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-If the raise is approved will the city have enough money to do what is needed and what was said to the <br />voters( neighborhood safety, support parks, homeless prevention, city service enhancements ,etc., is we <br />approve this size of raise now to one employee group? <br />-Has the staff provided an overall plan for use of Measure X funds? <br />-The majority of this council either voted no on Measure X or publicly voiced opposition, so now are we willing <br />to allocate funds prior to even coming up with a comprehensive plan to achieve the stated goals of Measure <br />X AND receiving the first dollar of additional sales tax? <br />-Is there a problem in waiting to allocate and utilize Measure X funds until the additional sales tax is received? <br />-Should we wait to spend those funds until a comprehensive plan is developed, reviewed and agreed upon that <br />will accomplish the goals of Measure X? <br />-Are any of the Measure X funds to be set aside to shore up the city's reserves or pension obligations ? <br />-Will the Measure X citizens oversight committee be allowed to recommend use of funds? <br />Other Employee Unions: <br />How many employee bargaining units does the city have ? And when are these contracts up? <br />Impact to Pensions Questions: <br />-How will these increases impact pension cost for the city? <br />-How many retired employees or beneficiaries do we have receiving pension benefits for entire city and how <br />many for Police/Fire? <br />-How many employees entitled to but not eligible to receive benefits? <br />-How many employees currently paying into the pension system? <br />-How many employees do we have paying into the old pension formula and how many do we have under <br />PEPRA? <br />Insolvency: <br />-If the recommended raises and benefits are approved how soon before the city moves towards insolvency? <br />Best, <br />Michele Martinez <br />Michele Martinez <br /> <br />Sent from my iPhone <br />On Feb 4, 2019, at 5:10 PM, Michele Martinez< wrote: <br />Dear Clerk of the Council, City Manager and City Attorney, <br />I would like to include the following questions below for the record and I would like to ask the, <br />Staff, Mayor and city council to respond to these questions before the deliberations and vote is <br />taken for item 65D. The public deserves to have all these questions answered before the council <br />meeting tomorrow or before the council votes on this big fiscal item that can lead the city to <br />insolvency. <br />