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READY? OKAY.[City Council on June 2, 2020]
OKAY.WE'LL COME TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY IS JUNE 2ND BY NOW CO IN THE 7:00 PM.
AND THE MEETING TONIGHT EVOCATION WOULD BE LED BY PESTO.
AMAZING LOVE MINISTRY FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
SHE'LL MAKE A, AN OH RICE PLEASE.
AS WE GATHER HERE, THIS, THIS EVENING, HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE FACE THE DUAL CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY, FATHER, I PRAY THE PRAYER OF ST.
MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE, WHERE THERE IS HATRED.
LET ME SO LOVE WHERE THERE IS INJURY.
PARDON? WHERE THERE IS DOUBT BENEATH WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR HOPE, WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS LIGHT, WHETHER SADNESS, JOY, RIGHT, ME, LORD JESUS, THAT I MAY NOT SO MUCH SEEK TO BE CONSOLED AS TO CONSOLE OTHERS.
NOT SO MUCH SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS TO UNDERSTAND, TO BE LOUD.
IT'S TOO LOUD AND HEAVENLY FATHER WOULD REMEMBER THE WORD.
SO GEORGE WASHINGTON, WHO SAID THAT IT IS, IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY NATION TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROVIDENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND TO HUMBLY IMPLORE HIS PROTECTION AND FAVOR.
SO I PRAY FOR THE PROJECTION OF EVERY RESIDENT IN OUR CITY.
I DECLARED THAT NO PLATE COMES NEAR OUR HOMES IN OUR CITY.
I TALK TO EVERY HOME IN OUR CITY, KEEP SAFE OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND ON MEDICAL PERSONNEL, STRENGTHEN THEM AND GIVE THEM WISDOM TO KEEP THEIR FAMILY SAFE.
I PRAY FOR THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF EVERY BUSINESS IN OUR CITY AND THAT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERY PERSON UNEMPLOYED.
WELL, THE PARENTS THAT HAVE SCHOOL, AGE CHILDREN, GRANT THEM WISDOM TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN AND STRENGTHENED THEM AS THEY NOW HAVE MULTIPLE ROLES TO PERFORM, GIVE WISDOM HEAVENLY FATHER TO OUR NATIONAL AND STATE LEADERS DURING THE CRISIS IN OUR STREETS AND THE CORONA CRISIS, AND GIVE UNDERSTANDING TO THE DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, WORKING ON FINDING A VACCINE FOR THIS VIRUS GIVE WISDOM.
NOW, HEAVENLY FATHER WOULD PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL AND ALL CITY LEADERS, INCLUDING OUR POLICE, CHIEF FIRE, CHIEF GRANT, THEM WISDOM, FATHER PROTECT ALL THE HOSPITALS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND ALL THE NURSING HOMES.
AND AFTER THIS, THESE BOTH CRISES ARE OVER HEAVENLY FATHER, HELP OUR CITY TO COME BACK STRONGER THAN EVER AND HELP ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER.
IN THIS TIME, A CRISIS FATHER FROM THE BLESSING OF THE JEWISH PRIEST OF ALL A NUMBERS, CHAPTER SIX AND THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU WEST COVINA.
THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU.
YOU HISTORY ALONE, PEACE AND AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON D AND CROWN BY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD.
WHAT'S COBAIN AND I BLESS YOU AMERICA.
CITY OF WEST COVINA IN JESUS NAME.
AND COUNCILMAN ACACIA COMES ON THE SHOW ME COACH, PLEASE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL YOU SO MUCH.
I HAVE A SIX PIECE AND THEN SHE SAID, CD CLUB.
WOULD YOU PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL? YES, MA'AM GOOD EVENING.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER MAKER.
HERE CAN PROTEST A LOPEZ, THE AUTO MAYOR.
TONYA HAS ANY NOTHING, MR. MAYOR? YEAH, I HEARD SOME ECHO.
WOULD YOU PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR AUDIO? OKAY.
NOW WE MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATION.
AND UH, I THINK THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S THE KIND OF GOOD NEWS WHEN WE HAVE, UH, FACING A LOT OF OBSTACLE CURRENTLY OUR NATION AND THE CT, BUT THIS SET OF BOOKS YOU HAVE OF ALL CLASS 2020 IS SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT.
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ALL THE GRADUATE OF CLASS OF 2020, STARTING WITH COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL WITH SOUTH HILL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR PRESENTATION, WITH MAGNIFICENT ACHIEVEMENT.WE WILL HAVE A WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL.
WE STAY A PRESENTATION FOR ALL THE GRADUATE, HAVE A CHANCE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN FOLLOWING.
WE WILL HAVE A WILLING UNIFY WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL, WITH THEIR GRADUATE, OKAY.
TO HAVE A CHANCE TO PRESENT OKAY.
DEATH VDL AND TO CELEBRATE HUMAN.
I THINK THIS IS THE IMPORTANT, AND TODAY I WANT TO THANKS TO SALT HILL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 2020.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL UP MR. MATT, UH, THE DUKE, THE DIRECTOR OF ACTIVITY SET A FEW ONE, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME PRESENTATION FOR THIS MAGNIFICENT, OKAY.
AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO SET UP WHERE WE STACK WELL AND LET THEM KNOW, OKAY.
THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR REGULAR OKAY.
AS CEREMONY, BUT TO CT, WEST COVINA, 120,000 POPULATION, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM AND WE WANT THEM NO.
WE STALE ACHIEVEMENT AND THE SKY IS THEY MET FOR THEM.
AND THANK YOU CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR HONORING OUR GRADUATES THIS YEAR.
IT HAS BEEN, UH, FILLED WITH SOME OBSTACLES, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT OUR SENIORS REALLY ARE RESILIENT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND WE, AS A STAFF, STRONGLY BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE STRONGER, UM, IN THE FUTURE DUE TO THIS CRAZY PANDEMIC AND, AND THE W THE WAY THAT THE WORLD IS THROWN SO MUCH AT THEM, THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN STRONG THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD AT SOUTH HILLS LAST NIGHT, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST OUR VIRTUAL GRADUATION THAT WAS PAIRED WITH MESSAGES FROM OUR STAFF MEMBERS, ALUMNI, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND IT REALLY WAS A, A NIGHT OF CELEBRATION.
AND SO FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT, HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BE PRESENTED WITH MORE RECOGNITION FOR THESE, THESE SENIORS THAT DESERVE IT SO MUCH, WE JUST, WE AS A SCHOOL ARE SO THANKFUL AND TO OUR SENIORS, INTO THE CLASS OF 2020 FROM ALL SCHOOLS, CONGRATULATIONS WAY TO GET THROUGH THIS WAY TO GET THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS ENDEMIC AT THE, AT THE SAME TIME.
AND WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR SOUTH HILLS STUDENTS.
AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER IN THE COMING VIDEOS AND SLIDES.
UM, CAN YOU, WE DO IT AGAIN SO WE CAN HAVE, UH, HIS THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
DID YOU SAY THAT YOU WANTED MATT TO ADD LIVE? WELL, MAYBE, MAYBE, UH, TRY TO FILL IN THE WORDS SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AUDIO.
UM, WELL, I CAN JUST SPEAK TO, I KNOW THE IMAGES AND THE PRESENTATION WAS GOING TO BE, UH, SOME OF OUR SENIORS, UM, SITTING, UH, DIFFERENT SENIOR FUNCTIONS AND, AND CHEERING AT DIFFERENT SENIOR EVENTS, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, CHOIR WAS SINGING, UH, UH, KEEP HOLDING ON, UH, WHICH IS A KIND OF A POSITIVE UPLIFTING SONG.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS OF OUR PRESENTATION PART.
THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF YEAH.
THE AUDIO AND THEN QUICKLY, HOW MANY GRADUATES FROM OUR SOUTHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, IF YOU, YES, THANKS FOR ASKING.
UH, THIS YEAR WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT GRADUATION RATE, WHICH, UH, KEEPS OUR, OUR TRADITION UP OF BEING ABLE TO MEET THAT THE PAST FEW YEARS.
AND WE HAD 381 GRADUATES THIS YEAR, UM, 281.
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YEAH, 381.AND, UM, THEY REALLY WERE A SPECIAL CLASS.
UM, THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, BUT THEY'RE ALL FOUR YEARS.
AND, UM, WE REALLY HAVE KIND OF DEEMED THEM IN OUR EYES AS A STAFF HAS JUST OUR MOST RESILIENT CLASS EVER COME OUT OF SOUTH HILLS.
SO EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO ACHIEVE THIS.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE GREAT FUTURES.
WE HAVE MANY GO INTO, UM, HIGH UNIVERSITIES, NOTRE DAME, STANFORD, USC, BERKELEY, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR GRADUATES.
SO HOW MANY PERCENTAGE ALL THE STUDENTS FROM SOUTH ARE GOING TO COLLEGE? LIKE 60%, 50%, 70% THIS YEAR, THAT'S TOUGH.
OUR, OUR FULL DATA HASN'T COME THROUGH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE AIMING SOMEWHERE IN THE 70% TILE, UM, GOING TO COLLEGE.
AND, UM, THERE ARE STILL KIDS THAT ARE STILL KIND OF DEBATING WHAT THAT NEXT STEP LOOKS LIKE, WHETHER IT'S WORKFORCE, MILITARY, OR, UM, GOING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES.
I'M BOTH OF MY KID GRADUATED FROM SALIDA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO I KNOW, WELL, WE KNOW THAT AND WE, WE, WE KNOW YOU HAVE SOME ROOTS THERE, SO WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT MAYOR.
AND I LIVE NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOL IS WALKING DISTANCE.
SO I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAN THAT.
AND THE, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE SO PROUD.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM THAT THEY MOVE INTO ANOTHER LEVEL.
THEIR LIFE AGAIN, THAT ADULTHOOD.
AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS OKAY, IF THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR THEM.
AND, UH, WE, UH, WE ARE HOSTING ANOTHER GRADUATION CELEBRATION ON THURSDAY FOR OUR SENIORS.
WELL, THEY'LL BE DOING A CAP AND GOWN PARADE THROUGH OUR CAMPUS, TAKING PICTURES FROM SOCIAL DISTANCE TEAM AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO CELEBRATE THEM BECAUSE, UH, THIS WAS JUST SO UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY DON'T GET A TYPICAL GRADUATION, BUT WE'RE ALSO OPTIMISTIC THAT SOMEDAY SOON IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEM.
AND AT OUR DISTRICT FEEL THEM AND REALLY DO A TRADITIONAL CEREMONY SOON.
HE'S LIKE YESTERDAY WE WENT TO THE DISTRICT FAILED TO SEE THE GRADUATION, FLOODS MY SON, AND THEY TELL HIM MY DOUCHES.
AND, UH, AND THIS IS A FULL OF JOY FOR THE PARENT.
SO, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THIS THING.
IF WE CAN GET THIS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY RESOLVED, WE REALLY WANT TO OKAY.
AND RECOGNIZE ALL THESE STUDENTS.
I THINK YOU PULLED THEM FOR THEM TO KNOW, AND THIS WOULD BE ON THE YOUTUBE FOREVER SO THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES.
HOPEFULLY DICK CAN COMPENSATE A LITTLE BIT, THE SOMETHING THAT THEY MISSED.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT YOU SAY IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE CAN.
AND THAT THIS THING WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE GET TOGETHERS.
THEY SUMMERTIME, HOPEFULLY THESE PANDEMICS OVER.
AND THIS IS WHY WE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING TO HELP THOSE KIDS.
UM, SO ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR THIS? OR WE MAY BE TO RESCHEDULE FOR THIS PRESENTATION TO MAYBE INVITE YOU BACK AGAIN SO WE DON'T STOP.
IF WE KNOW ALL THE, OH, I DON'T THINK THIS IS FAIR FOR THE KID TO SEE DALE PRESENTATIONS.
CITY MANAGER, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL THE WHY? MAYBE WE I'M SO SORRY, MATT.
CAUSE ONE TO LET THEM KNOW, WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THEM.
