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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Special Meetinq
^. CA' LTO ORDER
A special meeting of the Rancho Cucamonga Redevelopment Agency, Fire Protection District and City
Council was held on Monday, June 9, 2003, in the Tri Communities Room of the Civic Center located at
10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. Chairman/President/Mayor William J.
Alexander called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m.
Present were Agency/Board/Councilmembers: Rex Gutierrez, Robert J. Howdyshell, Donald J. Kurth,
M.D., Diane Williams and Chairman/President/Mayor William J. Alexander.
Also present were: Jack Lam, Executive Director/City Manager; Pamela Easter, Deputy City Manager;
Linde D. Daniels, RDA Director; Mike Nelson, Sr. RDA Analyst; James C. Frost, City Treasurer; Larry
Temple, Administrative Services Director; Tamara Layne, Finance Officer; George Rivera, Administrative
Services Manager; Rose Colum, Budget Analyst; Helen Leeds, Sr. Accountant; Joe O'Neil, City Engineer;
Brad Buller, City Planner; Trang Huynh, Building Official; John Thomas, Plan Check ManagedFire; Kevin
McArdle, Community Services Director; Dave Moore, Recreation Superintendent; Paula Pachon,
Management Analyst III; Karen Silhanek, Community Services Technician; Deborah Clark, Library
Director; Captain Pete Ortiz, Rancho Cucamonga Police Department; Fire Chief Dennis Michael, Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Deputy Chief Bob Corcoran, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection
District; Battalion Chief Peter Bryan, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Fire Marshal Mike Bell,
Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Duane Baker, Assistant to the City Manager; Michelle
Dawson, Management Analyst III; Kimbedy Thomas, Management Analyst II; and Debra J. Adams, City
Clerk.
I[ m. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
No communication was mado from tho public.
l] C. CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM I
Gl. Approval of a Resolution to adopt a Memorandum of Understandir~g (GO 03-051) for all Oity
employee groups.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated this is a routine item for the Council's consideration.
Mayor Alexander opened the meeting for public comment. Addressing the City Council was:
Chris Prate, General Manager - San Bernardino County Public Employees Association, stated
they have been working with the Maintenance employees assisting them in seeking labor
representation according to state law. He added the election for them to decide whether they will
be represented by a labor organization is set within 48 hours from now. He stated that being the
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case, he did not think this MOU should be acted upon by the Council until the Maintenance Group
has had the opportunity to have its election. He stated this is improper. He stated according to
the information they have received, there was no written explanation of what this agreement
actually contained, nothing given to employees in advance of the vote, there were no provisions
for absent employees or employees on leave, all employees in the City were given the exact
same ballot (no differentiation between one unit or the other), there was no coding, marking,
number, or sign-in, allowing people to vote more than once. He felt it was not secured. He stated
they have not been given the count to know how the Maintenance Group voted. They felt this
was an unfair labor practice and did not like how this was being done so close to the election.
They requested that the Maintenance employees be excluded from this Resolution until the
election results are known on June 11th.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated they have met with the various representatives of the employee groups
and all has been done in good faith.
Larry Temple, Administrative Services Director, stated the negotiations have taken place since March.
He stated the employees took a vote last week and was approved. He stated it is not a circumvention of
the meet and confer process. He stated staff does not feel they have done anything but follow the rules.
Mr. Prato stated the employees that have come to them do not feel they are being represented
properly and that is why they came to them. He stated the vote by the employees was not done
properly either.
RESOLUTION NO. 03-166
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING ENTRY INTO MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING
WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL EMPLOYEE, MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE, AND THE
SUPERVISORY/PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE MEET AND CONFER GROUPS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2003/2004
MOTION: Moved by Kurth, seconded by Williams to approve Resolution No. 03-166. Motion carried
unanimously 5-0.
Jl D. ITEM(S) OF BUSINESS I
D1. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003/2004
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated last week the Council was given a budget presentation which was to take
an incremental approach, based on known factors, at this time. He stated once the City knows what the
State is going to do they can take a look at the budget again. He did not feel they should take a
speculative approach to this budget. He stated so far the Steinberg bill has not been able to get the
votes, and now it is a two-year bill. He stated the City thanked its legislative advocates for their work to
oppose this bill. He stated the next meeting will be the budget adoption, which is scheduled for Monday,
June 16, and that the appropriate Resolutions and actions will be available.
Agency/Board/Councilmember Gutierrez inquired how much of the General Fund supports the Fire
District.
Chief Michael stated $938,000.
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Jack Lam, City Manager, stated the General Fund also supports the Library.
Agency/Board/Councilmember Gutierrez asked if the City Manager knows when the State will approve its
budget.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated the City does not know at this time.
Agency/Board/Councilmember Howdyshell asked if the City Manager is also trying to support cost
containment since funds are tight. He stated he is aware there is a personnel freeze.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated this was done in January to advise employees to watch their spending.
He stated the ITPAR group is approving all programs to be implemented. He stated the City has
tightened its belt, and services might be provided a little slower.
Agency/Board/Councilmember Howdyshell asked if there was any incentive program to save money.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated it has always been the policy that if departments have any left over
money, it is put into reserves, and that is why there is so much in reserves right now. He stated the
reserves are important to the employees and the community.
il E. CONDUCT OF CLOSED SESSION ]
The Fire Board recessed at 6:37 p.m. to a closed session to be held in the Tapia Room of the Civic
Center to discuss labor negotiations per Government Code Section 54957.6 to give George Rivera,
Administrative Services Manager; Pamela Easter, Deputy City Manager; and Larry Temple,
Administrative Services Director, direction in regards to the meet and confer process.
The closed session adjourned at 7:35 p.m. with no action taken.
MOTION: Moved by Kurth, seconded by Howdyshell to adjourn the Redevelopment Agency and City
Council. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 6:37 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
City Clerk
Approved: July 16, 2003