16May
2024
Special City Council Meeting · One key issue

This was the work study on the 2024-25 budget, where the council gives staff direction and takes no votes.

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

  1. 01

    Mayor Amezcua asked staff to slow the presentation down, saying she felt like she was in a race.

    1:26:48
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    Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session

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    What councilmembers said

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    Valerie Amezcua
    Valerie AmezcuaMayor

    Perfect. Thank you. I know the downtown business area will be very happy. I know as Councilman Hernandez was talking about, they talk about that quite a bit. So I'm also in agreement regarding Sunday parking. I think, I know we make money off of parking, but…

    3:08:04
    David Penaloza
    David PenalozaCouncilmember

    torn down does that come with a four million dollar cost so I don't know where this numbers coming from but if we could get a breakdown of this four million dollars to relocate the police department it shouldn't be included as part of the the park that wasn't…

    1:34:34
    Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
    Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember

    fund. And so there are a couple of departments that are not at the million-dollar threshold through the cannabis fund, and I'd like to create some equity there. So what I would like to see is for us to move $1 million from the $1.8 that PD currently has. I'd…

    1:38:06
    Jessie Lopez
    Jessie LopezCouncilmember

    three I do want to make a request that we that we and hopefully the council council will support the three million allocation for all alleys in the city the Outlook is about 10 or 15 years and so uh the way I think about it and you can tell me if I'm wrong but…

    3:30:57
  2. 02

    Councilmember Penaloza questioned why a dog park project had a new police department facility tied into it, and asked what removing that would save.

    1:33:01
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    Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session

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    What councilmembers said

    Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.

    Valerie Amezcua
    Valerie AmezcuaMayor

    Perfect. Thank you. I know the downtown business area will be very happy. I know as Councilman Hernandez was talking about, they talk about that quite a bit. So I'm also in agreement regarding Sunday parking. I think, I know we make money off of parking, but…

    3:08:04
    David Penaloza
    David PenalozaCouncilmember

    torn down does that come with a four million dollar cost so I don't know where this numbers coming from but if we could get a breakdown of this four million dollars to relocate the police department it shouldn't be included as part of the the park that wasn't…

    1:34:34
    Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
    Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember

    fund. And so there are a couple of departments that are not at the million-dollar threshold through the cannabis fund, and I'd like to create some equity there. So what I would like to see is for us to move $1 million from the $1.8 that PD currently has. I'd…

    1:38:06
    Jessie Lopez
    Jessie LopezCouncilmember

    three I do want to make a request that we that we and hopefully the council council will support the three million allocation for all alleys in the city the Outlook is about 10 or 15 years and so uh the way I think about it and you can tell me if I'm wrong but…

    3:30:57
  3. 03

    Councilmember Lopez said she had worked through the seven hundred page budget department by department and backed funding the arts master plan the public had asked for.

    1:44:26
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    Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session

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    What councilmembers said

    Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.

    Valerie Amezcua
    Valerie AmezcuaMayor

    Perfect. Thank you. I know the downtown business area will be very happy. I know as Councilman Hernandez was talking about, they talk about that quite a bit. So I'm also in agreement regarding Sunday parking. I think, I know we make money off of parking, but…

    3:08:04
    David Penaloza
    David PenalozaCouncilmember

    torn down does that come with a four million dollar cost so I don't know where this numbers coming from but if we could get a breakdown of this four million dollars to relocate the police department it shouldn't be included as part of the the park that wasn't…

    1:34:34
    Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
    Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember

    fund. And so there are a couple of departments that are not at the million-dollar threshold through the cannabis fund, and I'd like to create some equity there. So what I would like to see is for us to move $1 million from the $1.8 that PD currently has. I'd…

    1:38:06
    Jessie Lopez
    Jessie LopezCouncilmember

    three I do want to make a request that we that we and hopefully the council council will support the three million allocation for all alleys in the city the Outlook is about 10 or 15 years and so uh the way I think about it and you can tell me if I'm wrong but…

    3:30:57
  4. 04

    Councilmember Vazquez supported a three percent tobacco tax to pay for parks and libraries.

    1:46:58
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    Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session

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    What councilmembers said

    Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.

    Valerie Amezcua
    Valerie AmezcuaMayor

    Perfect. Thank you. I know the downtown business area will be very happy. I know as Councilman Hernandez was talking about, they talk about that quite a bit. So I'm also in agreement regarding Sunday parking. I think, I know we make money off of parking, but…

    3:08:04
    David Penaloza
    David PenalozaCouncilmember

    torn down does that come with a four million dollar cost so I don't know where this numbers coming from but if we could get a breakdown of this four million dollars to relocate the police department it shouldn't be included as part of the the park that wasn't…

    1:34:34
    Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
    Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember

    fund. And so there are a couple of departments that are not at the million-dollar threshold through the cannabis fund, and I'd like to create some equity there. So what I would like to see is for us to move $1 million from the $1.8 that PD currently has. I'd…

    1:38:06
    Jessie Lopez
    Jessie LopezCouncilmember

    three I do want to make a request that we that we and hopefully the council council will support the three million allocation for all alleys in the city the Outlook is about 10 or 15 years and so uh the way I think about it and you can tell me if I'm wrong but…

    3:30:57
  5. 05

    Members were held to three minutes each so the meeting would not run to eleven at night.

    1:42:26
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    Related agenda item 1

    Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session

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    What councilmembers said

    Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.

    Valerie Amezcua
    Valerie AmezcuaMayor

    Perfect. Thank you. I know the downtown business area will be very happy. I know as Councilman Hernandez was talking about, they talk about that quite a bit. So I'm also in agreement regarding Sunday parking. I think, I know we make money off of parking, but…

    3:08:04
    David Penaloza
    David PenalozaCouncilmember

    torn down does that come with a four million dollar cost so I don't know where this numbers coming from but if we could get a breakdown of this four million dollars to relocate the police department it shouldn't be included as part of the the park that wasn't…

    1:34:34
    Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
    Johnathan Ryan HernandezCouncilmember

    fund. And so there are a couple of departments that are not at the million-dollar threshold through the cannabis fund, and I'd like to create some equity there. So what I would like to see is for us to move $1 million from the $1.8 that PD currently has. I'd…

    1:38:06
    Jessie Lopez
    Jessie LopezCouncilmember

    three I do want to make a request that we that we and hopefully the council council will support the three million allocation for all alleys in the city the Outlook is about 10 or 15 years and so uh the way I think about it and you can tell me if I'm wrong but…

    3:30:57
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Agenda

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Work Study Session

Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session

1:08:29
  • Staff presented the draft budget for 2024-25 for the council to give direction on before a formal budget comes back.1:12:35
  • Mayor Amezcua asked for the presentation to be repeated more slowly, saying it went very quickly and she had struggled to keep up.1:26:48
  • Councilmember Penaloza asked why the construction of a new police department facility had been tied into a dog park project, and how that made sense.1:33:01
  • He noted the same site had been discussed two years earlier for restroom replacements costing over a million, and asked what removing the police relocation would save.1:33:55
  • Councilmember Hernandez thanked staff for the report and set out his own priorities.1:35:38
  • Councilmember Lopez said she had gone through the seven hundred page budget by department and would give direction on each.1:42:36
  • She asked the council to fund the arts master plan, pointing to the public comments members had already heard and the emails they had received.1:44:26
  • Mayor Amezcua said she would support Lopez on the art walk.1:46:44
  • Councilmember Vazquez backed a three percent tobacco tax to support parks, recreation and libraries.1:46:58
  • The mayor asked staff about police staffing levels and confirmed that a specialist team was no longer operating.1:52:36
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