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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 21, 2010, at 9:01
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
Irwin, City Clerk; Carl Baker, Public Information Officer; Jim Bueermann,
Police Chief; 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
Transparency Questions— Eric Fraser requested an explanation of certificates of
participation and lease revenue bonds. Bob Pearce submitted a letter for the
record and requested to know if any grant funds were being shifted away from
the Airport to other uses in the FY 2010-2011 Budget. fie was assured by
'Mayor Gilbreath, all grant funds are used for their designated purpose only. He
also wanted to know if any money was being spent to pursue privatization of
solid waste services. The City Manager discussed an idea of looking at
contracting some solid waste systems in lieu of modifying equipment to comply
with air quality mandates. This idea would be brought to the City Council for
endorsement before proceeding with any contract negotiations. Steve Rogers
offered his advice to the budget process.
OLD BUSINESS
Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Budget - Finance Director/City Treasurer Kundig
reviewed the content of new documents prepared in response to
Councilmembers' requests. The new documents contained a draft policy for
loans to the Public Facilities Fund, a review of all user fees charged by the City
of Redlands, and the proposed budget reconciliation derived from the June 16,
2010 special meeting of the City Council. It was decided to took for other
sources of f unds, after approval of the budget, for the loan to the Public
Facilities Fund in lieu of utilizing General Fund monies. The Finance
Department was tasked to perform a User Fee Study to more clearly define the
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impact of rate increases. In the interim, a new fee schedule has been derived
using increases consistent with the CPI. This schedule will require appropriate
notice and public hearing before implementation, however, for planning
purposes, the FY 2010-2011 Budget reflects a$20,000 increase in revenues as a
result of the new schedule. On motion of Councilmember Aguilar, seconded by
Councilmember Harrison, the City Council approved adoption of the FY 2010-
2011 Budget with the changes reflected in the reconciliation presented, provided
those items requiring "meet and confer" standards are accommodated. The
resultant budget includes a deficit of$877,366. Mayor Gilbreath voted No on
the motion. While she congratulated staff and her fellow councilmembers, for
arriving at a budget which maintains an appropriate level of safety for the City
of Redlands, she expressed concern that the problems with the process have not
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been fixed with this budget cycle. She highlighted the need to maintain
standards of safety, service and infrastructure which cannot be accomplished
currently with a balanced budget. City Manager Martinez agreed to agendize
the budget for discussion at the second regular meeting of the City Council
every month and the process to reduce shortfalls will be an ongoing dialogue.
As a public comment, Bridgette Washington, of the SBPEA, appealed to the
Council to pursue all options to avoid forced layoffs. She suggested the use of
volunteer layoffs and retirements or job sharing and work sharing programs.
CLOSED SESSION
The City Council meeting recessed at 10:47 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(SBPEA);
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
The meeting reconvened at 11:18 A.M.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney McHugh announced there was no reportable action taken during
the closed session.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Transparency in Government — Steve Rogers read from two articles in the Los
Angeles Times and asserted that the media is inaccurate in its coverage of
government decision-making. He said it is the voting public's responsibility to
ask for information and to participate.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the City Council meeting adjourned at 11:23
A.M.
Mayor of the City of Redlands
Attest:
Sam Irw/n,, City Clerk
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