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MINUTES of a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Redlands held in the
Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street, on June 16, 2010, at 9:02
A.M.
PRESENT Pat Gilbreath, Mayor
Jerry Bean, Mayor Pro Tern
Jon Harrison, Councilmember
Mick Gallagher, Councilmember
Pete Aguilar, Councilmember
ABSENT None
STAFF N. Enrique Martinez, City Manager; Daniel J. McHugh, City Attorney; Sam
E Irwin, City Clerk; Carl Baker, Public Information Officer; Tom Fitzmaurice,
Police Commander; David Hexem, Chief Information Officer; Rosemary
Hoerning, Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director; Tina Kundig, Finance
Director/City Treasurer; Jeff Frazier, Fire Chief, Oscar W. Orci, Community
Development Director; Deborah Scott-Leistra, Human Resources Director; Les
Jolly, Interim Quality of Life Director
Mayor Gilbreath called the special meeting of the City Council to order and
provided an opportunity for the public to address them on the subjects which
were scheduled on the agenda.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Fire Doartme — Retired Battalion Chief Mitchall McKee spoke in opposition
to deleting the department's Administrative Battalion Chief position to meet
budgetary goals. Eric Fraser suggested using a"pay call" firefighter program to
provide coverage for less cost.
Cultural Arts Liaison — Tomi Olson, Chairperson of the Cultural Arts
Commission, relayed that the Commission had voted to contribute one half the
funds necessary to fund the current liaison position which is under consideration
for deletion from the FY 2010-2011 Budget.
Recreation Centers — Mary Reyes, President of the Senior Activities Advisory
Board, relayed that the Board bad voted to contribute $20,500.00 from the Mary
Evelyn Scott Estate Trust to assist in funding the position of Community
Services Superintendent which is also under consideration for deletion.
OLD BUSINESS
Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Budget - Finance Director/City Treasurer Kundig
reviewed the content of new documents prepared in response to
Councilmembers' requests. Councilmember Aguilar presented a straw man
approach to address budget shortfalls. His approach started at the 12%
expenditure cut level and then added and subtracted programs and services to
decrease expenditures or supplement services not included in the staff
recommendations. Discussions progressed through the suggested changes and
addressed the impact differences associated therewith. In response to offers of
contributions to meet budgetary goals,the Council yielded to the guidance of the
City Manager was to accept only those offers which fully fund the position in
question. The City Manager was tasked to provide job description information
on the Public Information Officer position. The City Attorney was tasked to
provide legality guidance on the concept of using sources other than the General
Fund to cover revenue shortfalls. The Finance Department was tasked with
performing a fee study to identify other sources of revenues.
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CLOSED SESSION
The City Council meeting recessed at 10:51 A.M. to a closed session to discuss
the following:
I. Conference with labor negotiator- Government Code §54957.6
Agency Negotiator: Steve Filarsky
Employee Organizations: Redlands Association of Mid-Management
Employees; Redlands Civilian Safety Employees Association
2. Conference with labor negotiator- Government Code §54957.6
Agency Negotiator: City Council Sub-Committee
Employee Organizations: Redlands Association of Management
Employees; Redlands Association of Mid-Management Employees; General
Employees Association of Redlands (SBPEA); Redlands Civilian Safety
Employees Association(SBPEA); Redlands Police Officers
Association; Redlands Professional Firefighters Association; Redlands
Association of Safety Management Employees; and Redlands Association of
Fire Management Employees
3. Conference with legal counsel: Anticipated Litigation — Government Code
§54956.9(b)(1)(A)—One Case
The meeting reconvened at 12:30 P.M.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney McHugh announced there was no reportable action taken during
the closed session.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the City Council meeting adjourned at 1:21
P.M. and further discussions on the FY 2010-2011 Budget were continued to a
Special Meeting at 9:00 A.M., Monday,June 21, 2010.
Mayor of the City of Redlands__
Attest:
Sam Irwin, City Clerk
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