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CityCouncil | 2005-05-17 | 24 | Councilmember deHaan stated Council has been alluding to the inability to live off of billets being attrited down; cuts might not be appropriate; the City needs to be realistic; the easy way, such as 5% cuts, cannot be used; service needs to be reviewed. Mayor Johnson stated that she inquired about purchasing goods and contracting locally; creation of central purchasing was a suggested way to do so; requested other ways to ensure as much money as possible is spent in Alameda and not generating tax revenues for other cities if the budget does not allow for the creation of central purchasing. The Acting City Manager responded staff is addressing the matter the budget was prepared prior to the request; the matter would return separate from the budget perhaps a position could be converted. Councilmember Daysog stated the proposed budget is fabulous, particularly the page reflecting salaries and benefits by department and the statement that: "if adopted, there would be no impact on the General Fund reserve.' John Oldham, Acting President of the Management and Confidential Employees Association (MCEA) thanked the Acting City Manager, Finance Director and Human Resources Department for outlining what is happening with the City budget stated the MCEA membership is concerned about the proposed cuts and the impact on workload as jobs of association members are eliminated; employees are the foundation of what the City does, which is serve the citizens; the proposed budget requests that employees do more with less, which will erode the customer experience; that he started his career with the City in the Recreation and Park Department as a Park Director; the proposed budget eliminates the position that supervises park directors, which is a loss of a mentor who understands the operation; MCEA understands every position has a similar story and choices will be difficult; MCEA has had just over a week to review the budget and proposed reduction in force; MCEA would like to partner with the City to resolve the budget shortfall, while preserving services, program delivery and the quality of life for Alamedans requested Council to continue to review unfilled positions to reduce costs and take a closer look at revenues and expenditures before eliminating the positions of employees who have dutifully served the City for years; further stated prior to acting on the budget on June 7, MCEA is asking to work together to look at the whole picture before making a reduction in force; MCEA is asking for time to review the budget together so that everyone understands the impact of the reduction in force. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 24 May 17, 2005 | CityCouncil/2005-05-17.pdf |