SO APOLOGIZE TO THE SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS, ET CETERA.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK, CAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET IT BACK UP TONIGHT, BUT LIKE, I'D LIKE TO RESCHEDULE IT IF I MAY.
SO IS THAT POSSIBLE, MR. DUKE? OKAY.
WE CAN INVITE YOU BACK IN TO PRESENT THIS AGAIN.
I THINK NEXT IS THE WASTE COBAIN UNIFIED, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THIS.
AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE NEXT ONE, JUST KEEP US POSTED AND WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT ON YOUTUBE AGAIN FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I'LL APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE STUDENT.
I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT DOES THE CT WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM, BUT, AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR DANNY IF WE HAVE NO.
BUT THEN TO SEE THE QUIET, THE MUSIC AND THE PEOPLE TALKING AND THE OKAY.
AND WE WILL INVITE YOU AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THE THING AGAIN, SO, OKAY.
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OKAY.BUT WE ARE GUARANTEE TO COME BACK.
SO WE MOVE INTO OH, ORAL COMMUNICATION, SO OKAY.
DUE TO THE COHEN AND THE ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OVER-COMMUNICATION, I'VE BEEN A COMING DAY VIA EMAIL AND TELEPHONE CALLS, THE ASSISTANT CITY COOK.
NOW WE'LL READ THE ORAL COMMUNICATION THAT WILL BE SEE BY SIX 30 THIS EVENING, THEN PLAYS TELEPHONE CALL FOR THE REQUEST BY SIX 30, TWO SIBLINGS LIKE TO, OKAY.
EMAIL OR SPEAKER WE HAVE ON THE PHONE TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
I HAVE SEVEN EMAILS AND TWO COLORS.
UM, THE FIRST COLOR IS GOING TO BE MS.
AND I WILL BRING MS. MESSMAN ON THE LINE.
THAT'S JUST WHEN YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
MESCLUN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
HERE'S THE QUOTE FROM THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE.
THE CITY MANAGER MAINTAINED THE CITY FINANCIAL SITUATION CAN BE ATTRIBUTED SOLELY TO THE PANDEMIC.
YES, YOU CAN BLAME THE PANDEMIC FOR SOME LOSSES IN REVENUE, BUT THAT ONLY HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO WITH THE MANAGER STATEMENT.
HOW CAN WE BELIEVE OR TRUST HIM? WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE END YET WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF'S LAWSUIT STILL PENDING.
AND THAT WAS THE DOING OF OUR CITY MANAGER.
THE RAISE THE 12% FOR BOTH FIRE AND POLICE WAS A GAME YOU'RE DOING OR THE CITY MANAGER.
AND HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE CITY HAS NO MONEY.
MR. SHEWMAKER STATED THAT NOT ALL COUNCIL VOTED FOR THE 12% RATE, WHICH IS TRUE.
HIS DAUGHTER VOTED AGAINST THE RATE, BUT HER COMMISSIONER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SPEARHEADED THE TAX PLUS OTHER GRITTIES RIP THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO MAYBE SHE DIDN'T SUPPORT THE RACE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT DO YOU BELIEVE SHE DIDN'T SUPPORT THE INCREASE OUTSIDE COUNSEL OR IS THIS JUST A SMOKE SCREEN? ALSO, MAYBE OUR MANAGER CAN TAKE A DECREASE IN PAY, WHICH IS $16,307 AND 20 CENTS PER MONTH, SINCE HE HAS NOBODY TO SUPERVISE.
AND HE HAS FOUND OUT MOST OF THE POSITIONS, NOBODY ON COUNCIL OR STAFF SEEM TO HAVE ANY IDEA HOW TO DRAKE GENERATE MONEY FOR THE CITY.
I'M SURE THE RESIDENTS HAS SOME SUGGESTIONS, BUT THEN AGAIN, WHAT ARE WE PAYING STAFF AND MANAGEMENT FOR? IT'S EASIER TO ADD TAX INCREASES ON A PROPERTY OR GET A BOND WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND PLEASE STOP ENDING MONEY.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH NEXT, PLEASE.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER.
I SUBJECT IS WHY WE SHOULD STOP USING, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WHY WE SHOULD STOP USING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO NON-FIRE RELATED MEDICAL CALLS FOR SERVICE UP TO 80% CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE NOT FIRE RELATED.
I WOULD LIKE EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET A PEN AND PAPER AND WRITE DOWN EACH
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FACT THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU NUMBER ONE, THE CITY SHOULD CONTRACT WITH QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL TO WORK WITH AN AMBULANCE COMPANY OR TO STAFF THEIR OWN AMBULANCES, TO RESPOND TO WEST COVINA, NOT FIRE RELATED MEDICAL CALLS FOR SERVICE.NUMBER TWO, THE USE OF A PARAMEDIC OR A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.
AND THOSE AMBULANCES WILL BE AGREED UPON BY BOTH THE HOSPITAL AND THE CITY.
NUMBER THREE, THE NUMBER OF AMBULANCES AND WHERE THEY WILL BE PRE-POSITIONED IN THE CITY WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE AVAILABLE DATA FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, ALL FOR NON-RELATED MEDICAL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
NOW I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS WILL SAVE THE CITY MONEY.
NUMBER FOUR, ANYONE 65 YEARS OR OLDER AND ON MEDICARE HAS THEIR AMBULANCE BILL PAID FOR BY MEDICARE.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I AM A KAISER SENIOR ADVANTAGE MEDICARE PLAN MEMBER.
AND THE LAST TIME I WAS IN AN AMBULANCE, MEDICARE PAID THE BILL.
NUMBER FIVE, ANYONE UNDER 65 USUALLY HAS A HEALTHCARE PLAN THAT PAYS FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE.
NUMBER SIX, IF ANY, WHISPERING A RESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE A MEDICAL PLAN THAT PAYS FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE THAT HE CAN SIGN UP FOR THE WEST GALENA AMBULANCE YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION PLAN.
THAT COSTS IF I'M NOT WRONG ABOUT $70 A YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE MY IDEA OF HAVING A MEDICAL AMBULANCE RESPOND TO ALL NON-FIRE RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE WOULD SAY THE CITY OF WEST KOREA, A LOT OF MONEY.
THAT'S THE END OF MY STATEMENT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE COMMENTS NOW, STARTING WITH MR. JIM
SEVERAL RESIDENTS STOOD BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND STATED THE CITY COULD NOT AFFORD THE VERY GENEROUS RAISES CONTAINED IN THE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE CITY'S COUNCIL WAS ASKED TO APPROVE AND RESPOND TO THE CITY COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY APPROVED THE MOU AT THAT TIME AND REPEATEDLY OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS, MANY RESIDENTS HAVE SAID THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT CONTINUALLY SPEND MORE THAN IT TOOK IN BECAUSE THE CITY'S RESERVES WOULD DISAPPEAR ON APRIL 21ST, 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A FINANCIAL REPORT THAT STATED THE CITY WAS ONCE AGAIN, GOING TO SPEND MILLIONS OVER BUDGET, FURTHER DEPLETING.
THE RESERVES, THE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT PUBLICLY RESPOND TO THE ISSUE.
MANAGEMENT DID NOT PUBLICLY RECOMMEND A PLAN TO CORRECT THE SITUATION.
LABOR DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THE CITY.
THEY ONLY SEEM TO CARE ABOUT ENRICHING THEMSELVES.
THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING RESERVES IS TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO A GENUINE FISCAL CRISIS.
NOW THAT THE CRISIS IS HERE, IT IS A DISHONEST TO BLAME THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
THE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS TO THE BEHAVIORS THAT LED TO THE RESERVE.
MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN THEY ARE SPENDING MORE THAN THEY EARN, THEY NEED TO CUT BACK.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THIS CITY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DO THIS FOR YEARS.
SO NOW WE ARE ANY SITUATION WHERE IT APPEARS LAYOFFS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
LAY OFF MEAN THAT THE CITY IS DYSFUNCTIONAL.
A FUNCTIONING CITY COUNCIL WOULD DAMPER WOULD DEMAND PROPER FISCAL MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONING MANAGEMENT WOULD TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP WITHIN THE BUDGET.
FUNCTIONING LABOR WOULD ADJUST TO THE REALITIES.
THE LONGER THIS GOES ON, THE WORSE THE CHOICES GET.
NOW, THE CHOICES ARE SIMPLY BAD.
FOR STARTERS, OVERTIME FOR ABSENCES SHOULD STOP.
THIS MEANS SERVICES WILL BE REDUCED.
IF YOU DELAY, THEN LAYOFFS WILL BECOME A NECESSITY.
IF YOU DELAY EVEN FURTHER, THEN EVEN CONTRACTING OUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP THE SERVICES REASONABLY INTACT.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL IS STILL UNWILLING TO FACE THE REALITIES, THE MONEY WILL BE TOTALLY GONE.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REPLACED WITH TWO WHO, WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING AND DO IT PUBLICLY.
THE RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAY METER.
I AM J METER, A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A GREAT JOB DONE BY ALL AND HANDLING THE EVENTS OF THE LAST TWO DAYS AND PARTICULAR, THE PLACEMENT OF BENDS AND EQUIPMENT WAS EFFECTIVE.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF PROACTIVE THINKING.
I AM SURE THAT THE PROTESTS WERE NOT FOLLOWED BY VIOLENCE.
AND PARDON ME, I AM SURE THAT THE PROTESTS THAT WERE NOT FOLLOWED BY VIOLENCE WAS NOTICED
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BY MANY AND CONTRIBUTES TO A MUCH NEEDED TURNING POINT.I HAVE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS COMMENTS, A LACK OF MEETINGS BY THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
I AM VERY GLAD TO NOTICE THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW EVENING AND HOPE THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIFFICULT DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN OUR FUTURE.
FINALLY, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU HAVE CHOSEN A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TIME TO LEAD OUR CITY AND THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED OF YOU.
ALL WE CAN ASK AS RESIDENTS IS THAT YOU PUT FORTH YOUR BEST EFFORT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. STEVE BENNETT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 19TH, 2020.
YOU VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DECLARE A FISCAL EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DURING THE DECISION CITY MANAGER, CARMEN, HE STATED THE CONDITION WE ARE IN TODAY AS A DIRECT RESULT OF LOSING THE MAJOR RESERVE BECAUSE OF COVID-19 OR THE LOSS OF REVENUES DUE TO COVID-19 AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRESS OF THIS CITY TO FINANCIAL PROBLEMS ARE NOT A DIRECT RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THEY ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE DECISIONS OF THIS COUNCIL.
I WILL DIRECT THE CITY ONCE AGAIN TO THE FACT THAT THIS COUNCIL VOTED ON AND PASSED AN MOU FOR BOTH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LAST OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, THAT INCLUDED A 12% INCREASE IN PAY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE EXPRESSED EXTREME CONCERN THAT THE CITY COULD NOT AFFORD THE RAISES AT THAT TIME.
HOWEVER, CITY MANAGER, CARMEN, HE STATED I WILL FIND THE MONEY.
WELL, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR MR. CARMONEY TO FIND THE MONEY.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS FOR DECADES HAD ITS OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY.
THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT REPEATEDLY AT COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BALLOT BOXES, THE SENTIMENT HAS NOT LIKELY CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
I SUGGEST THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE THAT UNDER THEIR ADVISEMENT.
DURING THIS TIME, THIS COUNCIL HAS UNDONE.
PREVIOUS COUNCILS COST SAVING MEASURES AND HAVE PRIVATIZED OUR CITY HALL TO THIRD PARTY COMPANIES.
THIS COUNCIL HAS FORCED, FORCED OUR CITY EMPLOYEES UNDER THE GUISE OF IMPROVING THE CITY.
THIS COUNCIL HAS WIPED OUT 20% RESERVED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS COUNCIL IS UNDERGOING A STATE AUDIT.
THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE THE PROBLEMS OF THIS CITY, WHERE IT IS TIME FOR THIS COUNCIL TO STEP OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND SHOW US THE LEADERSHIP YOU ALL CLAIM TO POSSESS WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FOR YOUR COUNCIL SEAT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHERRY OR NALIA SHARON.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WU CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND CITY OFFICIALS.
