo #9 - Multi-Media Library Technologv and Related City-Wide Issues. Including a Proposed "Smart Community" Caltrans Grant Jim Thomson, Deputy City Manager, stated there were three parts to the report, i.e. 1) Library Technology which was informational; 2) Caltrans Grant fnr a total of $450,000 to develop a model program for cities to provide on- line services on the lnternet World Wide Web; and 3) establishing a "Home Page" on the Internet World Wide Web which would also provide inti~rmation on the City. Staff was requesting conceptual approval of items 2 and 3. MS (Horton/Padilla) to apprnve Supplemental Budget Memo #9. Councilmember Rindone questioned the costs of the programs. Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 4 Mr. Thomson responded that for the World Wide Web it would be less than $1,000 and existing staff time. $1,000 had been authorized in the current budget for the "Home Page" and staff was requesting authorization from Council to move forward with that program. If the grant proceeded with Caltrans the City would receive approximately $69,000 and of that $10,000 would be used to off-set existing staff salaries working on the project and the remainder would go for a temporary employee that would work on the applications reviews to see what could be converted electronically as opposed to over the counter. Part wonld also be utilized for a community needs consultant to work with community groups to try to use the City as a thcilitator for a community wide network. It was only a planning grant and would not implement the program. VOTE ON MOTION: approved unanimously. Supolemental Budllet Memo #17 - Office Space Modifications - Legislative Office Building and Issues Related to Council Offices Mr. Goss stated staff would like included in the CIP the remodeling of the Legislative Offices Building using low/moderate housing funds and HOME funds to accommodate the Housing Staff from the Community Development Department and the BECA staff. Councilmember Rindone questioned the long term master plan for the building. Mr. Goss stated that it would be demolished tbr the expansion of the Police Department and underground parking. It was in the 5-10 year range. Staff was proposing minimal improvements in order to have effective utilization of the building. Councilmember Rindone questioned the life expectancy of the Police Department building. He further questioned if there were any plans for substations in the eastern area of the City. Mr. Goss responded the remodeling was to take the building to the year 2000. It was possible that the Police Department would utilize other locations for report writing, etc. as an interim step. Councilmember Alevy questioned if it would help the response time or the wear and tear on the vehicles. Mr. Goss stated he was unsure that it would help the response times because officers were currently assigned "beats" and would already be in those areas. It would save on the wear and tear of the vehicles and the time it would take to get to the "beat". Other issues then arose if vehicles were stationed in two different areas, i.e. coordination and supervision. MSUC (Rindone/Alevy) to approve Supplemental Budget Memo #17. Supplemental Budllet Memo #20 - Classification Studies Mr. Goss stated every year the departments identified people that were working out of class, duties that had changed, or people working at a different level. At the present time there was no money in the budget to implement any of the reelassifications reconunended. He suggested that they be implemented in the middle of the year if Council decided to approve the request. The total cost would be $23,641. Councilmember Rindone stated it was his understanding that Council would like to do a city-wide classification study, but due to tight fiscal times it could not be done at the present time. Council had taken action to have staff report back in January. Mr. Goss stated the Supplemental Budget Memo actually reclassified certain positions. He recommended that Council either approve the request, approve the request effective January 1996, or freeze them. Councilmember Rindone questioned if any of the people were working out of class. Candy Emerson, Director of Personnel, replied there were people currently working out of class. Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 5 Councilmember Rindone questioned if Council did not pass the request what the ramifications would be. Mrs. Emerson stated they would continue to work in the wrong classification or staff could work with the departments in an eftbrt to bring them back into the proper range of duties, As the City "right-sized" that became more difficult. MS (Rindone/Horton) to approve Supplemental Budget Memo//20, to be effective January 1996. Councilmember Alevy requested clarification on Items #7 and #9. Mrs. Emerson stated the typical spread between a supervisor and subordinate was from 10 % to 30 % depending upon the job classification. In the case of the Buyer the spread was much higher. Robert Powell, Director of Finance, stated the Buyer had been in the position for a number of years. Their experience had allowed the Purchasing Agent to delegate much of his normal duties to the Buyer so the Buyer and Purchasing Agent were doing similar tasks. In the purchasing section there was only the Purchasing Agent, Buyer, and one clerical support staff. The Buyer did very complex and sensitive work. Mrs. Emerson stated the recommendation was based on the assumption that a fully functioning Purchasing Agent was hired. If the Purchasing Agent was not hired the position would have to be reclassified to something other than Buyer because they would be taking on much higher purchasing responsibilities. Councilmember Alevy recommended Council look at a new pay structnre fbr new hires for the 1995/96 fiscal year. He felt many of the salaries were inflated. It was easier cutting salaries of the new hires than those currently employed. He requested information back from staff. Mrs. Emerson stated that the City Manager and his staff looked critically at every position as it was opened for recruitment. Any time there were two people in an organization doing exactly the same job and being paid significantly different she felt it opened the City up fur a challenge. fn one position classifications, i.e. Purchasing Agent, the City would have much more flexibility. Councilmember Rindone stated the concerns raised by Councilmember Alevy was the reason he had suggested a classification study. The issue needed to be put to rest, if the salaries were inflated then Council needed to deal with the issue and if they were not then it needed to be validated. Councilmember Moot questioned if someone was doing the same .job, irrespective of how long they had been at the City, if they received the same amount of money. Mrs. Emerson stated there were ranges ~'br all classified employees, i.e. about 20% from the first step to the last step. The person would progress over the steps in a three year period. The range per classification was the same. Councilmember Alevy stated in the private sector a salary was negotiatud and there were people working at different pay scales and levels of new hires. It was a condition of employment and made very clear. It should affect people as they came into the City versus those presently employed. He wanted to see Council review the issue. Councilmember Padilia clarified that the Memo contained specific requests from the departments after review and requested implementation. The total impact to the budget would be a reduction of the balance by $23,641. He questioned if that would reduce the balancing of the budget to an unhealthy level. Mr. Goss statud that was correct and he recommended that it be implemented mid-year. If Council was within $30,000 - $40,000 on the plus side they were close to being balanced because there were so many new revenues that staff' did not have histories on that the actual pro. i~tions could bring the balance below zero. He did not feel that would happen and there was control on the expenditure side to be able to do selective hiring freezes to counterbalance those revenues. It was a very inexact art. Councilmember Padilia questioned if there was the potential for immediate loss in personnel if it was implemented mid-year. Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 6 Mr. Goss stated he had not heard any infurmation regarding loss of personnel but the departments could better respond. Councilmember Rindone felt the reclassifications needed to be done and that the staff recommendation addressed the key issues. The mid-year funding was a reasonable approach and would bring internal equity. Staff needed to feel that Council would address their concerns. Councilmember Alevy wanted information back on his concerns. He also wanted to see a progression scale of five to six years. Councilmember Rindone stated that issue could be addressed when the reclassification study was brought back to Council. He agreed with Councilmember Alevy's concerns. There needed to be an incentive for employees along with adequate wages to attract qualified people. VOTE ON MOTION: approved unanimottsly. Sunnlemental Budget Memo #26 -Changes to Proposed CIP Mr. Goss reviewed the proposed changes to the CIP and the projects that had been closed out from the existing CIP projects which would return monies to the General Fund. Councilmember Rindone requested that some of the key prqiects be included on the next Council CIP tour. He questioned the project for landscaping for the MTDB fight-of-ways. Mr. Goss stated there was at one time a project for landscaping along portions of the MTDB fight-of-way, i.e. either