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SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
183 NORTH MAIN STREET
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,2009
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CALL TO ORDER.- 5:00 P.M.
Mayor Magee the Joint Meeting of the City Council and Redevelopment Meeting to
order at 5:04 pm.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Magee.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: MAYOR/MEMBER MAGEE
MAYOR PRO TEM/MEMBER MELENDEZ
COUNCILWOMANNICE-CHAIRWOMAN BHUTTA
COUNCILMAN/CHAIR BUCKLEY
COUNCILMAN/MEMBER HICKMAN
ABSENT: NONE.
Also present: City Manager/Executive Director Brady; City Attomey/Agency Council
Leibold, Acting Community Development Director Weiner, Acting Administrative
Services Director Riley, Public Works Director/City Engineer Seumalo, Parks and
Recreation Director Gonzales, Director of Lake and Aquatics Kilroy, Captain Cleary, and
Interim City Clerk Cowley.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
JOINT CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DISCUSSION ITEM
(2) Mid Year Fiscal 2008-09 Operatina Budaet Review
City Manager Brady provided the City Council with an initial report indicating staff was
looking at ways to generate revenue for the City including providing in house services to
other cities. He advised that he met with other city managers to determine what
services the City of Lake Elsinore can provide to other cities in an effort to generate
revenues. In addition, staff is looking at providing passport services.
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City Manager Brady introduced Acting Administrative Services Director James Riley
who provided a Power Point presentation on the City's fiscal year budget. Mr. Riley
advised that Revenue was down by $1.1 million due to sales tax being down 13% and
fees being down 16.3%. Mr. Riley reviewed the decreases made to various department
budgets with an overall reduction of expenditures in the amount of $703,200, leaving a
net deficit of $442,500. He advised Council that unfortunately, the increases in
administration are mostly due to the increased costs of insurance so cuts were relatively
low. Mr. Riley indicated staff is recommending $442,500 be allocated from the
Supplemental Revenue Reserve to offset the deficit in the 2008-09 budget. He advised
the Supplemental Revenue Reserve was established to supplement future years'
budgets and if Council approves this recommendation, the Supplemental Revenue
Reserve will have a balance of $2.8 million, coupled with the Unallocated Reserve Fund
the amount in total reserves is approximately $7 million.
Mr. Riley advised Council that also included in their agenda packet material is the 2009-
10 budget calendar and the Budget Guidelines will be presented to Council for approval
at the February 24th meeting and the 2009-10 Budget process will begin in March.
Thereafter Council discussed the issues, making suggestions for budget reductions in
the future. Mayor Pro Tem Melendez asked about the energy audit and was advised
that staff is researching LED system which can be a significant cost savings; in addition,
staff is looking at water conservation as well as looking for grants and other funding
sources.
Councilman Hickman asked how the Lake pass sales were doing. Director of Lake and
Aquatics Kilroy advised the passes were down from last year. Further discussion
ensued regarding the jail access fees and using temporary and part-time employees.
Councilwoman Bhutta acknowledged that there are things that are beyond the City's
control; thanking staff for doing such a good job in cutting back. She expressed her
opinion that reserve funds are still the people's tax dollars and the City cannot continue
to balance the budget with those funds. She suggested finding other areas of revenue
indicating she would like to see more grant writing because she also does not want to
layoff any more people.
Councilman Buckley discussed the current state of the economy statewide and the
effects it will have on the City. He mentioned the State talking about deferring all sales
tax and other areas that would have an affect on the City's budget. He advised that he
cannot support closing city hall on Fridays and suggested if more furloughs were
necessary that they be scheduled for a Tuesday after a Holiday Monday. He also asked
if it was possible for the City to buy animal shelter bonds.
Magee expressed his support of staffs recommendations in order to close the deficit
gap. He acknowledged that the management team met for over 5 hours on Saturday
which shows a special level of commitment. He advised that the City Council values
staff, has vested in the staff and wants them to stay. He complemented Mr. Riley for
doing an outstanding job and acknowledged the staff for taking the furlough days. He
added the Budget Committee needs to look at service cuts, look at staffing cuts and
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work with partners like Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District and others. Mayor
Magee liked the idea of investing in animal shelter bonds.
Council concurred that staff has direction to use Supplemental Revenue Reserve funds
to offset the deficit.
City Manager Brady advised this item will be brought back to Council for formal
approval.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
ADJOURNMENT
Their being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor Magee adjourned
the meeting at 5:44 pm.
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