I AM A BUSINESS AGENT WITH TEAMSTERS LOCAL 1932, AND I REPRESENT THE NON-SWORN SAFETY SUPPORT EMPLOYEES OF THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I RESPECT THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
THE CITY IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMICS ALL OUT IT HAS.
THE CITY IS PROPOSING DRASTIC CUTS TO EMPLOYEE WAGES AND BENEFITS.
I URGE EVERYONE TO KEEP IN MIND THE NON-SWORN SAFETY SUPPORT EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT HAD A COST OF LIVING RAISE SINCE 2014 THAT'S SIX YEARS WITHOUT AN INCREASE TO THEIR WAGES OR BENEFITS.
IF THE OTHER BARGAINING UNITS HAVE RECEIVED COST OF LIVING RAISES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND MOST RECENTLY, THE POLICE AND FIRE BARGAINING UNITS EACH RECEIVE A SIZABLE RAISE.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN TOLD THE CITY HAS PROPOSED THE SAME CUTS ACROSS ALL BARGAINING UNITS.
THE NON-SWORN SAFETY SUPPORT UNIT WILL BE IMPACTED GREATER THAN THE OTHER UNIT AS THEIR SALARY RANGES ARE LOWER THAN THE OTHER BARGAINING UNIT, AND THEY ARE MAKING THE SAME WAGES THEY MADE IN 2014.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO AN AGREEMENT THAT IS MORE EQUITABLE FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS BARGAINING UNIT RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED SHERRY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. JERRY PATCHES.
ON MARCH 3RD, 2020, I STOOD AT THE PODIUM AND ASKED ABOUT ABRAHAM, WHERE I HEARD THAT THE CITY HAS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
THE CITY MANAGER RESPONDED THAT IT WAS FALSE RUMOR AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED THE BALANCED BUDGET.
I DID NOT ASK ABOUT THE BUDGET.
I ASKED ABOUT EXPENDITURE RESIDENTS KNOW THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUDGETS AND EXPENDITURES ON APRIL 21ST, 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A FINANCIAL REPORT THAT INDICATED THE CITY WAS STILL SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER.
WHAT WAS THE CITY WAS APPARENTLY SPENDING ITS RESERVES.
STOP TRYING TO BLAME A FINANCIAL PROBLEMS ON COVID-19 STOP THE DENIAL.
YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR DEFICIT SPENDING MAYOR.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. MARCIA SOLARO OKAY, NEXT PLEASE.
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BELOW IS MY PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE READ ALOUD AT TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS.
MY NAME IS MASHA SOLARO 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
MY COMMENT TONIGHT IS TO OPPOSE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS.
NUMBER ONE, THE AGENDA STAFF REPORT DOES NOT INCLUDE A FISCAL IMPACT SECTION EXCLUSION OF THIS SECTION LEADS TO A LACK OF FISCAL TRANSPARENCY AND NO WAY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS TO ASSESS IF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTIONS IS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DECISION.
YES, IT IS IMPLICIT THAT THE CITY WILL SAVE MONEY DUE TO CANCELING IN THE STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT, BUT WHO WILL TAKE ON THE STUDENTS? WILL IT BE ABSORBED BY CITY DEPARTMENT AND THEREFORE BE A TRUE COST SAVINGS? SECOND, THE STAFF REPORT INDICATES THAT CONTRACTING WITH CARE AMBULANCE SERVICES WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AND IMPROVE THE CITY'S CASHFLOW BY HOW MUCH, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATE? OBVIOUSLY THIS AGENDA STAFF REPORT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION ATTACHMENT NUMBER THREE AGREEMENT WITH CARE AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC DOES NOT CONTAIN AN EXHIBIT OR ATTACHMENT WITH PROVIDES A FEE SCHEDULE.
AS RESIDENTS WILL BE DIRECTLY BILLED FOR SERVICES.
WE DESERVE TO SEE A MINIMUM OF SOME TYPE OF FEE RANGE IF AVAILABLE, OR TO BE PROVIDED WITH A SOURCE TO OBTAIN SAID INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, MARCIA AND NEXT PLEASE.
DEAR SIR, OR MADAM, MY OFFICE REPRESENTS NATIONWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ITS STREET SWEEPING CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE ARE ADVISED THAT THE CITY MANAGER DAVID CARMONEY HAS ADVISED MY CLIENT IN WRITING THAT ITEM.
NUMBER SIX OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA WILL BE PULLED AND NOT PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
BASED ON THIS WRITTEN REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER, MY CLIENT'S LETTER TO THE CITY DATED MAY 27TH, 2020 WILL NOT BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AND LEGAL AUTHORITIES, CHALLENGING THE LEGALITY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF PROPOSED ITEM.
NUMBER SIX, WE ALWAYS REMAIN WILLING TO DISCUSS ANY AND ALL ISSUES WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IN A PRODUCTIVE AND FAIR MANNER.
SO THERE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS THERE.
WE DEALT WITH OVER-COMMUNICATION AND A CITY MANAGER.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO SOME OF THE, UM, QUESTION, FOLLOW A RESIDENT.
THIS IS CITY MANAGER, DAVE CARMONEY.
UM, MAJORITY OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT WERE MAKING COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT BUDGET MATTERS.
AND THAT'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO BUDGET MATTERS UNDER THAT AGENDA ITEM.
UM, MR. MARINO, UM, HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOULD RESPOND OR NOT RESPOND TO CERTAIN KINDS OF CALLS WITH ALTERNATE AMBULANCE PROVISION.
AND I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM.
WE'LL HAVE THE CHIEF SPEAK WITH HIM TOMORROW THAT THE FINAL TWO SPEAKERS, UM, MARSHALL SOLARIO AND MARK, UH, MICHIGAN, UM, HAD SUGGESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT AGENDA ITEM SIX.
I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT THAT AGENDA ITEM SIX, BE REMOVED FROM YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
I NEED TO DO SOME MORE WORK ON THAT ONE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
THEN WE MOVED TO A CITY MANAGER.
YEAH, THIS IS UM, CITY MANAGER, DAVE CARMEN, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND THEN I'LL, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF REPORT.
UM, FIRST IT'D BE REMISS OF ME TO NOT MAKE MENTION OF THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY, BUSY TIME FOR THE CITY.
THAT DEMAND FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES IS WAY UP AND THERE'S, UM, LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON.
I'M ESPECIALLY THANKFUL THAT THE DEMONSTRATION, THE BIG DEMONSTRATION WAS CABRINI YESTERDAY WAS, WAS QUITE PEACEFUL.
I, UM, THANK THE INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPRESSED THEMSELVES PEACEFULLY AND STAND WITH THEM ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUE OF JUSTICE FOR ALL, UM, WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ESPECIALLY THANK OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF THE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT RESPONDED, UM, UM, ENSURING EVERYBODY'S ABILITY TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST IN AND FOR KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE.
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WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING A SERIES OF COUNTYWIDE CURFEW ORDERS.UM, ALTHOUGH WEST COVINA HAS BEEN QUITE CALM WE'RE UM, CONTINUING TO RESPECT THE COUNTYWIDE ORDER, WHICH WAS CONTINUED.
UH, JUNE 2ND THROUGH JUNE 3RD, WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAY HOME AND PLEASE STAY SAFE.
WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT CITY HALL AND IN THE NEW PHASE OF COUNTYWIDE ORDERS BY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE'RE IN THE PHASE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET HAIRCUTS AND GO TO THE BARBERSHOP AND COULD DO IN PERSON DINING, UM, UNDER THE NEW GUIDELINES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY OUR RESTAURANTS.
AS WE REACH THE PORTION OF THIS, WHERE WE CAN HAVE INHOUSE DINING, PERHAPS ALFRESCO ON SIDEWALKS OR IN PARKING LOTS, ET CETERA, WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM STAND THAT UP AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO GET BACK AND WANT TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
UM, W WE ARE CANCELING ALMOST ALL COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF THE ONE THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
WE'VE MOVED IT TO THE FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER, AND I'M JUST LIKE TO SHARE A COMMUNITY WIDE WARNING THAT ALL FIREWORKS HERE ARE ILLEGAL, SAFE, AND SANE.
FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL, DANGEROUS, FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL.
IF THEY SEE SOMETHING TO SAY SOMETHING, WE'VE GOT A DEPLOYMENT PLAN COMING FOR THE FOURTH, JULY, HOW ALL THE DAY, WHEN EVERYONE TO KNOW NO FIREWORKS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT, UM, IN SOME, IN SOME GOOD NUMBERS, ENFORCING THAT.
AND THERE'LL BE SOME FINES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UPDATE ON A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.
THE BURGER I AM WAS ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
WE'RE HOPING THEY'LL GET OPEN THIS MONTH.
A FOREIGN DECOR IS TAKING OVER THE FORMER KMART SPACE.
THEY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW WITH THEIR TENANT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SEASON FOR A MANAGER'S REPORT.
QUICKLY BEFORE WE MOVE TO A CONSENT CALENDAR REGARDING THE FIREWALK.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVE A LOT OF COMPLAINT.
I'LL CALL YOU ENFORCEMENT AND ALL THE POLICE.
AND I KNOW IT'S DOING THESE TIMES.
IT'S KIND OF TOUGH, BUT WE NEED TO ENFORCE.
AND THAT IS NO TOLERANCE ABOUT FIREWORK IN WEST COVINA, ESPECIALLY ILLEGAL FIREWORKS GOING AROUND ALL THE PLACES.
NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO CONSENT CALENDARS.
AND I THINK A NUMBER OF SIX HAVE BEEN PULLED BY ALL A CITY MANAGER.
SO THAT WASN'T A, YOU NEED TO WALK IT OUT ON THE DETAIL AND NUMBERS.
AND THEN WALK ON THE STAFF AND TO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE YOU BRING BACK, LIKE, I'VE DONE THAT.
AND THOUGH WE, AND Y'ALL DO OKAY.
ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTED TO POOL, IF NON-THINKING TEND TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA NUMBER TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SEVEN.
DO I HAVE, SO I HAVE A COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MOVED TO MOJO.
THEN I HAVE A MALE PROTEIN THAT YOU LOPEZ.
SECOND AND THIRD CITY OF ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNSELING COSTA, LENA JOHNSON AND JOHNSON.
I'LL PUT THE AGENDA NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SEVEN, OKAY.
AND, UH, I WOULD, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE I'VE BEEN PROMOTED.
SO WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I HAVE A REQUEST SINCE THIS NUMBER THREE, ITEM NUMBER A NINE 10, AND I W NOTHING'S CHANGED EVERYTHING'S MEN TEND TO SEND THINGS LIKE LAST YEAR BUDGET.
CAN WE SEE DEMAND THE CITY ATTORNEY? CAN WE COMBINE ALL THESE THREE ITEMS INTO A PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
MR. MAYOR, THESE ITEMS WERE ALL DOING NOTICE AT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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THE AMOUNT AND THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED TONIGHT.AND YOU COULD DO ONE MOTION DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO WITH APPROVING STACK ART, THEIR STACK APP RECOMMENDATION, OR NOT UP TO THE COUNCIL.
SO, SO IF NOBODY AGAINST, OKAY, I'M GOING TO COMBINE THESE THREE.
AT THE PUBLIC HEARING I TO NUMBER EIGHT.
NUMBER FOUR IS THE NUMBER SIX AND THIS NUMBER SEVEN.
SO THIS MATTER SIMPLE PUBLIC HEARINGS WAS 13 FOR THE ASSESSMENT RATE FOR THE WEST COAST.
AND THEN ESCAPE MENTIONED THE DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN.
SO WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THIS.
WE SEE THE MANAGER, MR. MAYOR.
I'M GOING TO ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK PERSICO TO PRESENT THIS STAFF REPORT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THREE TO THREE, FOUR AND SIX AND SEVEN ALTOGETHER.
