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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETINGS MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
A special budget study session meeting of the City of Rancho Cucamonga City Council and Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District was held on Thursday, June 4, 2015, in the Tri-Communities
Conference Room at the Civic Center located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga,
California. Mayor/President L. Dennis Michael called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m.
Present were Council Members/Board Members: Bill Alexander, Lynne Kennedy, Diane Williams, Mayor
Pro Tem/Vice President Sam Spagnolo and Mayor/President L. Dennis Michael.
Also present were: John Gillison, City Manager; Linda Daniels, Assistant City Manager; Lori Sassoon,
Deputy City Manager/Administrative Services; Jeff Bloom, Deputy City Manager/Economic and
Community Development; Tamara Layne, Finance Director; Robert Neiuber, Human Resources Director;
Candyce Burnett, Planning Director; Bill Wittkopf, Public Works Services Director; Nettie Nielsen,
Community Services Director; Trang Huynh, Building and Safety Services Director; Chief Mike Costello,
Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Police Chief Danielle Boldt, Veronica Fincher, Animal
Services Director; Linda Troyan, City Clerk Services Director and Adrian Garcia, Assistant City Clerk.
John Gillison, City Manager, led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
No communication was made from the public.
ITEMS OF DISCUSSION
Cl. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015/16.
John Gillison, City Manager, presented the proposed budgets for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 via a PowerPoint
presentation. The budgets reflect past and continuing fiscal discipline enhanced by a recovering economy,
the City's commitment to rebuilding reserves lost with the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency, full
annual depreciation of technology infrastructure and no use of reserve funds.
City Manager Gillison displayed the results of a financial health diagnostic tool created by the League of
California Cities that indicate a city's fiscal health and areas that need improvement or show early warning
signs of financial problems. The diagnostic tool showed the City's General Fund is in very healthy condition
in 11 of the 13 categories. Two categories of caution were fixed costs and labor costs as well as General
fund subsidies of other funds. Fixed costs and labor costs include utilities, fuel, medical and pension costs
while General Fund subsidies of other funds include funding of certain special districts and continuous
contributions to the Sports Complex.
City Manager Gillison stated the League of California Cities reviewed the City's overall results and was
confident that the City of Rancho Cucamonga remains solid in the relatively small group of"A" level fiscally
sound communities in California.
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Proposed Fiscal Year 201516 City budgets are:
City General Fund $74,273,520
Library Services $ 4,493,180
Fire Protection District $58,284,500
Special Funds (including CIP) $84,836,560
In response to Council Member Williams, City Manager Gillison assured overtime costs were included in
the budget for weather related emergencies.
Mayor Pro Tem Spagnolo questioned if the two categories of caution from the analysis, fixed costs and
labor costs, were typical of cities and asked what is the average fiscal health of cities in the California.
City Manager Gillison confirmed the two categories would be typical and that there are no statistics
regarding the use of the financial analysis tool by other cities.
All Members of the City Council complimented the City Manager and staff on a job well done in preparing
the budget and promoting efficiency and the use of technology in the City.
Another meeting is scheduled for June 18, 2015 for adoption of the budget.
IADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:17 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
:a A royan, MMC
City. erk Services Director
Approved: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
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