over on the McFadden site, there's a storage area. Well, actually, it used to be like a little conference area, and it was where communities held meetings. And I know during COVID, when things shut down, that was used more as a storage space. So I know we were…
2022
The council gave first approval to the city budget for 2022-23, along with the seven-year plan for construction projects.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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This sitting was a continuation of the 7 June meeting, and the public had already spoken on the budget that night.
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Vicente SarmientoMayor3:16:32
Thai Viet PhanCouncilmember2:54:24that are not available to a lot of residents on the west side. And so once I found out what it was, I actually got to experience its impacts when I was actually delivering $300 Visa gift cards with some of our officers into the Villa del Sol community. And…
Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember1:35:29In the topic related to mental health, I think it's beneficial for us to increase that amount. I'm open to suggestions from staff on increasing that. I think that the ongoing conversation of mental health is something that intersects art, and perhaps that arts…
Phil BacerraMayor Pro Tem3:37:49because I think with the million that we're allocating towards the police oversight commission effort, perhaps that could be in there. And then by the time that we actually go out to bed, get the training provider established, that might be something we want…
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Mayor Pro Tem Bacerra moved to adopt the budget with seven of the extra spending requests councilmembers had made, together worth about $250,000.
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Related agenda item 16Open agenda item →Public hearing: Consider an Ordinance to adopt the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget, Approve a Resolution for Changes to the City’s Basic…
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Vicente SarmientoMayor3:16:32over on the McFadden site, there's a storage area. Well, actually, it used to be like a little conference area, and it was where communities held meetings. And I know during COVID, when things shut down, that was used more as a storage space. So I know we were…
Thai Viet PhanCouncilmember2:54:24that are not available to a lot of residents on the west side. And so once I found out what it was, I actually got to experience its impacts when I was actually delivering $300 Visa gift cards with some of our officers into the Villa del Sol community. And…
Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember1:35:29In the topic related to mental health, I think it's beneficial for us to increase that amount. I'm open to suggestions from staff on increasing that. I think that the ongoing conversation of mental health is something that intersects art, and perhaps that arts…
Phil BacerraMayor Pro Tem3:37:49because I think with the million that we're allocating towards the police oversight commission effort, perhaps that could be in there. And then by the time that we actually go out to bed, get the training provider established, that might be something we want…
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Councilmember Phan pressed staff to say publicly which pot of money each addition would come out of.
▶3:52:08Explore this issue
Related agenda item 16Open agenda item →Public hearing: Consider an Ordinance to adopt the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget, Approve a Resolution for Changes to the City’s Basic…
What councilmembers said
Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
Vicente SarmientoMayor3:16:32over on the McFadden site, there's a storage area. Well, actually, it used to be like a little conference area, and it was where communities held meetings. And I know during COVID, when things shut down, that was used more as a storage space. So I know we were…
Thai Viet PhanCouncilmember2:54:24that are not available to a lot of residents on the west side. And so once I found out what it was, I actually got to experience its impacts when I was actually delivering $300 Visa gift cards with some of our officers into the Villa del Sol community. And…
Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember1:35:29In the topic related to mental health, I think it's beneficial for us to increase that amount. I'm open to suggestions from staff on increasing that. I think that the ongoing conversation of mental health is something that intersects art, and perhaps that arts…
Phil BacerraMayor Pro Tem3:37:49because I think with the million that we're allocating towards the police oversight commission effort, perhaps that could be in there. And then by the time that we actually go out to bed, get the training provider established, that might be something we want…
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It passed on first reading, with the second and final reading set for 21 June.
▶3:55:49Explore this issue
Related agenda item 16Open agenda item →Public hearing: Consider an Ordinance to adopt the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget, Approve a Resolution for Changes to the City’s Basic…
What councilmembers said
Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
Vicente SarmientoMayor3:16:32over on the McFadden site, there's a storage area. Well, actually, it used to be like a little conference area, and it was where communities held meetings. And I know during COVID, when things shut down, that was used more as a storage space. So I know we were…
Thai Viet PhanCouncilmember2:54:24that are not available to a lot of residents on the west side. And so once I found out what it was, I actually got to experience its impacts when I was actually delivering $300 Visa gift cards with some of our officers into the Villa del Sol community. And…
Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember1:35:29In the topic related to mental health, I think it's beneficial for us to increase that amount. I'm open to suggestions from staff on increasing that. I think that the ongoing conversation of mental health is something that intersects art, and perhaps that arts…
Phil BacerraMayor Pro Tem3:37:49because I think with the million that we're allocating towards the police oversight commission effort, perhaps that could be in there. And then by the time that we actually go out to bed, get the training provider established, that might be something we want…
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Public hearing: Consider an Ordinance to adopt the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget, Approve a Resolution for Changes to the City’s Basic…
- This was the public hearing on the city's budget for the year beginning 1 July 2022, taken together with changes to staff job classifications and the seven-year plan for construction projects.3:48:18
- Comments from the public on this item had already been heard on 7 June, of which this meeting was a continuation.37:56
- Mayor Pro Tem Bacerra moved to approve the first reading with seven of the councilmembers' additional spending requests included, and the mayor seconded.3:48:18
- Councilmember Penaloza asked about the $40,000 set aside to build a register of lobbyists, and was told staff could come back mid-year for more if it costs more.3:48:53
- Councilmember Lopez asked to see on screen which requests had not made it into the budget.3:51:45
- Staff put the total of the approved additions at about $250,000.3:51:35
- Councilmember Phan said she wanted each addition traced to a source, naming the crossing guard programme as where one of them should come from, so that the public could see it too.3:52:08
- Councilmember Hernandez noted that Santa Ana is the first city in the country to declare August Chicano Heritage Month.3:51:51
- The first reading carried and the budget was set to return for final adoption on 21 June.3:55:49
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