UH, THIS IS MARK PERSICO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, WILL BE OPENING THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
UH, AND THESE ARE FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE STRICT OR SIX AND SEVEN.
UM, YEAH, I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH OF THE FOUR DISTRICTS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1975.
THE DISTRICT COVERS APPROXIMATELY OR CONTAINS, I SHOULD SAY 130 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE RATES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT HAVE NOT BEEN INCREASED SINCE, UH, FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS.
AND AS A RESULT, UH, MAINTENANCE HAS SUFFERED.
UM, RATES WILL NOT BE INCREASED FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGINS JULY 1ST, UM, AT A MONTH FROM NOW.
AND, UH, THE CITY WILL BE EXPLORING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PROPERLY, UH, MAINTAIN THE DISTRICT.
AND IF THERE IS AN INCREASE, ANY RATE INCREASE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A VOTE OF THE EFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE SECOND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER SIX WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1980.
UH, THE DISTRICT CONTAINS 77 ACRES OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE.
UH, RATES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT HAVE NOT INCREASED SINCE, UH, 2009 AND THEY ARE NOT PROPOSED TO BE INCREASED FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AGAIN, UH, THE CITY WILL BE EXPLORING WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN, UH, LANDSCAPING WITHIN MAINTENANCE DISTRICT SIX AND ANY INCREASE, UH, THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A VOTE OF AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE FINAL MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, UH, THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT THIS EVENING IS DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.
THIS DISTRICT WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED IN 1980.
THE DISTRICT CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 130 ACRES OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE RATES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, UM, HAVE INCREASED APPROXIMATELY 8.6% SINCE 2009.
YET THE CUMULATIVE RATE OF INFLATION IS A LITTLE OVER 20%.
AND AS A RESULT OF MAINTENANCE IN THIS DISTRICT, SEVEN HAS ALSO SUFFERED, UM, RATES WILL NOT BE INCREASING FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WHICH STARTS JULY 1ST AND THE CITY WILL BE EXPLORING, UH, WHAT IT WOULD COST TO MAINTAIN, UM, THE DISTRICT PROPERLY.
AND ANY RATE INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE DISTRICT SEVEN WOULD ALSO BE SUBJECT TO A VOTE OF THE AFFECTED, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, SOME KEY POINTS I THINK, UH, TO BE AWARE OF MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS ARE SELF FUNDED, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN ONLY PERFORM THE WORK FOR WHICH IT HAS ADEQUATE REVENUE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, UM, MAINTENANCE HAS SUFFERED.
UM, ON MAY 5TH OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A PRELIMINARY ENGINEER'S REPORT, UM, OUTLINING THE COST OF SERVICE AND, UH, ON MAY 5TH, THE CITY COUNCIL SET TONIGHT, UH, JUNE 2ND, AS OF THE DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING AGAIN, WELL SET RATES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR FOR ALL THREE DISTRICTS.
FINALLY, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING
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THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THREE RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION, 2020 DASH 49, ESTABLISHING THE RATES FOR MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOUR RESOLUTION 2020 DASH 50 SETTING RATES FOR MAINTENANCE DISTRICT SIX AND RESOLUTION 2020 DASH 51 ESTABLISHING RATES FOR MAINTENANCE DISTRICT SEVEN.AGAIN, UH, THE RATES WOULD REMAIN THE SAME FOR ALL FREE DISTRICTS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WILL THE CTF CLUB VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN? THEY DON'T NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYER.
AND, UH, AND ANY QUESTION, I WAS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I WILL SEE THE MANAGER WE GOT IN THE REPO FOR THE THREE DISTRICT.
IF I'M NOT, THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OVERCOMING, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE TO RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN OR DO ANY PHONE CALL WE GOT IN PEOPLE AGAINST ALL OPPOSED.
A FAVOR PULLED THIS A THREE DISTRICT ISSUE BECAUSE EVERYTHING REMAINED THE SAME, THE SAME CHILD SHOULD LIKE GLOSSIER.
WE HAVE NO COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE BACK TO THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
SO, UH, COUNCIL AND THE, UH, ADD, ADD ON OR ANY QUESTION, ANY COMMENT REGARDING THIS, UH, THREE, UH, DISTRICT.
THEN IN THAT WAY, BY THE WAY HE DID AT TONY, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS, RIGHT? SO SINCE THIS IS THE CHARGE FOR SUITE HISTORY, AND THEN WHEN NOW EVERYTHING KEEP THE SAME CHURCH LIKE LAST YEAR UNTIL WE DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, OR CAN WE DO A BUNDLE OSPI TOGETHER? THIS MAYOR, YOU CAN DO ONE MOTION.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO ADOPT A FAST RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS FOR EACH ITEM.
SO BASICALLY I'LL LET SEE THE CD CLERK.
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE, I TEND TO, I THINK BASICALLY CD THAT TONY, WE CAN READ THE THREE ITEMS, THEN WE HAVE A MOTION BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO WOULD YOU SEE THE CLUB TO RE
COULD HE BE MAYOR? I CAN READ ALL THREE RESOLUTION NUMBERS, RESOLUTION NUMBER 29, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION 2050, 20, 20, 58 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, 2021 FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, DISTRICT NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2051 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 FOR LANDSCAPE MEAN IT'S DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THEM REGRET.
ALWAYS GOING TO SAY, OKAY, I'LL GET OUT OF THE WAY COUNSELING.
WANT TO MOVE TO MOTION? WHO WANTS A SECOND?
CAUSE I'M IN JOHN'S AMP SECOND AND THEN THEY CLOSED ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER BY AIR PRO 10 LOPEZ.
WILL I, UH, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER NINE.
AND THEN NUMBER 10, WE GOT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, SIX, SEVEN F A MOTION OF POOL FIVE ZERO.
NOW WE MOVE INTO, UM, IT'S OKAY.
11 REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY FISCAL YEAR, 20 DASH 2021 AND THE BUDGET AND MR. CITY MANAGER COMPANY.
WHO WILL PRESENT A STAFF REPORT EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THIS REPORT WILL BE GIVEN, UM, IN TWO PARTS, UM, BOTH BY MYSELF CITY MANAGER AND BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
ROTTENBERG WITH CONCERNS, THE COMING YEAR PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
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OUR AGENDA FOR THIS TOPIC TONIGHT, UM, IS TO PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW TO REVIEW THE OPERATING BUDGET AND ALL FUNDS TO FOCUS, ESPECIALLY ON THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO REVIEW FINANCIAL TRENDS, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'LL THEN OFFER NEXT STEPS AND BE AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL QUESTIONS NEXT MONTH, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION WITH THIS BUDGET THIS EVENING, WE ARE TELLING THE COUNCIL AND TELLING THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.WE'RE PAINTING A TRUTHFUL PICTURE.
I THINK IT'S QUITE IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT COMPLETE COVID-19 ISSUES AND OTHER ISSUES.
WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW COVID-19 HAS BROUGHT THESE ISSUES INTO FOREFRONT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY STRUCTURAL PROBLEM AND THE KOBE PROBLEM.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE DIRECT AND REIMBURSABLE COST OF RESPONDING TO COVID-19 AND ESPECIALLY THE LOSS OF MAJOR REVENUES, RESULTANT OF THE CLOSURE OF BUSINESSES AND THE LOSS OF TAX REVENUE.
WE WERE WELL ON OUR WAY THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO STRAIGHTENING OUT A LOT OF THE SITUATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S FINANCES.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, COVID-19 HAS BROUGHT THE CITY'S BUDGET INTO SHARP FOCUS.
AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE CITY WAS PROGRESSING THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, SHOW YOU THE MARCH YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS AND, UM, HOW THE CITY WAS DOING WITH SOME OF ITS INITIATIVES AND ITS TURNAROUND PROJECTS, UM, PENSION OBLIGATION, BONDS TO ADDRESS THE CALPERS PROBLEM AND, UM, OTHER INITIATIVES THAT SEEM TO BE WORKING PRETTY WELL FOR THE CITY, UH, PRIVATIZATION OF BUILDING AND SAFETY AND CITY ENGINEERING, ET CETERA.
I'M GOING TO ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO, UM, BEGIN WITH THE POLLS.
NOT SURE WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT SLIDE ON THIS SCREEN.
SO, UM, THE 2021 GOALS, UM, THAT, UH, DAVE BRIEFLY WENT OVER RESPONSE, UM, WE, FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO RESPOND TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
UM, TO DATE WE SPENT APPROXIMATELY $77,000 ON THE PANDEMIC.
AND MOST OF THAT WAS FOR MASKS AND SANITIZERS AND, UM, MAYBE SOME BARRICADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY.
UM, WE'RE EXPECTING WE WILL GET REIMBURSED.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S 75 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR.
AND, UM, THE SECOND SLIDE IS ACHIEVE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.
THAT'S CARRIED OVER FROM LAST YEAR AND WE HOPE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
WE WANT TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, BOTH FIRE AND, AND POLICE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, WE WANT TO ENHANCE OUR CITY FACILITIES AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WANT TO ENHANCE THE CITY IMAGE IN OUR EFFECTIVENESS AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN PROACTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE, UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THE BUDGET NUMBERS, I WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, UM, GO OVER BRIEFLY AND SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
THIS IS THROUGH MARCH 31ST, IT'S OUT OF OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, AND IT SHOWS THAT, UM, FOR THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, THAT BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL, WE WERE AT 76.7, 4% WHERE, UM, WE WERE JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 75%, WHICH IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE AT, UM, THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE MADE, UH, WE ASSUME THAT WE HAVE MAJOR REVENUE SOURCE SOURCES.
WE ADJUSTED OUR SALES TAX DOWNWARD DUE TO COVID-19 HAS DOWN PROJECTED A MILLION DOLLARS LESS THAN IN 1920.
OUR PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY.
AND THAT'S ASSUMING THAT WE, UM, OPEN OUR BUSINESSES UP, PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, IN THE, IN THESE TIMES ARE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX REMAINS FLAT.
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NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.I CAN MOST DEFINITELY ASSURE YOU.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT TO BUDGET FOR THAT RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD, UM, FOCUS ON, ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING FORWARD.
CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN EVERYTHING'S GOING TO START MOVING AGAIN IN THE ECONOMY, OUR LICENSES AND PERMITS ARE INCREASING TO REFLECT A RATE INCREASES ROBIN.
I NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE TOT, SO THAT 10% TAX FROM THE HOTEL, WE HAVE A HOTEL YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO OKAY.
WHAT T O T AND WE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE HOTEL RIGHT NOW HAS NO OCCUPANCY.
SO WE DON'T GET A 10%, THE 10% HOW'D YOU PRESENT TO THE CITY.
AND SO I THINK YOU EXPLAINED TO I WOULD OKAY.
RESIDENT THAT THINGS RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST LIKE NOTHING AT ALL DUE TO IS NO OCCUPANT COME TO OUR CT.
UM, THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX SOMETIMES IS REFERRED TO AS, UH, THE BED TAX FOR, UM, PEOPLE STAYING IN HOTELS WHEN YOU TRAVEL.
UH, THERE'S A FEE THAT, UH, GET THREE EMITTED TO THE CITY.
IT'S ABOUT ONE POINT $8 MILLION A YEAR FOR OUR CITY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, THE, AND PERMITS, LIKE I SAID, ARE INCREASING, DUE TO BREAK RATE INCREASES.
UM, BUDGET PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON STATUS QUO.
IT ASSUMES THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO EFFECT THE PANDEMIC THAT'S, UM, WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
WE DID NOT CONSIDER THE CASHFLOW PROBLEM AT THE TIME OF THIS BUDGET.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UH, WE WERE QUITE ALREADY IN DEPTH IN PREPARING THIS BUDGET DOCUMENT AND IT TAKES SO MANY MAN HOURS TO DO THIS.
UM, AND THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS, UH, UP IN THE AIR AT THE TIME, UM, THAT THE PANDEMIC KIT, AND THEN, UH, THERE WERE SOME, UM, THE COUNTY HAD TOLD US THEY WERE NOT GONNA REMIT OUR PROPERTY TAX.
SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF, AND THAT WAS IN APRIL.
THEY WERE, UM, SAID TO US THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO, UM, REMIT THE MAY, UM, PAYMENTS THAT ARE DUE TO THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE SINCE RECEIVED THOSE.
UM, HOWEVER IT DOESN'T GET US OUT OF THIS CASHFLOW PROBLEM.
AS YOU'LL SEE LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE DECREASED OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER TIME AND NO LAYOFFS ARE IN THIS BUDGET AND WE INSTITUTED A HIRING FREEZE MOVING ON FROM THERE.
UM, WHAT'D YOU GET INTO THE HIGH LEVEL BUDGET.
UM, REVENUES ARE EQUAL TO EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
IT, I HAVE TO CAUTION YOU HOWEVER, IT'S WITH ONE TIME SOLUTIONS.
SO, UM, THE 2018 BONDS FOR EXAMPLE, ARE ABOUT 1.8 MILLION A YEAR.
THOSE GET PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THOSE WERE TO CONSOLIDATE, UM, THEY WERE REFUNDED IN 2018, UM, FOR THE 2000 TWOS, THE 2000 FOURS AND THE 2013 BONDS, I BELIEVE.
UM, THERE'S SOME MONEY IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND RIGHT NOW.
USUALLY WE TRANSFER THE MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, PUT IT INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS.
THERE WAS SOME FUN BALANCE THERE, SOME, UM, SOME EXTRA FUNDS THAT HAD ACCUMULATED OVER TIME AND THAT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THAT SAVED THE GENERAL FUND A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT IT'S ONE TIME IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THIS BUDGET INCLUDES 94 POLICE OFFICERS AND 67, 400 FIREFIGHTERS.
AND AGAIN, FIRE OVER TIME, UH, WAS REDUCED FROM 2.1 MILLION TO 783,000 IN THE CURRENT YEAR OR IN THE NEW YEAR, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY IT ALSO REDUCES MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT POSITIONS.
AND, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, BOTH THE MANAGEMENT, UM, IN MY OFFICE, THE ACCOUNTING AND THE PURCHASING MANAGER ARE VACANT RIGHT NOW, THOSE WILL REMAIN VACANT.
AND, UH, JEFF ANDERSON'S POSITION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS, UM, JEFF RECENTLY RETIRED AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPLACE THAT POSITION.
OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK PERSICO WILL BE, UM, IN THAT WORLD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AGAIN, A VERY HIGH LEVEL OPERATING BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS.
UH, THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE, TOTAL REVENUES BY FUND TYPE ARE, UM, 117 MILLION, 301 SEVEN 86
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WITH THE GENERAL FUND MAKING UP 57% OF THAT AND OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.UM, 21% YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS, UM, CHART AND THE NEXT CHART THAT THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS SAY 0%.
THEY WERE NOT FACTORED INTO THIS.
AND, AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR FINAL BUDGET, UM, I WILL REVISE THESE CHARTS TO INCLUDE THOSE FUNDS.
NEXT SLIDE, THE EXPENDITURES BY FUND TYPE ARE 110,080 110 MILLION, 81,284.
AGAIN, WITH OUR GENERAL FUND BEING THE LARGEST PIECE OF THAT AT 59% AND SPECIAL REVENUES, UM, OF 17% AND THE CITYWIDE COMPARISON.
UM, THE REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES.
UM, THIS IS JUST SHOWING FOR ALL FUNDS, THE REVENUES AND THE BLUE AND THE EXPENDITURES, UH, IN THE ORANGE COLOR.
AND THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE IS, UM, MAJOR REVENUES, WHICH IS OUR PROPERTY TAX AT 41%.
AND OUR SALES TAX AT 24% MAKING UP 65% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THE BLUE, WHICH IS, UM, THE REVENUES, UM, DOESN'T EVEN PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO ALL THE OTHER, UH, REVENUES THAT COME INTO THE GENERAL FUND HAVE TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR THIS, UM, 20, 21 YEAR, OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES, THERE ARE 66 MILLION, 670 2002 36.
OUR PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX IS 65% OF THAT IN, UM, THE, THE, THE MOST, UM, TH THE NEXT BIGGEST PIECE OF THE OTHER TAXES, WHICH IS OUR TOT TAX, OUR FRANCHISE TAXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS JUST SHOWS OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND SHOWS YOU WHAT A STABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE.
IT, WE SHOW IT GOING UP, UM, SLIGHTLY 20, 21.
AND THEN WE COME TO OUR SALES TAX REVENUE, AND IT'S ANOTHER VERY STABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE.
HOWEVER, UM, DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY THIS YEAR OF WHEN THE BUSINESSES WILL BE REOPENING AND WHEN THAT MONEY STARTS FLOWING BACK IN, IT'S BEEN SEVERELY DECREASED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO WE REDUCED THAT BY A MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS, AND IF WE NEED TO, UH, WE WILL COME BACK AND REVISE THESE NUMBERS.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS THAT YOUR REVENUES AND YOUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR ARE PROPOSED TO BE, UM, EQUAL ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE BY THIS CHART THAT THE FIRE AND THE POLICE MAKES UP 77% WITH PUBLIC SERVICES BEING, OR I'M SORRY, THE SUPPORT SERVICES BEING THE NEXT LARGEST PIECE OF THAT.
AND THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UM, 79% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS MADE UP BY SALARIES AND BENEFITS WITH MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ONLY BEING 21.
AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UM, FOR NUMEROUS YEARS, HOW OUR FUND BALANCE HAS BEEN DECLINING.
AND YOU CAN SEE WITH THE, UM, THE DISSOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT DROP IN 13, 14, AND THEN WE STARTED TO GO UP AND THEN, AND IT KINDA WENT DOWN AND IT'S BEEN WAVERING, UM, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THIS IS THE CASHFLOW ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE IN IT.
AND IT GOES FROM JUNE, 2020, UM, THROUGH DECEMBER THE TOP LINE ON THIS CHART SHOWS THE REVENUES THAT WE EXPECT TO GET IN.
WE DID THAT BASED ON, UM, REDUCTIONS IN SALES TAX, AND LOOKING BACK OVER PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO GET KIND OF AN AVERAGE OF WHAT WE GET IN MONTHLY.
UM, THEN THE PAYROLL, UM, WE MOVED DOWN TO THE EXPENDITURES ON THE NEXT SEVERAL LINES, PAYROLL, UM, SHOWS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT 3.5 MILLION A MONTH ON JULY AND DECEMBER.
YOU NOTICED THAT IT'S 5.1 MILLION THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S THREE PAYROLLS IN THOSE MONTHS, THEN THERE'S THE JPI PAYMENT.
AND, AND I HAVEN'T MOVED IT OVER ON THIS CHART, BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING HALF, UM, IN, IN JUNE AND HALF IN JANUARY.
SO THAT'LL, UM, ADJUST THIS CASHFLOW A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE ENDING NUMBERS STILL ENDS UP THE SAME.
OUR PURSE UNFUNDED LIABILITY IS 1.12, FIVE
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PER MONTH IN, UM, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WE'LL ISSUE THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS BY SEPTEMBER.SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ONLY HAVE TO MAKE THOSE TWO PAYMENTS AND NOT 12 DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN I HAVE AN INTEREST PAYMENT DUE IN, UM, WELL, IT'S DUE IN AUGUST, BUT WE PAY IT IN JULY, UM, FOR 514,000 THAT'S FOR THE 18 BONDS.
AND, UM, THEN THE WARRANTS, WE JUST TOOK AN AVERAGE.
SO WE, WE FIGURED OUT WHAT THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T MAKE OUT WHAT HE'S SAYING.
I THOUGHT I HEARD SOME SOMEONE TALKING.
UM, SO THEN THE LAST LINES, UM, THE CURRENT CASH BALANCE, UH, STARTS OFF AT 12.8 MILLION.
AND, UM, WE TAKE OUT THE MONTHLY, THE REVENUE MINUS THE EXPENDITURES EACH MONTH.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CHART THAT, UM, IN SEPTEMBER THE CITY GOES NEGATIVE CASH, AND THEN IT TAKES ALL THE WAY TO DECEMBER WHEN WE GET OUR PROPERTY TAXES TO, UM, GO BACK A LITTLE BIT POSITIVE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK MARK PERSICO TO, UM, GIVE A REPORT ON THAT.
YES, THIS IS MARK PERSICO, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UM, CITIES TYPICALLY DO A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE LARGER EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE A MULTIYEAR LIFE, UM, REALITY.
SO HAVE A LIST OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS.
UM, WE'VE BROKEN THE PROJECTS OUT.
I, I CATEGORIES, UH, BUILDINGS, WHICH PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY GENERAL, WHICH CAN BE A INFRASTRUCTURE, I'M SORRY.
UM, IT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, NEW COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THOSE TYPES OF EXPENDITURES PARKS, UH, REGIONAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS WE'VE GOT A IMPROVEMENT PROPOSED FOR IS USED TO AVENUE A, WHICH WOULD RUN NORTH AND SOUTH FROM THE TWO 10 FREEWAY TO THE 60 FREEWAY, GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE CITIES, UH, SEWER PROJECTS, UH, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
THE CITY'S DONE A RECENTLY A NUMBER OF PAVING PROJECTS.
THOSE WOULD BE UNDER THOSE, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THEN, UH, VEHICLE REPLACEMENT.
UM, SO THE FIRST YEAR PROPOSED LIST OF PROJECTS, IF ADOPTED WOULD TOTAL ABOUT WHAT 11 POINT $1 MILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN THE FIRST YEAR.
AND, UH, UM, THERE IS IN THE BUDGET BOOK, EXCEL ITSELF, A, A LIST OF EACH OF WHAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD INVOLVE MACH.
YES, I REMEMBER LAST TIME I ASKED QUESTION, WE GOT THE, I DUNNO, THEY, INCLUDING A, AS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REGARDING THE SHADOW OAK, THE BATHROOM, THAT'D BEEN TALKING FOR 10 YEARS, SUPPOSEDLY BEFORE YOU GUYS OKAY.
AND THAT THEY PREVIOUS, THE CITY MANAGER TOLD US THEY TRIED TO FIND THE BUDGET TO GET THIS OKAY.
IT'S OH, THE BATHROOM PROJECT TO GET.
SO THE MUCH EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO USE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S INCLUDING THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT QUESTION TO SAY THEY WOULD CHECK IT.
IT IS NOT ON THE FUNDED, THE LIST OF PROJECTS.
UNFORTUNATELY IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE, UM, EXPENDITURE AND GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE.
UM, WE HAVE A SCHEDULED, UM, IN THE DRAFT THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL.
AT LEAST I SHOULD SAY WE ARE, UH, SHOWING A REPLACEMENT OF ONE PLAYGROUND AT PARKS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, ONE PLAYGROUND PER YEAR.
UH, IN THIS FIRST YEAR WE DO HAVE AN ACCUMULATION OF SOME FUNDS.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN A SINGLE, UH, PLAYGROUND IN THE FIRST YEAR.
UM, BUT THE PROJECT, I CAN GET YOU THE DETAIL THAT SHADOW OAK PARK, UH, BATHROOM PROJECT IS A, UH, QUITE EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
SO IT IS ON THE LIST, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET IDENTIFIED A FUNDING SOURCE.
I THINK THIS THING'S OKAY FOR FOUR YEARS, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS OR SO I'M ON THE COUNCIL SEAT.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT ALMOST EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY TOLD US WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.
AND, BUT THEY NEED TO BUDGET HAS BEEN INCREASED EVERY YEAR.
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SO, AND THAT FIRST DAY IS JUST A PRE PRECEPT PREVIEW, A BATHROOM.AND TO PUT OVER THERE, THE ONLY THING IS THE SEWER.
SO, BUT, BUT THEY BECOME VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO, SO, AND THAT, THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS THE APPROVED PROJECT AND THE, FOR A LONG TIME, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE PROMISED RATHER THAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THIS IS A VERY OLD PROJECT AND IT JUST NEVER, EVER OKAY.
