REDWOOD CITY CITY COUNCIL

MAYOR  DIANE HOWARD
VICE MAYOR  IRA RUSKIN

COUNCILMEMBER RICHARD S. CLAIRE
COUNCILMEMBER JIM HARTNETT
COUNCILMEMBER JEFF IRA
COUNCILMEMBER COLLEEN M. JORDAN
COUNCILMEMBER MATT LEIPZIG

SPECIAL MEETING
BUDGET SESSION
7:00 p.m.
June 29, 1999

1. CALL TO ORDER - 7:33 p.m.

2. ROLL CALL

Council Members Present: Hartnett, Ira, Vice Mayor Ruskin, Mayor Howard

Council Members Absent: Council Members Claire, Jordan and Leipzig

Staff Present: City Manager Everett, City Clerk Howe, Finance Director Ponty, Fire Chief Montez, Police Chief Bolanos, Police Captain Warner, Public Works Director Ingram, Parks and Recreation Manager Griffiths, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Superintendent Centeno, Community Development Director Nelson, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Superintendent Hover, Human Resources Director Rivera-Pena, Library Director Chen, Community Development Services Manager La Torra, Public Works Superintendent Mann, City Attorney Schricker, Police Sergeant Switzer, Assistant to City Manager Moore, Police Captain Matuszak, Consultant Anderson and Volunteer Balsamo

3. PUBLIC COMMENT - None

4. BUDGET STUDY SESSION - 1999/00 Proposed Budget & 1998/99 Performance Report

Finance Director Ponty introduced the process and gave an overview and chronology leading up to this study session.

7:20 p.m. - Council Member Jordan arrived at dais

A.   Report on 1998/99 Budget Objectives

Various departments made presentations on status of objectives associated with Council priorities.

Council comments included the importance of a designated person in the City tasked with following the regional transportation issues, State and Federal as well as others mentioned. Requested benchmark for General Plan. Questioned what is being considered to be outsourced from the Library and commended staff on the Redwood Shores virtual library. Need for City banner policy, study of library needs in Friendly Acres along with Redwood Shores. Need for protocol for televised Council meetings prior to camera purchase. Questioned financial impacts of code enforcement efforts on personnel. Inclusion of notification cards in utility bills. Commended staff on the gardening efforts and lampost painting. Requested work on the waterways.

9:00-9:15 p.m. - Recess

John Murphy spoke of the role of Council and analyzing where money is coming from regarding GID 1-64.

B.   Departmental Reports

Various departments gave highlights of their projects.

C.   Performance Measurement Report

Various departments made presentations and answered questions related to performance measures.

D.   Neighborhood Services Survey

Staff gave an overview of the survey results and indicated an intern would be breaking down the result areas in different ways.

5. ADJOURNMENT - 10:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Patricia S. Howe, CMC
City Clerk

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