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Orozco, Norma From:Tim Johnson <tjohnson@jlkrllp.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 8:38 AM To:Sarmiento, Vicente; Pulido, Miguel; Solorio, Jose; Penaloza, David; Bacerra, Phil; Villegas, Juan; Mendoza, Nelida; eComment Subject:Item 25F- Public Comment I would like to encourage the city council to approve the amended MOU with the Police Officers Association. I am pleased that the POA and the city came together to reduce cots for the FY20/21 and this amendment shows good faith on both parties side. It appears that this amendment defers the 2% of the POA’s raises for 6 months which helps FY20/21 and also locks in that deferral into the FY21/22 period on top of an additional 2% lump sum contribution and a six month extension of the current contract. I would encourage the city to continue to watch the financial well being of our city though. The economic impact of the current C19 closures will be felt for years to come and I am a concerned that this pay deferral and lump sum contribution while helpful in saving approximately $2.3M for the FY 20/21 but simply pushes that savings to the 21/22 fiscal year. Now, this obviously provides time to figure out the economic situation in the future but all parties need to continue to work in good faith to bring our city to solid financial ground which may require further adjustments…possibly deep adjustments. With the growing gap in the 10 Year Outlook, it should be apparent to all parties that further work is required if we are going to come out of this. Below is the 10 Year Outlook which the finance team continually puts in most financial reports yet it continues to not be fully discussed in open session. I place it here so you can see it once again- notice that the top red line is future projected expenditures while the lower green line is the future projected revenue. Most would prefer to see revenue line on top of the expenditure line and, at a minimum, certainly not having such a large disparity between the two. Now, the only thing that we know for sure is that the future actual results will vary from this Outlook yet the trend should be more than apparent…adjustments need to be made now if we are going to weather this storm. Our city needs to strive for greatness and not just getting by which I pray that is what your actions will help us achieve. 1