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From YouTube: San Bruno City Council Meeting March 23, 2010 10b. Proposed Budget Reductions for 2010-11
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San Bruno City Council Meeting March 23, 2010 10b. Proposed Budget Reductions for 2010-11 General Fund Operating Budget
A
B
Mr.
mayor
members
of
the
City
Council,
the
purpose
of
the
presentation
tonight
is
to
provide
a
review
of
my
preliminary
recommendations
for
reduction
of
the
city's
workforce,
consistent
with
the
City
Council
priorities
and
direction
for
resolution
of
a
projected
1.3
million
dollar
deficit
for
2010-11
budget.
B
This
update,
and
on
this
date
in
particular,
was
requested
by
the
City
Council
at
the
February
23rd
meeting.
At
which
time
the
city
council
took
action
to
implement
changes
to
the
current
year's
budget
to
address
the
projected
unanticipated
revenue
loss
in
this
amount.
With
this
revenue
loss
projected
to
further
effect
the
coming
years.
Budget
city
council
directed
that
strategies
be
developed
to
reduce
the
ongoing
personnel
costs.
B
The
table
that
you
have
in
front
of
you
provides
a
comprehensive
summary
of
my
preliminary
recommendations,
which
work
toward
a
target
of
1
million
dollars
in
personnel.
Cost
reductions
for
the
2010-11
budget
show
that
one
slide,
and
at
this
point
I
would
note
that
staff
is
now
in
the
process
of
the
complete
process
to
develop
the
fiscal
year.
B
Ten
eleven
budget,
as
is
scheduled
at
least
this
time
each
year
and
is
on
track
to
present
a
complete
budget
to
the
City
Council
by
late
May,
for
your
consideration
at
study
sessions
and,
ultimately
out
of
public
hearing.
In
addition
to
that,
the
City
Council
has
requested
and
staff
is
proceeding
to
develop
an
update
on
that
overall
process
and
the
status
of
expenditures
and
read
and
reductions
and
revenues
for
10-11
you've.
B
It
requested
an
update,
be
provided
in
late
April,
and
that
will
be
the
next
time
that
we
are
in
front
of
the
City
Council
discussing
these
issues.
I
I
will
briefly
review
the
items
that
are
summarized
on
a
PowerPoint
in
which
you
have
in
front
of
you
on
the
table,
but
first
I
would
have
call
attention
to
a
couple
of
initial
observations.
B
First,
the
City
Council
may
recall
that
the
current
year's
budget
was
originally
and
by
that
I
mean
last
June.
When
you
approved
the
budget,
it
was
balanced
in
part
with
the
reduction
of
ten
and
a
half
full
time,
but
vacant
staff
positions,
while
the
opportunity
to
a
limit,
eliminate
vacant
positions
no
longer
exists,
and
while
the
impact
to
the
organization's
utilization
of
trained
resources
is
it
trained
in
tenured
staff
resources
is
minimized
with
the
opportunity
to
eliminate
vacant
positions.
B
Next,
you
might
note
that
the
total
cost
of
the
savings
represented
here
does
not
yet
reach
the
1
million
dollar
target
for
personnel
reductions
at
the
level
at
this
level.
I'm
anticipating
that
there
will
be
an
additional
need
for
reduction
of
2
to
3
and
potentially
more
staff
positions
in
order,
at
least
to
meet
the
1
million
dollar
target.
B
This
is
consistent
with
my
original
estimate
of
the
need
to
eliminate
as
many
as
10
positions
in
the
city
service,
and
it
could
still
result
in
the
need
for
reduction
by
layoffs,
so
those
issues
have
not
been
discounted
and
they
have
not
been
eliminated
from
the
overall
process
or
the
recommendation.
Preliminary
recommendation
that
you're
receiving
tonight
the
PowerPoint
slides
address.
B
First.
A
summary
of
the
personnel
reductions
and
then
follow
with
a
summary
of
some
of
the
impacts
and
I
like
to
start
with
just
reviewing
the
reductions
that
are
proposed.
You
see
that
the
reductions
cover
a
broad
range
of
city
services
and
again
they've
been
evaluated
and
analyzed
to
address
the
priorities
as
I
outlined
them
previously.
B
First,
one
position
is
proposed
for
elimination
in
our
human
resource
office.
That
is
a
secretary
position
which
is
currently
vacant
and
I
will
just
call
just
make
one
additional
comment.
I
won't
comment
in
each
particular
case,
but
you
may
be
surprised
or
perhaps
confused
by
the
relatively
low
dollar
amount.
That's
attributable
to
that
position
and
I
would
again
note
for
the
city
council's
information
that
many
of
our
general
fund
funded
operations.
B
That's
that's
what
accounts
for
the
relatively
low
dollar
amount
and
dollar
amounts
on
the
paper
that
that
may
not
in
most
Kate
in
some
cases,
immediately
make
sense
to
you
in
the
police
department.