I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF WE USING THE MEASURES MEASURE HR MAJOR M OKAY.
WITH, TO FOLLOW UP PUCK FOUND SOMETHING TO FIND THE FUNDING AND THIS HIGH, I REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY AND IN THE CASE THEY WANTED TO DO IT.
SO ANYWAY, WILL YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO US AND SEE, MAYBE THEY CAN BRING BACK NEXT TIME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KEPT DOING IMPROVEMENTS, SEE, LET THIS THING OKAY.
CAN BE INCLUDING, AND THEY'LL FIND A FUNDING SOURCE LAST TIME.
I THINK THEY FIND SOMETHING, BUT THEY HAVE A DIFFERENCE.
SO THIS, I REMEMBER WE'D BE CHASING THIS PHONE FIGHT CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY BACK IN 2017, 18.
AND SO, SO MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT.
UM, THAT REALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE.
WELL, IT CAN BE ANY IMPROVEMENT OR FOR EVERYTHING, UH, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
ROBIN NOW HAS A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL SLIDES THAT SHE'S GOING TO, UH, TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT MY PORTION, IF THE COUNCIL HAS NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, I'LL NOW TURN IT BACK OVER TO ROBIN.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAPTAIN PULLMAN OR OTHERWISE WE MOVE THEM BACK TO A FINANCE DIRECTOR? NONE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN PAVED RECENTLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A LOT DONE THERE THAT WASN'T DONE IN RECENT YEARS.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, GO AHEAD.
I KNOW A FEW YEARS BACK, I KNOW THAT WHEN THE MAYOR AND I ARE ON THE COUNCIL ITSELF, WE SOLD SUNSET PHIL AND THAT MONEY FROM WHAT WE DISCUSSED, THAT THAT MONEY WAS GOING TO GO IN.
IT HAS TO GO INTO THE PARK AND THEY SAID THAT MONEY WAS GOING TO BE FREE PLAN AND THAT MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS THE SHADOW OR CAR I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE DO WE STAND ON, UH, THE SUNSET, UH, MONEY FROM THE QUEEN OF VALLEY HOSPITAL AND THE IDEA, UM, GOOD QUESTION.
UM, THEY DID, EXCUSE ME, QUEEN OF THE VALLEY, UH, EMINENT HEALTH DID SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION TO ACTUALLY, UH, BUILD THE PARKING STRUCTURE AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THEIR SPECIFIC PLAN.
UM, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE ESCROW.
UM, ESCROW HAS NOT YET CLOSED IDEAS SLOWLY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THOSE FUNDS ARE DEDICATED FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT CERTAINLY MIGHT BE A FUNDING SOURCE, UH, TO LOOK AT.
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT, UH, THAT ESCROW WILL CLOSE, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, SIX MONTHS.
I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
WE MIGHT ME ABOUT BAKLEY AND LET LET'S PAUL, LET MONEY HAVE TO GO ONLY RESTRICTED TO THE POCKET IMPROVEMENT.
AND THE COUSIN JOHNSON, YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, GO AHEAD.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER AT, SORRY.
MY DOG DECIDED TO INTERRUPT THIS TIME.
PART OF HAVING TO DO A MEETING AT HOME.
I BELIEVE THE FINES AREN'T FOR PARK.
I THOUGHT THE SIGNS WERE TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL PARK LAND.
SO BEFORE WE MAKE THAT STATEMENT, CAN WE JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT? EXACTLY.
MARK, WOULD YOU PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK? OKAY.
WHEN WE GET THIS AND ANOTHER THING, REMEMBER, LAST MEETING WE HAVE.
I DECLINED, I OBJECT ABOUT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WERE CLOSE TO THE DAY AND THIS IS ALREADY, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR MONTHS OR FIVE MONTHS PAST.
AND THEN YOU'RE NOT CLOSING ESCROW.
I KNOW EMOLUMENT ANIMATE IS HEALTHY.
IT'S NUMBER ONE, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYEE OF OUR CT, BUT THEY, THEY SAY, OKAY, SO THE DAY THEY NEED TO CLOSE ESCROW ACROSS MY HEART.
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SEEN OUR MONEY.SO WE NEED TO LET THEM UNDERSTAND.
WE SUPPORT THEM A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT THEY NEED TO.
BUT THEIR PROMISE REGARDING CLOSING ESCROW AND THEY'LL GIVE US THAT PHONE.
THAT'S THAT FOUND INTO THE PROPER CHANNEL, BUT PURCHASE ADDITIONAL PASO OR WE'VE WE CAN MOVE TO POCKET IMPROVEMENT.
AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION? OTHERWISE I WANTED TO MOVE BACK TO ROBIN NONE.
SO I'M GOING FORWARD TO WRAP UP THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, THE NEXT STEPS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS IS TO MONITOR, UM, NOT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY STAFF, I'M SORRY.
UM, MONITOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TIMELY AND MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET, UM, WITH SO MANY UNCERTAINTIES THIS YEAR.
UM, I THINK THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO KEEP UP ON, ON THIS AND, AND ALERT THE CITY COUNCIL VERY EARLY.
WHEN WE SEE THINGS NOT TURNING OUT THE WAY THAT WE EXPECTED, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CASH FLOWS OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND I WILL REPORT THOSE, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS QUICKLY AS I GET THEM.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO PREPARE A PLAN TO RESOLVE THE GENERAL FUND STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AND REPLENISH OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES PER OUR CITY POLICY.
OUR RESERVES ARE PROJECTED TO BE AT 14% AT YEAR END.
AND OUR POLICY REQUIRES US TO BE AT 17%.
UM, AND IF WE'RE NOT, WE NEED TO, UH, COME UP WITH A PLAN SO THAT WE DO REPLENISH THOSE RESERVES WHEN WE WANT TO SHIFT FROM REACTIVE TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND, UH, ADAPT TO ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS.
UM, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, OUR INTERSPACE BARGAINING, WHERE AS WE CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH ALL OF OUR GROUPS, UM, WE WANT IT WANT TO, UM, DO IT WITH THE LEAST, UM, ANIMOSITY AS WE CAN.
AND THEN, UM, WE NEED TO ADHERE TO OUR ADOPTED BUDGET POLICY DURING THE YEAR AND, UM, QUIT DOING, UM, BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, UM, AND, UM, STICK TO OUR BUDGET.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
A COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY PUTS THEM ONCE TO STOP THE FIRST QUESTION, GO AHEAD.
WHO WANTS TO DO FIRST? DON'T BE SHY.
SO WHO HAS A QUESTION? I KNOW WE DIDN'T GO OVER THE BUDGET.
I KNOW THIS IS A PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THEY FORGOT MOST OF MY NOTES IN MY OFFICE, QE SPECIFIC PAGE NUMBERS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IS ANIMAL CONTROL, I BELIEVE SHOWED THAT EXPENDITURE IS GOING FROM 600,000 TO A BUDGET OF 921,000 THIS YEAR.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO JESSICA, THIS IS THE PAGE NUMBER NUMBER 67, AND I HAVE AN XM QUESTION TO PATIENT NUMBER SEVEN FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL.
WHY YOU GO UP SO MUCH? GO AHEAD.
THAT WILL MAKE, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT DURING THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT, WE DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND, UM, THOSE COSTS, WE, WE ADJUSTED, THEY CAME IN HIGHER FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST GOING AT, UM, WITH THOSE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARTIN PERSICO HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANIMAL CONTROL AND HE MIGHT HAVE A BETTER EXPLANATION THAN I DO, BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS, UM, UNDERFUNDED.
WELL, THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE, UH, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MADE THE CHANGE AND THE FINAL CHANGE HAPPENED LAST YEAR FROM, UH, LA COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL TO AT INLAND VALLEY SPCA BECAUSE THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO SAVE MONEY AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, HOW LONG OUR CONTRACT IS, BUT WE MAY NEED TO START LOOKING AT, UM, CHANGING BACK TO LA COUNTY OR WHAT WE CAN REALLY DO TO, UM, GET THEM BACK UNDER CONTROL.
WHAT FLOATED US, THE COSTUMES GOING.
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AND I THINK I CAN MAKE IT WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.IF YOU, ON PAGE 51, THE REVENUES WERE BUDGETED IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR FOR 440,000, AND THEY'RE DOWN TO 60,000 GOING FORWARD INTO 2021.
I NEED TO ADJUST THAT ADOPTED BUDGET ARE THE ADAPTED BUDGET WAS FOUR 40.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ABOUT $60,000 IN FEES THIS YEAR AND IT'S WAY DOWN.
AND I KNOW IT TRIGGERED AN ALARM FOR ME.
AND, UH, WE DID LOOK, UM, AT TALKING TO THE COUNTY AGAIN, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, WE, WE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS CURRENTLY TO SEE IF WE CAN SAVE MONEY.
UM, YES, AS, UH, AS ROBIN HAS INDICATED, UM, WE ARE BACK IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE COST OF SERVICE WOULD BE GO BACK TO THE COUNTY.
UM, THE CONTRACT, UM, HAS AN OFFSET, OR WE GET CREDIT, I SHOULD SAY FOR THE NUMBER OF LICENSES THAT LICENSED ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, IT IS THAT LICENSED REVENUE THAT IS, UH, AS ROBIN HAS POINTED OUT, DOWN VERY SIGNIFICANTLY, IT WAS ESTIMATED AT A LITTLE OVER $400,000 AND IT'S COMING IN AT, UM, NOT EVEN 20% OF THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE SIMULTANEOUSLY TALKING TO, UH, INLAND VALLEY ABOUT STEPS THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO INCREASE REVENUES.
UM, SO WE ARE ALL ON THE STAFF SIDE, VERY FOCUSED, JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL IS ABOUT THE COST OF THAT SERVICE.
SO WE ARE EXPLORING MULTIPLE OPTIONS.
SO IT'S BASICALLY, YEAH, THERE'S A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
WE STILL CONTINUE TO GO WITH THE END IN EMPIRE, RIGHT.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE ARE DOWN THAT MANY ANIMALS IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT WHERE TO RENEW, HOW TO RENEW.
HAVEN'T GOTTEN A NOTICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT REGARDING LICENSES.
SO, UM, THAT MAY BE PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE, HOW TO DO IT.
AND INLAND VALLEY NEEDS TO BE DOING A BETTER JOB BECAUSE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST.
UM, MY NEXT QUESTION WAS THE PERMIT FOR THE PROF, A EXCHANGE.
UM, WE HAVE IT, I, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY AS KEEPING IT PRETTY LEVEL, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERN AT ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITIES IN OUR, UM, IN OUR PREDICAMENT AT ALL, CITIES FILLING THE FINANCIAL CRUNCH THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE SAME ABILITY TO SELL THOSE FRIENDS.
I WOULDN'T SELL THE, DO THAT EXCHANGE.
I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT, UM, FOOTHILL TRANSIT THAT WE EXCHANGE THOSE FUNDS WITH.
AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE, ARE INTERESTED AND WILL BE PURCHASING THOSE FUNDS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
IT'S, UM, 1.65, PERFECT MILLION.
AND THEN, UH, UM, THE HIGHER RATE, UM, FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT, THAT ESTIMATE BASED ON THE HIGHER AMOUNT OF FEES WE'RE CHARGING, OR YOU BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE FILING FOR PERMITS OR THE PATIENTS THEREOF.
IF I, IF I MAKE A COUNCIL MEMBER SHUMAKER, I THINK IT'S, UH, THERE ARE TWO EXPLANATIONS AND YOU'VE KIND OF HIT BOTH OF THEM.
ONE IS WITH THE FEE ADJUSTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED TO SEE A REVENUE SPLIT BETWEEN US AND THE VENDOR HAS INCREASED OR IMPROVED, I SHOULD SAY, IN THE CITY'S FAVOR.
AND YES, WE DO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION NOW OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THEY ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN FINDING OWNERS THAT ARE DOING WORK WITHOUT PERMITS.
