HomeMy WebLinkAbout022494_CCv0001.pdf MINUTES of an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redlands held
in the Grace Mullen Auditorium on the Redlands High School Campus, 840
East Citrus Avenue, on February 24, 1994, at 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT Swen Larson, Mayor
William E. Cunningham, Councilmember
Gilberto Gil, Councilmember
Pat Gilbreath, Councilmember
Gary Luebbers, City Manager
Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk
Ted Thomaidis, Redlands Daily Facts
Steven Church, The Sun
ABSENT Jim Foster, Mayor Pro Tem
Utility Users' Tax - Mayor Larson opened the meeting and led the audience in
the pledge of allegiance. This meeting was scheduled to hold a public forum to
present information regarding a proposed five percent (5%) utility users' tax.
With the use of an overhead projector, City Manager Luebbers, assisted by
Finance Director Steven M. Chapman, reviewed materials including charts
showing State Government "take aways" amounting to $3,923,000, cost saving
measures already implemented, potential impacts if the tax is not approved, the
possible uses of funds generated from the tax, and examples of the annual costs
to households. The tax would be levied on electricity, gas, telephone, and cable
television; the ordinance would contain a five-year limit clause, an exemption
clause for low-income families, and a $50,000 cap for large utility users. He
then answered questions from the following people in attendance: Steve Denton,
Michele Brancroft, Sherman Fitzgerald on behalf of the Joslyn Senior Center
Advisory Board, George Webber, Bob Carruthers, Jerry Wyzinski from Captive
Plastics, Inc., Al Smith, Gene Kern, and Lyle Arnold. Councilmembers Larson,
Gilbreath, and Gil indicated they would support an ordinance establishing a
utility users'tax; Councilmember Cunningham voiced his opposition.
Adjournment - There being no further business, the City Council meeting
adjourned at 8:47 P.M. Next regular meeting, March 1, 1994.
City Clerk
February 24, 1994
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