City
Council
will
recall
that
we
eliminated
five
positions
last
year,
including
three
patrol
positions,
police
patrol
positions.
C
B
Is
an
anticipated
retirement
in
the
administrative
command
organization
of
the
police
department?
We
anticipate
the
ability
to
reorganize
and
are
anticipating
the
opportunity
to
further
evaluate
the
results
of
a
study
on
potential
inicia
ditional
shared
services
initiatives
with
the
city
of
millbrae
in
the
fire
area.
B
B
This
recommendation
would
transfer
that
position
holy
into
the
suppression
area
and
would
eliminate
the
prevention
captain,
leaving
one
prevention
personnel,
the
division
chief
in
the
fire
prevention
Bureau,
a
maintenance
worker
in
our
garage,
which
is
general
fund,
funded.
There's
a
current
aaliyah
point.
Six
assignment
to
that
function
could
be
transferred
into
the
into
a
vacant
vacancies
within
the
enterprise
operations,
without
a
significant
impact
to
our
ability
to
continue
to
perform
basic
vehicle
maintenance,
repair
and
fleet
management
operations.
B
If
it
is
the
City
Council's
pleasure
to
receive
some
preliminary
feedback
from
you
regarding
those
impacts
and
any
considerations
that
you
might
have
regarding
the
additional
reductions
that
are
currently
in
process
of
being
evaluated
and
will
be
part,
will
be
a
necessary
part
of
the
complete
final
recommendation
in
general
terms
and
I
won't
go
through
each
of
these
impacts
individually,
but
we
can
show
them
on
the
screen
and
you
have
them
in
front
of
you.
We
are
anticipating
a
moderate
to,
in
some
cases,
significant
delay
or.
B
Most
recently,
and
particularly
our
auto
repair
shop,
inspection
program,
which
has
been
a
benefit,
has
provided
a
beneficial
impact
in
our
auto
repair
neighborhoods
in
the
Montgomery
and
in
the
Montgomery
neighborhood.
The
recommendation
anticipates
transfer
transferring
some
of
these
inspection
services
to
the
community
serv
Community
Development
Department
in
particular,
building
inspectors
who
are
out
in
new
inspections,
new
construction
sites
already
and
to
code
enforcement
officers
in
the
community
service
area.
There
is
an
anticipated
and
potentially
visible
impact
to
our
litter,
cleanup,
our
field
maintenance
and
our
median
and
other
public
facility
landscape
maintenance
activities.
B
B
Operations
and
special
events
with
that.
I
would
only
note
that
these
impacts
come
and
while
some
of
them
may
sound,
pretty
serious
or
be
of
concern
to
the
City
Council
and
again
I'm
I'm,
hoping
for
and
looking
for
any
input
that
the
City
Council
might
have.
That
would
help
guide
and
direct
the
additional
work
which
is
ongoing
at
this
point
to
address
the
problem
in
a
more
comprehensive
way.
I
would
note
that
it
becomes
increasingly
difficult
to
maintain
services
in
an
environment
where
consecutive
years
have
resulted
in
increasing
numbers
of
position
vacancies.
B
Overall,
this
city
has,
since
fiscal
year,
2002
2003
eliminated
40
general
fund
positions
out
of
a
total
peak
general
fund
workforce
of
208
positions
in
2002
2003.
That
represents
nearly
a
twenty
percent
reduction.
At
nineteen
point,
two
percent
reduction
in
general
fund
funded
positions,
which
is,
why
would
say
by
anybody's
calculation
as
significant
impact,
so
these
service
impacts.
These
additional
service
impacts
will
increase
those
numbers
and
will
unfortunately,
and
inevitably
further
reduce
our
ability
to
perform
services
to
the
community.
A
Con
TV,
this
is
assuming
that
the
savings
you're
trying
to
achieve
its
assuming
that
the
status
quo
stays
in
place
like
furloughs
or
do
you
have
to
negotiate
that?
Tell
me
about
that
and
I
know.
There's
been
some
discussion
about
volunteers,
a
lot
of
people
come
forward
to
say
what
can
we
do
to
help
those
kinds
of
things?
Thank.
B
You
I
should
have
mentioned
that
earlier.
First,
the
budget
assumptions
and
the
projections
for
expenditures
anticipate
and
we
are
using
as
our
baseline
assumptions
for
the
development
of
the
2010-11
budget,
several
items
that
were
incorporated
in
our
negotiations
last
year
for
our
agreements
with
all
of
our
employee
bargaining
units
and
which
are
fully
incorporated
in
our
current
year
budget.
Those
include
a
six
day
furlough
in
areas
of
the
city's
operation
affecting
most
of
the
city's
employees.
B
At
a
two
point,
three
percent
salary
reduction
equivalent
the
budget
as
it's
being
developed
and
on
the
basis
that
these
recommendations
are
prepared
further
assumes
an
incorporation
of
no
new
improvements
to
either
salaries
or
benefits
for
the
coming
year,
and
that,
as
mayor
indicated,
these
items
need
to
be
negotiated.