side of street crossings. It was recommended that it be cancelled as it was taking $190,000 from the Redevelopment Agency. The proposal was to do the MTDB landscaping along with the development of the Bayfront. Conceptual plans had been done years ago. It would still be in the overall CIP but there would not be any funding and staff would look at the Bayfront development process to provide funding. Councilmember Rindone stated people that did not live in Chula Vista drew their perception from what they saw from the trolley. If there was a way to upgrade that it would be positive tbr the City. Mr. Goss stated the project was just tbr the crossings at the streets and was approximately $600,000 - $700,000. It was only one phase of a project that never got started. He t~lt there was a positive image at the trolley stations. Councilmember Rindone questioned if gas taxes could be utilized. Mr. Goss stated it was his understanding that gas tax could only be used for landscaping within the street fight-of- way and the rest of the area did not qualify. He recommended that staff return with a report regarding the landscaping plan along the MTDB right-of-way, alternative methods of funding, etc. Mayor Horton requested that right-of-ways be included on the next Council tour. She agreed with Councilmember Rindone's comments. Councilmember Rindone questioned the status of the sidewalk on Third Avenue near Orange Avenue John Lippitt, Director of Public Works, responded that staff had done as much as they could permanently and the rest was done with asphalt because there was a building in the way between Orange and Otay Valley Road. Councilmember Rindone requested that area be included in the CIP tour. Mayor Horton stated Council had taken action on that project due to the safety concerns. Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 7 Mr. Lippitt stated $120,000 had already been budgeted and some of the work had been done and asphalt sidewalks had been installed for the remainder. There were buildings in the right-of-way between Treemont and Main Streets. Mr. Goss stated Supplemental Budget Memo #30 - Eastern Aquatics (YMCA) Facility - Analysis of Funding Options also had to be addressed. Staff outlined three options in the report. Councilmember Rindone stated he did not like option 3, $230,000 in Park Development and Acquisition (PAD) funds; paid in yearly amounts as specified in the agreement with the YMCA. He requested that Mr. Goss explain the RCT. Mr. Goss stated that the Residential Construction Tax was a fee levied on new construction of dwelling units in the City and offset the burden on public facilities and infrastructure. Ken Larsen, Director of Building & Housing, stated it was either paid at the time of the map recordation or upon securing the single family dwelling. It was for new construction only of single family dwellings. MSUC (Rindone/Horton) to approve Recommendation 2 of Supplemental Budget Memo #30 - $230,000 in Residential Construction Tax (RCT) funds; paid in yearly amounts as specified in the agreement with the YMCA. Mr. Goss requested tentative approval of the overall CIP with the revisions presented. MSUC (Horton/Rindone) to tentatively approve the overall CIP with revisions presented by the City Manager. Suoolernental Budeet Memo #31 - Economic Development Marketing Budget Mr. Goss suggested Council place X dollar amount as a place holder with staff returning with a program for implementation with direction from Council. It would be supplemental to the economic development/visitor promotion activities of the City. MSUC (Rindone/Horton) to approve $15,000 and direct staff to return with a report and plan for additional funding. Councilmember Moot requested that a subcommittee of Mayor Horton and Councilmember Alevy be established to help work on the plan. Council agreed with Councilmember Moot's recommendation. Councilmember Rindone stated he did not like the process of the supplemental budget memos. He did not know the answer but requested staff look at it to see if it could be refined. He was not sure they were doing the best that they could as elected officials. He wanted a staff referral to review the supplemental budget portion of the process and report back to Council. Mr. Goss stated Council was getting the product as it was being produced. It may be better to start the process earlier with more time between meetings. That would also allow staff to prepare a more uniform package which could be sent in the same manner as the agenda packets. Councilmember Moot stated he had recommendations for next years budget process. Councilmember Padilia stated in fairness to staff, Council needed to recognize that they generated about 90% of the supplemental budget memos. BASE BUDGET - REVENUES Mr. Goss stated the sewer program revenues and release of CIP revenues to the General Fund was new and the storm drain fees had been double counted and needed to be taken out. Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 8 Councilmember Rindone questioned if the GIS was included in the CIP. Teri Enos, Principal Management Assistant, stated that no funds had been budget in the CIP for the GIS. The money had already been appropriated to fund the on-going application which was included in the Engineering Budget. Sewer Billing Program Revenues Jim Thomson, Deputy City Manger, stated the Council subcommittee had met with Sweetwater Water Authority and had reached a consensus that the City would proceed to do the sewer billing separate from the Authority. The City would be contracting out most of the functions. The change over would occur in December. The City would be adding one position in the Engineering Department and utilizing existing staff in the finance department. Positions that had been funded by the General Fund would be supported by the Sewer Fund. Mr. Thomson stated it would only be with the Sweetwater Authority. The intent was that Otay Water District would continue doing the sewer billing for the City and the Montgomery area would continue to be on the property tax bill. There would be three billing procedures. Sweetwater would be done in-house and if Otay wanted to switch over that could be done in the future. The City would contract out lock box services, mailing and stuffmg, etc. The City would basically be doing the computer work and dealing with customer service issues and handling payments at the counter in the Finance Department. Councilmember Moot stated one of the reasons the subcommittee chose the option of going in-house was because of the experience of National City where they found that when they did it in-house they were picking up people that were not paying. Sweetwater did not have a vested interest to find out whether people were paying because it was a pass through process for them. MSUC (Rindone/Alevy) to approve Sewer Billing Prngram Revenues, Release of CIP Revenues to the General Fund, and reduce reimbursement from Storm Drain to the General Fund to actual level. BASE BUDGET - EXPENDITURES Mr. Goss stated the outstanding issues were: 1) cable TV rate consultant, Police Reserves stipend, and the labor negotiations consultant (POA). Police Reserve Stipend Chief Emerson stated the City had paid the police reserves when they were utilized for special events. If the City continued with that practice under FLSA the City would have to pay them the entire rest of the year for any volunteer work they did. If a one time stipend was paid that they could utilize for equipment, uniforms, etc. the City would not have to pay them for their monthly ride-alongs. Councilmember Rindone questioned if it only related to the reserves. Chief Emerson responded that was correct. MSUC (Rindone/Alevy) to approve the Police Reserves stipend, $2,600. Deletion of funds for additional microfilming for Building & Housing Councilmember Rindone questioned why the funding for microfilming was being deleted. Mr. Goss replied that a base amount had been included in the Building & Housing budget and the request was to speed up the ability to microfilm old records. Given the tight budget situation he recommended that the additional funding not be granted. MSUC (Rindone/Horton) to delete funds for additional microfilming for Building & Housing. Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 9 Cable TV Rate Consultant MSUC (Rindone/Alevy) to approve $6,000 for the cable TV rate consultant. Labor Negotiations Consultant (POA) Councilmember Padilia questioned if the amount of the request was considered average. Mr. Goss stated the City had not utilized a consultant in the past. In terms of cities that had consultants it was extremely low. MSC (Horton/Alevy) to approve $6,00 for labor negotiations consultant (POA), approved 3-2 with Padilia and Rindone opposed. Mayor Horton stated it was her understanding that Council had dealt with the issue in Closed Session. Mr. Goss responded that Council had aothorized staff to proceed but the money had to be added to the budget to cover those costs. Councilmember Rindone stated he voted against the motion because he t~lt it was a staff function and Council would open themselves up to criticism by hiring a consultant. Library - Deletion of Funding for Library Bonks Councilmember Rindone stated the Library Board was very upset and he requested further intbrmation from staff. Mr. Goss stated there were two pools of money going into the Library materials budget, i.e. the CIP which was over $800,000 for the South Chula Vista Library and the regular funding for reference materials and library materials. The initial $60,000 was a technique recommended to help balance the budget. Councilmember Rindone stated it was his understanding that