AND WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS THAT, UM, THEY EVEN WITH THE CURRENT PANDEMIC, THEY ARE VERY BULLISH ON THE HOUSING MARKET, UM, HERE IN WEST COVINA.
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BE, UH, STILL A STRONG HOUSING MARKET.AND THEN, UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS THERE IS NO NUMBER IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR LEGAL SERVICES UNDER RISK MANAGEMENT.
AND I BELIEVE OUR ACTUAL FOUR 1920 WAS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS? SURE.
SO, UM, BEGINNING, JULY ONE, UH, THE CITY'S TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY AND, UM, SAY WILL BE, UM, PROVIDING, UH, THE LEGAL SERVICES OR, UM, THE, THE CLAIMS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY IT IS DECREASING, UM, PULLING FORWARD.
THAT WE, THAT WE PAY THE JOINT POST INSURANCE.
THAT EXPLAINS WHY THERE IS NO NUMBER THERE.
IF I MAY GO AHEAD, JESSICA, IF I MAY, UM, I THINK IT COMES AT A PRICE BECAUSE THE CITY, AS A CONDITION OF MEMBERSHIP HAD TO GIVE UP, UM, SOME TIMEFRAMES.
SO CLAIMS HAVE TO BE FILED IN A MORE TIMELY MATTER, AND THE JPI IS TAKING CONTROL OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO EXPECT OF US THAT WE STAND UP AND DO A MUCH BETTER JOB WITH BEING GOOD RISK MANAGERS.
AND WE'VE GOT A LONG TO DO LIST OF BEST PRACTICES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO INSIST WE COMPLETE WITHIN 18 MONTHS, BUT THEY WILL BE, UM, MUCH MORE ENGAGED IN THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF OUR CLAIMS THAN, THAN THE BICEP, UH, MODEL, WHICH WE PREVIOUSLY FOLLOWED.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD ACTUALLY HAD TO DO WITH, UM, THE NATIONWIDE CONTRACT AND SO, MMM.
UM, IT KIND OF RELATES TO THE BUDGET.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, LET'S WAIT FOR THAT ITEM TO COME BACK OR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I BELIEVE WE'LL PROBABLY DISCUSS IT NEXT WEEK.
UM, SO IT, IT JUST, UH, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO REFRESH THEMSELVES ON PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING, UH, THE PERMIT PROCESS, BASICALLY NOT HAVING STREET SUITE AND WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES FOR NOT CATCHING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO CATCH.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY WE CAN RETURN WITH THAT.
THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF THAT, THAT WE WANT TO BE ADDRESSING IF WE CAN, WHICH IS THE CLEANING OF THE CATCH BASINS.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CATCH BASINS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT CORN CROPS GROWING OUT OF THEM.
SO THAT'S AN, ALSO AN AREA WHERE WE NEED TO PAY A LOT MORE ATTENTION TO STAY AHEAD OF THE REGULATORY.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE PENALTIES ARE PRETTY BIG.
SO, UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS I CAN REMEMBER FOR RIGHT THIS SECOND, SINCE I FORGOT MY BOOK AT MY OFFICE, AND THOSE ARE JUST MY HANDWRITTEN NOTES.
SO IF I THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL COME BACK ON.
I'M SURE NOW THAT I'VE BROKEN THE ICE, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAKE UP BY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS BUDGET AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.
YOU ARE IN THE AUDIT AND FINANCE OKAY.
SO I LIKE YOU A NUMBER YOU WERE EXTREMELY MEAN TO THE DETAIL.
SO ANY OTHER KINDS OF MEMBERS, YOU WANT TO HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE? MISS AMERICA AND JOHNSON JOHNSON.
I WAS BACK IN ALSO, BASICALLY ON THE SAME PAGE AND COUNCIL AMENDMENTS, YOUR MEDICAL WISE, IF YOU GO DOWN TO 43, 21, IT SAYS VEHICLE IMPOUND FEE.
WELL, I KNOW WHICH PAGE WAS THAT? SORRY, ON PAGE 51, SAME ONE 43, 21.
WELL NOT 19 AND 20 AND WE HAD 85,000 AND YOU'RE ONLY ESTIMATING 60,000 FOR A 20 AND 21.
I WAS WONDERING WHY IT'S SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT PAGE YOU'RE ON.
IS IT ON SCHEDULE OF EXPENSE, ROLL ON PATIENTS.
HE WANTS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT COUNCIL SHOULD MAKE HER TALK ABOUT THE ANIMAL CONTROL ON THOSE.
I'M WITH YOU NOW, 43, 21 VEHICLE IMPOUND FEES, 67, UH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD 85,000 AND NOW WE'RE ALREADY PREDICTED 60,000 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT STOPPING AS MANY CARS AND FINDING OUT WE HAVE ILLEGAL DRIVERS OR, UH, NO INSURANCE.
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I THINK THE REASON THAT I PUT THAT DOWN IS BASED ON WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR THIS YEAR AND TRYING TO PROJECT INTO NEXT YEAR, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE 85,000 THIS YEAR.I WAS JUST CURIOUS IS THAT YOU FIND OUT FROM THE TWO ON, IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT STOPPING AS MANY VEHICLES? UH, WHY IS IT GOOD FOR SOME REASON, IF YOU LOOK AT THE YEARS PAST, MOST OF IT'S BEEN UP THERE, IS IT BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOTHING MORE ILLEGAL DRIVERS DRIVE WITHOUT INSURANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER ON ANOTHER PRESET.
THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION IS THAT OKAY.
ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A QUESTION? GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UH, THANK YOU ROBIN FOR, UM, I KNOW HOW MANY DAYS AND NIGHTS YOU WERE WORKING ON THE BUDGET, BUT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO GO TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHUMAKER, AND THEN AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN, UH, CASIANO, UH, THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THIS AND THIS IS ALSO, UM, WILL BE OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO DO A COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOP ON JUNE 9TH.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO HAVE A SAY ON THIS PART, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY, UH, WORKING ON THIS.
AND ANY I'LL DO CAUSE A MEMBER QUESTION.
MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ASK HOW HELL'S WILL THEM DOING WITH THEIR BUILDING PERMIT AND BUILDING AND PLANNING A PERMIT PROCESSES.
AND I SEE WE'RE PROJECTING, WHAT IS IT? AN EXTRA 250,000 IN REVENUES? IF I MAY ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, YES, PERMIT REVENUES, UM, FOR, EXCUSE ME FOR THIS MONTH ARE OFF EVEN WITH THE, UM, CLOSURE, WELL, NOT CLOSURE, BUT UH, LIMITED ACCESS TO CITY HALL THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN BOTH PERMIT, ACTIVITY AND REVENUES.
SO WE THINK THAT THAT, UH, UPWARD TRAJECTORY IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
WE HAVE AN, IF NOT, THEN I HAVE A, OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUICK, BUT OKAY.
WE KNOW WE RECEIVE, UM, PROBABLY TAX THIS APRIL AND NOVEMBER, RIGHT? YES.
WELL, WE GET THE BIGGEST PIECE, UM, IN MAY AND IN DECEMBER IN JANUARY.
SO IT'S APRIL, MAY, DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
WE GET SOME PRETTY BIG CHUNKS.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW IN APRIL, WE RECEIVE, OKAY.
UH, COUNTY, UH, PEOPLE ALL POACHING, THE APOLLO PUPPY PUPPY TAX INCOME.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY THEY IN INCLUDING ALL BUDGET BY NOW.
SO WE, BASED ON THAT, WE, WE BUDGET IN TWO, OUR 20 AND 23, 21 NEXT YEAR, AND THEN HOPEFULLY, OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME AMOUNT.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF TOUGH BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF THE JOB, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE PROPERTY TAX.
AND SOME PEOPLE YOU'VE BEEN DELAYED AND THAT WITHOUT PENALTY BASED ON WHAT THE STATE AND REQUEST.
AND TO DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC, THE CJA AND THE SALES TAX SALES TAX,
WE GOT THESE PROTESTS GOING ON, THAT WE WILL READ ABOUT THAT.
WE SHUT DOWN AND TIGHT USE THE MALL.
AND THAT IS A LOT OF REVENUE FUND.
THE OLD, THE BUSINESS OVER THERE.
SO, SO HOW OFTEN WE RECEIVED US TO SELL TEXT.
UH, IT'S QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY SALES TAX COMES IN MONTHLY.
UM, THEY BASE IT ON PREVIOUS YEARS.
THEY GIVE US ON WHAT THEY CALL AN ADVANCE, UM, FOR TWO MONTHS.
AND THEN IN THE LAST MONTH OF THAT QUARTER, THEY DO WHAT THEY CALL A CLEANUP AND THEY EITHER INCREASE THE MONEY ONCE THEY RECONCILE IT ALL, UM, AT THE STATE LEVEL OR THEY HAVE TO DECREASE IT CAUSE THEY'VE OVER SPENT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE OVER COMPENSATED THE CITY.
SO, SO MONTHLY, WE, WE SEE, UH, THE COLUMN T SEND TO US AT SALES TAX, OUR PORTION AND DAN QUARTERLY, THEY WILL BE MOVING OR OKAY.
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OKAY.AND THEY GIVE TO US, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY BASICALLY RECONCILED THE STATE ACTUALLY RECONCILES IT, UM, QUARTERLY.
SO DOES THE STATE ORDERLY AND TO MAKE SURE, OKAY, WE OWE A NUMBER, THEY DIDN'T SHOW CHANGE.
AND SO ON THIS SALES TAX THAT IS GOING TO OUR, HOW MANY PERCENT OR A GENERAL PHONE IS 24 PLUS OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO, AND THE TLT IS HOW MANY PER THINGS OR TLT IS A HOTEL.
TRENDS, TRANSIT, OCCUPANTS, OCCUPANCY TEXTS.
THAT'S HOW WE, THAT TEMPLATES THEN I THINK, OKAY.
THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS WANT THE HIPAA HOTEL BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT 10 OR 15% WE ARE WEAK, WE KEPT EVERYTHING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SHARE WITH ANY TAX AGENCIES.
AND THERE'S THIS QUIET, PASADENA, ALL THE CT, THEY WANT TO BE A HOTEL THAT CRAZY.
SO, AND HOW MANY PERCENT IS THE TLT TECH THAT WE CAN USE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IT SAID 2%, 3% IN OUR GENERAL FUND, IT'S ABOUT 3%.
SO 3% PLUS THE 24, 25% OF ALL THE SALES TAX COMING IN MONTHLY AND THAT POSSIBLE.
WE CAN SEE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE PROBLEM WE HAVE THE BUSINESS.
SO, SO, SO IN, IN MUCH HOW MUCH MONEY WE RECEIVE AND HOW ABOUT APRIL AND MAY HAVE YOU BELIEVE WE RECEIVED THE MAY SALES TEXTS.
SO MY POINT IS, IS IT'S LIKE YOU, A BUDGET IS PROJECTION OF FOLLOWUP FUTURE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A STABLE INCOME THAT LIKE WE SUDDENLY OKAY.
SHY OF A WEALTH, A MAJOR INCOME.
AND THEN TAX THAT CAME IN IN MAY WAS, UM, SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 600,000.
IT USUALLY COMES IN AND IT VARIES BY MONTH, BUT IT'S 1.2 TO 1.6 MILLION, UH, A MONTH.
AND THIS LAST, UM, MONTH FOR MAY WAS, UM, JUST SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 600,000.
SO NO MONEY, WE SHOULD GET ONE POINT $2 MILLION SALES TAX.
ONE POINT, HOW MUCH TIME USUALLY, YEAH.
BETWEEN 1.2 AND 1.6, IT VARIES.
SO WE BASICALLY 50% DUMB ALL THE SALES TAX.
I THINK THE POINT TO BE MADE AS THESE ARE UNCERTAIN TIMES WE'RE IN AND THE REVENUES AS A RESULT ARE UNCERTAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY GOOD MONITORS OF THAT.
SO, SO, SO THAT IS WHY THE CASH FLOW PROBABLY YOU HAVE, UH, DO TO, OKAY.
