HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005/06/09 - Minutes - Spec (Budget) June 9, 2005
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Special Meetinq
A special meeting of the Rancho Cucamonga Redevelopment Agency, Fire Protection District and City
Council was held on Thursday, June 9, 2005, 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 6:03 p.m.
Present were Agencymembers/Boardmembers/Councilmembers: Rex Gutierrez, L. Dennis Michael, Sam
Spagnolo, Diane Williams and Chairman/President/Mayor William J. Alexander.
Also present were: Jack Lam, City Manager; Pamela Easter, Deputy City Manager; Linda D. Daniels,
Redevelopment Director; Joe O'Neil, City Engineer; Robert Lemon, Management Analyst II; Trang Huynh,
Building Official; James C. Frost, City Treasurer; Larry Temple, Administrative Services Director; Tamara
Layne, Finance Officer; Rose Colum, Budget Analyst; Helen Leeds, Sr. Accountant; Dave Moore,
Recreation Superintendent; Karen Silhanek, Community Services Technician; Deborah Clark, Library
Director; Captain Pete Ortiz, Rancho Cucamonga Police Department; Chief Peter Bryan, Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Kimbedy Thomas, Management Analyst Ill; and Debra J. Adams,
City Clerk.
B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
No communication was made from the public.
~ C. ITEM(S) OF BUSINESS IJ
O1. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005~2006
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated at last week's meeting it was summarized what has changed in the last
few years and what is proposed in this year's budget. He stated department heads are here to answer
any questions the Council might have. He continued to mention some of the things that have been
changed.
AgenoymembedBoardmembedCouncilmember Spagnolo commended Chief Pete Ortiz for following up
on the request for programs for the Sheriff's Department and appreciated the information. He stated the
Council still hadn't talked about the DARE program and felt a non-sworn position should be able to run it.
He stated this would allow a deputy to be on the street. He felt funding should be found for this. He
suggested possibly corporate sponsors could be used.
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Jack Lam, City Manager, stated the DARE organization does not allow this to be handled by a non-sworn
person as far as distributing the materials.
Chairman/President/Mayor Alexander stated Ontario does have a DARE program and does not have
sworn people run it.
Chief Ortiz stated as long as DARE materials are not used, you do not need a sworn person.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Williams asked if any of the Sheriff's department cities
have developed their own programs.
Chief Ortiz stated no.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated the City is paying for all the crossing guards, etc., and that the schools
are not putting any more money into law enforcement programs.
Chairman/President/Mayor Alexander felt we need to protect and educate school kids.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Michael suggested that Mayor Alexander and
Councilmember Spagnolo meet at the quarterly school district meeting and talk to the superintendents.
Jack Lam, City Manager, suggested they meet with the school board President, not the Superintendent.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Spagnolo suggested that Chief Ortiz also meet with them.
Councilmember Gutierrez felt if we develop our own program it would be cheaper for us to do that and
that possibly the program could be abbreviated to reduce the cost. He stated some of the schools did not
feel they are getting their fair share when it comes to sharing and not charging for things.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated they would be happy to set the meeting up.
Jim Frost, City Treasurer, asked how much it cost not to run the program.
Chief Ortiz stated he did not know.
Chairman/President/Mayor Alexander stated if one kid is saved, then it is worth the cost.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Spagnolo mentioned the great affect the "Every 15
Minute Program" has on everyone.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Michael stated one of the things talked about during the
goals meeting was more public safety awareness programs.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Spagnolo asked if we could get a stat report on the
number of deputies we are getting with this budget and what the ratio would be for our population.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated it is .75.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Spagnolo stated that still leaves us behind, and felt the
numbers need to change to keep us with population growth.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated some cities' stats come out better because of the way they report their
information.
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Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Spagnolo stated he is talking about the ratio of deputies
to population, not stats.
Chairman/President/Mayor Alexander mentioned Opticom, and asked who uses it.
Chief Bran stated police, fire and ambulance should use it.
Chairman/President/Mayor Alexander stated all the expense come out of fire budget.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated it is a fire program, but not a fire expense.
Chairman/President/Mayor Alexander stated he felt we should start right now and identify funding for a
station to be located in the northwest portion of the city. He heard the west side is using the fire service
more than the east side where most of the fire personnel are.
Jack Lam, City manager, stated $400,000 is set aside for acquisition of another station.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Michael asked if once they find the parcel of land,
wouldn't that be coming back to the Council for appropriation to purchase it, and asked if that would come
from reserve funds.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated yes.
AgencymembedBoardmembedCouncilmember Gutierrez asked who would pay for the operations and
maintenance of it.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated that would be identified per a Council policy or resolution.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Gutierrez stated he felt some parts of the City are paying
into the system and other parts of the City are not. He felt this should be looked at to make this fair.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Michael stated once the strategic plan is done this will
help to identify the needs and how we will pay for them.
AgencymembedBoardmember/Councilmember Williams hoped all of this would be identified in the
strategic plan.
Chief Bryan stated it would be identified in the strategic plan.
AgencymembedBoardmembedCouncilmember Michael asked about animal control services and if the
new things to be added would come from reserves.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated yes, that we do not know what the cost will be at this time.
AgencymembedBoardmember/Councilmember Michael asked questions about various line items and
received clarification from staff. He also inquired about crossing guards.
Para Easter, Deputy City Manager, stated this will be studied by the City Manager's office and staff will be
coming back to the Council with information with the possibility of a new program for September.
AgencymembedBoardmember/Councilmember Williams asked about increasing the stipend for the
Planning Commission.
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Jack Lam, City Manager, stated Commissions by state law cannot receive salaries, but can receive
reimbursement for expenses. He stated a resolution in 1984 it was established to give the Planning
Commission $100 per month.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Williams asked if this could be changed at a regular
meeting.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated this could be an item to come back on the Consent Calendar to approve
the increase.
Agencymember/Boardmember/Councilmember Williams felt the Park and Recreation Commission should
receive $50 per month and the PC to receive $150 per month.
Chairman/President/Mayor Alexander stated he would like to think about this, and felt it should be
discussed at a future meeting. He was not ready to make this decision tonight.
Agencymember/Boadmember/Councilmember Spagnolo stated he agreed with Councilmember Williams'
suggestion.
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated he could place this on the budget adoption agenda.
The City Council concurred.
The meeting adjourned at 6150 p.m.
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