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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
<br /> OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
<br /> CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
<br />
<br />June 19, 1974
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<br />The meeting was called to order in Room 831, City Hall, 20
<br />Civic Center Plaza at 4:15 P.M., by Vice Mayor Vernon S. Evans,
<br />proper Notice and Posting having been accomplished, with
<br />affidavits on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council.
<br />The following Councilmen were present: J. Ogden Markel, John
<br />Garthe, Harry K. Yamamoto, James E. Ward, Lorin Griset and
<br />Vice Mayor Vernon S. Evans. Mayor Jerry M. Patterson was
<br />absent. Also present were representatives of the Press and
<br />the following staff: City Manager Bruce C. Spragg, City
<br />Attorney James A. Withers, Finance Director Larry Shaffer,
<br />Director of Public Works Ronald Wolford, Police Chief Raymond
<br />C. Davis, Fire Chief Eugene Judd, and Clerk of tko Council
<br />Florence I. Malone.
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<br />BUDGET TRANSFER Approp~iation Adjustment
<br /> No. 124~ to transfe~
<br /> $16~700.00 f~om Account
<br /> No. 66~578~633 to
<br />Account Numbers 64-575.111 ($7,0001, 311 ($1S0], 331
<br />361 ($300), 371 6,6S0), Sll ($1,000], S3I i,000l, was
<br />unanimously approved on motion of Council.man Yama~oto, seconded
<br />by Councilman Ward. [CA 65.3)
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<br />PROPOSED BUDGET Tke CitF Manager p~e:,
<br />FISCAL YEAR 1974-75 sented his proposed
<br /> Budget for f~scal yea~
<br /> 1R74r. 1975 and stated
<br />that it represented an increase of sligktly, more than fin;e
<br />million dollars or about 17 per cent over the pre¥~ous budget;
<br />that the adoption of additional and new proposed revenue
<br />measures amounting to $1,561,000 will be required to bring
<br />the budget into balance; that included in tkeSe proposals
<br />are a one per cent property transfer tax o~ a fi~e pe~ cent
<br />utility tax; that unfunded items, in priority, order, a~e
<br />listed on page 214 of the Budget.
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<br />The total proposed Budget, including wate~ utility, and Revenue
<br />Sharing funds is $36,433,210.
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<br />The Manager suggested that Council first review the b~dgets
<br />proposed for the three departments tb~t constitute ~ore than
<br />71.9 per cent of the total operating expenditures~ Police~
<br />Fire and Public Works.
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<br />POLICE DEPARTMENT Police Chief DaY,s
<br />PROPOSED BUDGET described tko police
<br /> Department activity,.
<br /> Using cka~tm and graphs
<br />he compared the City's Patrol and Traffic ope~ationm, Pa~t 1
<br />Crimes, burglaries, narcotics arrests, and number ef police
<br />personnel with the 20 largest California cities, and t~e
<br />cities of Huntington Beach, Torrance, Garden Grove, Riverside,
<br />Anaheim, Fresno and Sacramento.
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<br />He stated that in the one and one..half years since his appoint:
<br />ment as Police Chief, he had reorganized and reeYaluated tko
<br />department; that Santa Ana is facing tke worst cri~me proSlem
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<br />JUNE 19, 1974
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