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Anne Etheridge <br />2128 N. Greenleaf Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92706 <br />January 2, 2024 <br />City Of Santa Ana <br />Attention: City Clerk <br />PO Box 1988, M30 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />Dear Jennifer Hall: <br />This is regarding a notice I received from the City indicating a desire to increase the Sanitation Services <br />User Charges. <br />I object to this is the strongest way possible. <br />If I read the projections properly, it seems the City is planning an increase of more than one hundred <br />percent, from $5.35 FY 2023/24 to $11.72 FY 2024/25. <br />Is this a joke? <br />This kind of an increase is indicative of poor management and demonstrates a lack of appropriate <br />financial forecasting and planning. To pour salt in this wound, it seems the City was unable to perform <br />these basic management functions and hired an outside consultant (SCS Engineers) to conduct a "study." <br />Who knows how much THAT cost. My guess would be hundreds of thousands of dollars. <br />I suggest that City management do the job residents are paying for, and not impose additional fees to <br />compensate for performance shortcomings. Take the additional funds you need from payroll, reducing <br />the salaries of those who are not fulfilling the basic functions of theirjobs. <br /> you. <br />Anne Etheridge <br />