All
of
our
bargaining
units
have
agreements
with
the
city
that
have
either
expired,
effective,
February,
first
or
will
expire
as
of
jun
30th,
so
that
process
is
continuing,
is
initiating
and
will
continue
in
parallel
with
the
budget
development
process.
B
Again
with
those
assumptions
guiding
both
our
negotiations,
as
well
as
our
development
of
the
budget.
You
mentioned
also
the
opportunity
to
take
advantage
or
to
hear
from
citizens
who
might
be
interesting
interested
in
volunteering.
That
is
an
area
that
the
city
has
relied
on
very
heavily
in
to
deliver
many
of
the
services
that
we
currently
provide.
Most
significantly,
the
programs
that
are
delivered
through
our
senior
center
of
where
a
cadre
of
I
believe
as
many
as
200
persons
provide
some
level
of
regular
support
to
the
programs
and
operations
at
our
Senior
Center.
C
What
I
do
want
to
also
make
sure
is
why
this
is
necessary.
We're
also
focusing
on
ways
to
increase
revenue,
whether
it's
thinking
outside
the
box
of
outsourcing
service
sharing
services
with
our
neighboring
communities,
whether
it
goes
as
far
as
adopting
a
park
as
they
do
adopt-a-highway
things
that
the
citizens
can
do
as
was
indicated
as
far
as
volunteering.
I
also
am
hoping
and
want
to
be
assured
that
the
staff
at
all
levels
are
being
engaged
being
asked
to
participate,
being
asked
to
offer
their
comments
and
suggestions
and
ideas,
as
we
all
tackle
this
together.
C
D
D
Just
like
to
say
that
it's
like,
like
the
city
manager,
said
it's
eight
years
now
and
for
the
last
eight
years
we've
been
reducing
and
as
much
as
I
mean
we
appreciate
staff
and
how
they've
been
dealing
with
increased
work
and
in
reduction
of
services.
I
think
this
is
where
its
I
think
we're
getting
to
the
point
where
it's
really
going
to
hurt
now.
Well,
we
are
dealing
with
people's
lives.
You
see
it
on
the
news
and
things
and
we're
also
going
to
see
evidence
in
in
our
city.
D
I
think
we've
been
almost
exempt
from
seeing
changes
and
I
think
that's
a
testament
to
our
city
staff,
on
how
we've
been
dealing
with
reductions
and
how
the
parks
have
still
been
maintained
to
you
know
to
the
high
standards
that
we've
all
expected
to
the
all
the
way
to
to
our
public
safety
on
how
the
response
times
have
still
been
maintained,
not
to
say
that
those
are
going
to
be
reduced.
But
there
are
going
to
be
some
evidence
and
I'm,
only
sorry
that
that
the
library
is
going
to
get
hit
again.
D
And
so
hopefully
the
community
will
be
able
to
adjust
to
that
and
and
be
able
to.
You
know,
get
to
get
the
service
that
they
need
and
there's
nothing
to
say,
but
we're
right
in
the
middle
of
it,
and
it's
very
it's
going
to
be
just
as
difficult
if
not
more
difficult
than
what
we've
been
decisions.
We've
been
dealing
with
in
the
last
eight
years,
all
right.
C
A
C
I'm
wondering
you
said
that
some
of
these
positions,
you
would
expect
to
go
away
regardless
of
the
situation,
and
some
some
of
these
may
be
very
minor
losses,
but
I'm
wondering
if
we
had
to
make
up
the
entire
shortfall,
whether
we
call
it
cut
and
pay
or
furlough
just
reducing
salaries,
rather
than
eliminating
any
positions
that
weren't
already
intended
to
go
away.
What
percentage
would
be
looking
at?
And
since
we
are
going
to
be
talking
about
negotiating
soon?
C
B
Can
give
you
the
factors
that
you
can
calculate
it
in
very
general
terms?
The
two
point:
three
percent
reduction,
if
implemented
across
the
board
in
the
general
fund,
funded
operations
of
the
city,
would
represent
a
270
approximate
270,000
dollars
savings.
That's
a
two
percent
reduction
to
salaries
to
I'm
sorry,
two-point-three
percent
reduction
and
salaries
equivalent
to
270,000
across-the-board
270,000
dollars;
savings
in
the
general
fund.
So
just
really
just
totally.
B
B
In
addition
to
personnel
reductions
in
which
I
indicated
before
the
target
was
in
the
area
of
a
million
dollars,
there
are
additional
reductions
that
will
be
proposed
and
additional
revenues,
as
as
councilmember
Medina
pointed
out,
there
are
both.
There
is
both
the
need
to
look
at
long-term
revenue
generation,
as
well
as
some
immediate
and
relatively
limited
new
revenue
opportunities
in
next
year's
budget.
Those
are
being
developed
as
part
of
the
complete
budget
presentation
and
will,
in
more
information,
will
be
available
for
the
update
that
we're
intending
to
provide
you
at
the
late
April
time
period.