IN MUCH WE MISSING HALF MOUNTS OFF A SALES TAX AND THEN OKAY.
THE FOLLOW UP WITH NOTHING ABOUT TOT TEXTS AND THEN LOOKING AT APRIL, WE SHUT DOWN.
AND THEN WE MAY END IN JUNE RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO HAVE KIDS COMING BACK AND THEN HOPEFULLY, OKAY.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S STEREOTYPICAL FOR YOU TO PREDICT OUR SALES TAX INCOME, HOW YOU, HOW YOU, HOW, HOW, HOW YOU GET A NUMBER.
I JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU GET THIS BUDGET NUMBER PROJECTION OKAY.
FOR, FOR WHAT THIS COMING MONTH.
SO, UM, PART OF THAT IS DONE BY OUR CONSULTANT, HDL, WHO, UM, THEY'RE EXPERTS IN, IN SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX.
SO WE TOOK, UM, THEIR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND, AND THEY HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, THE STATE AND THAT'S THEIR BEST GUESS AT THIS TIME.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND, UM, LET YOU KNOW, ONCE THE BUDGET IS IN PLACE, WE'LL, UM, LOOK AT THAT AND ALERT THE COUNCIL.
AS SOON AS WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIP AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CALLS ON REDUCTIONS IN EXPENDITURES AGAIN.
AND THEN SINCE IT IS A PRIMA, WE A BUDGET STEP UP SOME OF THE NUMBER.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
LIKE THE ANIMAL CONTROL, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK I ASKED ABOUT, UH, WHY ON THE CITY CLERK DID THE BUDGET INQUIRIES.
SO I'M IN THE CITY, CLERK'S BUDGET, THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, WE ADDED A 280,000, I BELIEVE FOR, UM, THE ELECTION THAT'S COMING UP NOVEMBER.
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OKAY, GOT IT.IN THE ELECTION DENSITY, YOU HAVE TO PAY QUITE A LOT FOR THE ELECTION ON THE 20, 20 ELECTION.
SO THAT IS WHAT THIS OKAY ABOUT.
AND, AND THEN WE GOT INTO, LET ME SEE.
QUICKLY ON THE SPECIAL EVENT, LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A NO EVENT, BUT WHY WE STILL HAVE INCREASE ON THE BUDGET FOR, OKAY.
LET ME SEE, UH, ESPECIALLY EVENT TWO.
I THINK WE HAVE ALMOST NOTHING OF WHY WE STILL HAVE THE BUDGET OF 10, 10,407.
DO YOU KNOW WHICH PAGE IT'S ON? MIR PITCHING NUMBER 67.
OH, IT SOUNDS 67, BUT ESPECIALLY YOU'VE BEEN, LET ME LOOK KING.
I GOT YOU TO TELL YOU THAT ON THE TOP.
SO THAT WAS, UM, PERSONNEL SERVICES.
SO THERE ARE STILL, WE STILL HAVE STAFF THAT, UM, ARE CHARGED TO THOSE FUNCTIONAL AREAS.
AND, UM, WE ARE ASSUMING THAT THEY WILL BE WITH US, UH, THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE ONLY WAY TO ELIMINATE ALL OF THAT IS, UM, IN THE FORM OF REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE.
SO, UH, AND HE, HE DIDN'T CAUSE ME ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
OTHERWISE, UM, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS.
FOR THE, WE SEE, I'M JUST GOING TO SEND YOU TOMORROW ADDITIONAL FOR ALL, ALL FINANCE.
THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO REVIEW AND I KNOW JESSICA AND DIARRHEAL IS GOING TO WORK OUT AGAIN ON THIS DETAILED THING.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY YOU GOT TO GET PAID THE BIG BUCKS.
AND TO WORK ON BUDGET FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UNLESS WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION, OTHERWISE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE FIRE? THAT'S THE MOTION.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO MOVE THE MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THAT'S YOUR LOPEZ? BEATO I HAVE A SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANA COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, LAURIE COUNTENANCE, BUT WE LOSE, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
AND THEN LET'S MOVE TO NEXT ROW CALLED.
THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER.
I, UM, SINCE, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, HE'S A, THE, AND MOVED A MOTION.
I THINK HIS VOTE WOULD BE YES.
HE MOVED TO MOTION AND
SO THE MOTION APPROVED FIVE, ZERO.
AND THEN THIS IS WHAT CONTINUE WOULD BE DISCUSSED AT OUR AUDIT AND THE FINANCE COMMISSION TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND CASIANO, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER SHUMAKER WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO WALK ON THIS BUDGET AND THE HOPEFULLY, AND I THINK NEXT WEEK WE GO TO A PUBLIC TWO WORKSHOP.
AGAIN, THIS BUDGET IS TAX PAYERS MONEY AND IT'S FIND A WAY AND TO CONTRIBUTE AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FULL ALL THE NUMBERS AND THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE.
SO WE MOVE ON FOR OUR 20, 21 BUDGET.
AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO AB ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR CONFERENCE.
OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE, THEN WE MOVE ON TO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER COMING WHILE MOTHER MAY I, AND DO I HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO SPEAK? GO AHEAD.
I JUST, THIS IS MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
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UM, WELL WE RECEIVED, UM, A RESIDENT PUT IN A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST TO HAVE STAFF AND COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, USE THEIR TIME TO GATHER ALL INFORMATION REGARDING PPE DONATION MATH AT THE META VALUE WITH CETERA DURING THE WHOLE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN.SO IF WE'RE FORCED TO DO THIS, WE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE ADVANTAGE AND RECOGNIZING ALL THE DONORS ORGANIZATION, LOCAL RESIDENTS AND GROUPS WHO STEPPED UP AND DONATED THESE ITEMS THAT WAS GIVEN TO LIKE THE HOSPITALS, THE SENIOR CENTERS, THE VULNERABLE, AND THEN OPENED IT UP TO ALL RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROTECTED DURING THIS TIME.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR CONFIRMED CASES ARE SO LOW IN OUR CITY, BUT, UM, THEY DESERVE RECOGNITION AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, HONOR THEM DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE START MEETING AT THE CHAMBER CHAMBER.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER TO PLEASE INVITE THEM ALL SINCE YOU WOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE COULD THANK THEM FOR UNITING AND HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOWING THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY DO CARE AND WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS DID APPRECIATE THAT.
THOSE PEOPLE WERE QUITE GENEROUS.
WHO'D BE HAPPY TO GET THAT SCHEDULE.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER? ANY COMMENT? GO AHEAD.
MR. MAYOR I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.
WELL, I WAS REALLY EXCITED FOR WHEN THE COUNTY AND STATE ORDERS WERE BEING LIFTED AND THEN, UM, THE DEMONSTRATIONS KIND OF SIDETRACKED US, BUT, UH, ONCE EVERYTHING GETS BACK TO NORMAL, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST OUR CITY STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, KIND OF LIKE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THAT CALL THEM THE ALFRESCO INITIATIVE, UM, WHERE OUR RESTAURANTS, ESPECIALLY LIKE ON GLENDORA, BUT REALLY IN THE CITY THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THIS, UM, ALLOW THEM TO USE SIDEWALKS, PARKING SPACES AND FACILITATE IN, IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE AND FORM, UH, THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE MONEY AND GET US ON OUR WAY BACK TO RECOVERY.
SO I I'D LIKE FOR THAT TO, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A MOTHER.
MAY I, I JUST WANT TO STOP TO EXPEDITE THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I MIGHT MAKE A, YOU KNOW, I'LL MAKE A MOTHER, MAY I, TO THAT WE STOP USING THE TERM MOTHER MAY, I'D RATHER CALL IT COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTS.
UM, AND THE FINAL COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR POLICE CHIEF, ALL THE GUYS OUT THERE AND GIRLS AND DISPATCH AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE, ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT HELPED US CHP, COVINA, UH, AND EVERYONE GOING THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME WITH US, BOTH AT CITY HALL AND THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR DOING THEIR BEST AND GETTING THROUGH THIS TOUGH TIME WITH US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO COME IN AND TALK TO AHEAD, UH, TAPE COUNSELING.
THE CUSTOMERS HAS ABOUT WITHOUT POLICE TREATMENT ON FIVE AND FIVE, YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT THERE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS UP THERE AND THEY DOING THIS, UH, DEMONSTRATION OF NUMBER ANKA, AND I WANTED TO GIVE AN OUTSTANDING SHOUT DRUG, WESTERN BEING A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAD THE HIGHWAY PATROL THERE.
WE HAD THIS SUSA, WE HAD BALDWIN PARK CONVENER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT UNITS OUT THERE, BUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS GOT A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHEEK, HAVING PINK, ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB THEY DID.
THAT'S ALL COM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO SHARE? WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? ANY REQUESTS? NONE.
AND FIRST I WANT TO, OKAY, THANKS.
AND THE OPENING UP THE CT WITH DYING WAS A BARBERSHOP WITH HAIL DRESS SHIRTS.
I KNOW FINALLY PEOPLE CAN GET A HELICOPTER.
GET THE HEAD DOWN, ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
THEN WE HAVE THIS EXTREMITY UNFORTUNATE, UNFORTUNATE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED TO, TO OUR NATION AND TO, TO OUR CT AND, UH, AND TO OUR BUSINESS ON THE, OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNEXPECTED.
AND WE, WE JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS UNITED TO GET US OKAY.
THEY REALLY ANGRY ABOUT THE SITUATION.
TO SHARE WITH THEIR ANGER, WITH THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE JUSTICE.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND IS ESPECIALLY OKAY.
I THINK ALL THE MINORITY AND THAT THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY PUTTING ALL THE, AND THE, THE TREATMENT, BUT AGAIN, OKAY.
THIS IS A BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS.
AND AN EMPLOYEE AND THEY REALLY WANT TO OKAY.
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SHUT DOWN AT SIX O'CLOCK.AND REALLY IT'S A, IT'S ANOTHER OF A HIT TO THEM.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE
DALE FOUND THOUGH, AND IT'S REALLY OKAY.
VERY SAD SITUATION, BUT AGAIN, OKAY.
SOMETHING WE JUST HAVE TO OKAY.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK OUR RESIDENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND OUR POLICE AND FIRE IN THIS TOUGH TIME AND SHOW THE FORCE.
AND, UH, AND IT TO BE DEAD TO PROTECT ALL THE BUSINESS AND THE RESIDENT.
AND NOW THEY'RE DOING THE TOP SHELF SHIFT.
TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS IS SAFE.
AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO APPRECIATE THEM PRECIOUS.
AND THIS IS HOW I WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT, OKAY.
AND THE OCT IS FULL OF A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC.
WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT NATIONALITY, ETHNIC GROUP, BUT WE ARE ALL NEIGHBOR.
WE HAVE, MAYBE WE HAVE SOME POLITICAL DIFFERENCE, BUT WE HELP EACH OTHER.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE LOVE THAT WE PLACED THE HATE TO, TO REPLACE A MISUNDERSTANDING.
AND THEY TALKED TO ALL THOSE GRADUATE.
THEY'LL HAVE A FULL HOPE FOR THEIR FUTURE.
AND I THINK OUR GRADUATE OKAY.
AND AS CLASS 2020, THEY HAVE A FULL HOPE FOR THEIR FUTURE.
I THINK THAT'S WHY WE SIT OVER HERE SPENDING ALL THE TIME.
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION.
WE'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR CT FUTURE.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO EMBETTER.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE CT AND ALL RESIDENT AND POLICE AND FIRE AND THE OLD DAYS OF THIS DEALERSHIP.
WE'RE NOT ALL THERE YET, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO HEALING.
CONTINUE TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
ANYBODY NEED HELP, PLEASE HELP THEM.
PLEASE CALL YOU A FIVE CITY COUNCIL AND THE UCD MANAGER AND ALL THE STAFF AND THAT WE ARE ALL WILLING TO HELP.
WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
OTHER THAN THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OTHERWISE I WILL HAVE THE MOOD, THE MOOD OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I THINK EVERYBODY FALL ASLEEP.