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The City Manager stated that the one million dollars in unan- <br />ticipated revenue would, in effect, achieve a balanced budget <br />if none of the "cuts" were restored because of the already <br />adopted construction fee ordinances and a proposed (July 15 <br />Agenda, Item 30) Sanitation Charge ordinance. <br /> <br />He added that the sanitation charge would pay for street <br />sweeping and sewer maintenance and, as proposed, would take <br />effect October 1, 1974. He described the proposed charges as <br />follows: <br /> <br />$ .$0 <br /> 2.00 <br /> 2.00 <br /> <br />per month for dwellings up to four units <br />per month per dwelling building over four units <br />per month for commercial and industrial properties. <br /> <br />He further stated that if Council desired to restore any of tko <br />"Unfunded Items" on Pages 214 - 215, it would still be faced '~itk <br />the problem of bringing the Budget into balance. <br /> <br />Mayor Patterson proposed that Council review Pages 214 - 215 to <br />determine the consensus for reinstatement of unfunded items} <br />that Council was also faced with the problem ef using Revenue <br />Sharing funds for operating as well as reinstating Unfunded <br />items. <br /> <br />He suggested that no <br />mended reinstatement <br />214 and 215: <br /> <br />capital items be reinstated, hut recom~. <br />of tko following operating items on pages <br /> <br />Item 1: <br /> <br />3 School Resource Officers for the 3 kigk <br /> schools <br /> <br />$ 65,000 <br /> <br />Item 3: <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />Animal Control 0fficers~ assignment of ,~anpower <br />personnel to license dogs on a door~to~doo~ <br />basis, and increase dog license fees and increase <br />the Animal Control Officers to S <br /> <br />30,000 <br /> <br />Item 6: <br /> <br />Building Conservation Program <br /> <br />He recommended that the foregoing items be put back into the <br />Budget; that Council continue to look for areas to retain a <br />balanced Budget without a tax increase. <br /> <br />Councilman Ward stated that ke agreed with the Mayor's suggestions[ <br />that he was, however, concerned about using one million dollars of <br />Revenue Sharing for operating costs, and would favor witkdrawSng <br />a portion of it. <br /> <br />Councilman Ward added that Capital Item 3, on Page 214, Civic <br />Center Parking Lot, was one of his highest pr±or~ties. <br /> <br />Councilman Griset stated that ke was in favor of acquiring some <br />more park land while it is available CCapital rtem 2 on Page 2141. <br /> <br />Councilman Yamamoto stated that he was concerned about tko com~ <br />munity centers and the loss of an Assistant Coordinator at the <br />West Center (Operating Item No. 7 on Page 215~. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />249 <br /> <br />1974 <br /> <br /> <br />