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CityCouncil | 2005-05-17 | 21 | Mayor Johnson stated Council could begin working on the larger issue; the Acting City Manager should not be expected to deal with the budget problem and the major project of restructuring the City's government, which is a longer term issue that needs to be addressed separate from the budget. The Acting City Manager stated the proposed budget gets the City through the next year; hopefully the State will live up to the requirements of Constitutional Amendment 1A and no longer take city revenues, which would put the City in a better position the following year. Councilmember deHaan stated that he would not exclude reviewing reorganization for the next year budget; staff has the knowledge to determine service impacts; the budget is a major step in the right direction; all budgets should be reviewed, not just the General Fund. The Acting City Manager stated the Council should be aware of other funds in the City; the budget document addresses other funds, but other funds were not highlighted in the staff report; the major deficit is in the General Fund, which funds most departments. Councilmember deHaan stated deficits would occur in some of the funded programs and adjustments would be necessary. Vice Mayor Gilmore thanked staff for the clarity of the report. stated the Council is concerned about not filling vacant positions and about reductions in force; Department Head presentations [at the next meeting] should address how reductions affect service delivery to citizens; the Council should adopt the budget with eyes wide open and the citizens should know what is coming down the pike; if it will take staff longer to respond to questions after budget adoption, people should know before it occurs; the community should be involved; hopefully, there will be more citizen participation at the next meeting; suggested the matter be placed earlier on the agenda. Councilmember Daysog stated the City should know the profile of a full service city; if the police force is down to 104 officers, the Council should know whether similar size cities have more officers; the public should have the context of where the City is versus where the City should be even if there might not be funding to increase the number of officers; the budget should include said information; requested a distribution of budget reductions by department; suggested a comparison of budget reductions versus operating cost to come up with an index which would indicated whether anyone is being disproportionately impacted. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 21 May 17, 2005 | CityCouncil/2005-05-17.pdf |