the cuts would be from the main library. David Palmet, Library Director, stated the cuts would come from the materials allocations for the Civic Center Library and EastLake Library. The budget for materials, i.e. books, periodicals, audio visuals, reference materials, etc. would go down from the present year from $431,000 to $247,000. The ultimate result would be 100 - 200 new books for the main library per month in comparison to 800 new books per month at the present time. Councilmember Rindone stated he could not support that cut. The Library Budget had already taken a reduction of $118,000 and he felt that was substantial. Mr. Goss stated Council still had a balance of approximately $67,558 in balancing the overall budget. Councilmember Moot questioned the amount of books being purchased fbr the South Chula Vista Library. Mr. Palmer responded they would be adding approximately 40,000 books. MS (Rindone/Alevy) not to delete funding of the $60.000 for Library books but to return it back to the Library budget. Councilmember Alevy questioned if the budget could be continued one week in order to obtain more information. Mr. Goss felt more comfortable with the $118,000. At the time the Supplemental Budget Memo was being prepared staff was looking at revenue and expenditure ideas to address Council's concerns and to balance the budget. If Council did not delete the funding the overall budget would still be in balance with a reserve of approximately $7,000. Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 10 Councilmember Padilia questioned if there would be a net increase system wide. Mr. Palmer stated there would be a gain system wide because of the very large number of books that were required for the South Chula Vista Library. Councilmember Moot questioned if duplicates of books were purchased. Mr. Palmet stated there would be multiple copies of books such as Dr. Seuss, etc. The summer reading club had just started and by the end of the summer all of the children's picture books would be destroyed. CouncilmemberMootquestionediftherewasacompromiseamountthatcouldbereached. He felt a $7,000 reserve on the overall budget was very slim. The City woold be overwhelmingly increasing the overall amount of books in the system. Mr. Palmer stated the pattern of library usage was that it was a neighborhood library and people at the EastLake Library would not drive into the Civic Center Library, etc. Councilmember Padilia felt Councilmember Moot was correct that the impact was system-wide. If Council could not reduce the amount from $60,000 to somewhere in between then they needed to find other areas in revenues or cuts. Councilmember Alevy questioned what the margin had been in the past regarding the balancing of the budget. Dawn Herring, Budget Manager, stated last year the budget was $300.000 in the negative. Typically, staff tried to keep it at zero. Councilmember Alevy stated Council could maintain a precious resource and keep the budget balanced, therefore, he would not support further cuts to the library budget. VOTE ON MOTION: approved unanimou.sly. Mr. Goss stated the classification study would be brought back to Council prior to 1/1/96 with recommendations. Councilmember Rindone questioned the pool car issue. Mr. Goss stated Supplemental Budget Memo ,q29 dealt with the issue, was inlbrmational only, and did not require Council action. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY It was the consensus of the Council to carry-over the Redevelopment Agency budget to the meeting of Tuesday, June 271h. Mr. Goss stated the item would be agendized. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None OTHER BUSINESS I 3. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT(S) - None I i Minutes June 21, 1995 Page 11 4. MAYOR'S REPORT(S) - None 5. COUNCIL COMMENTS - None ADJOURNMENT ADJOURNMENT AT 8:06 P.M. to the Regular City Council Meeting on June 27, 1995 at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. CLOSED SESSION Council met in Closed Session at 8:14 p.m., reconvened at 8:36 p.m., and adjourned at 8:36 p.m. 6. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING - Anticipated litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 ® Metro Sewer Adjustment Billing (water reclamation and expansion costs) and EPA lawsuit. Continued from the meeting of 6/20/95. 7. REPORT OF ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION - The City Attorney reported that although it wa not necessarily reportable action, the City Council authorized a settlement offer in the Metro Sewer Billing dispute, the extent of which was of a nature to be kept confidential. Further negotiations were believed necessary in order to produce a settlement. Respectfully submitted, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, CMC/AAE, City Clerk X?icki C. Soderquist, CMC,!Deputy City Clerk