Laserfiche WebLink
Councilmembers and staffdiscussed various factors related to the Santa Ana fixed guideway route <br />including but not limited to Main Street's narrow right-of-way, impact on the Bristol widening <br />project, extra miles of railway the Harbor Boulevard route would require, economic development <br />potential, activity centers (e.g., Museum District, Civic Center and South Coast Plaza), ridership <br />volume, and at-grade (ground level) vs. underground vs. elevated rail. <br /> <br />Mayor Pulido requested staffto submit both Harbor Boulevard and Bristol Street as alternatives <br />for OCTA's consideration. <br /> <br />RECESS - 7:20 P.M. <br /> <br />RECONVENED - 7:45 P.M. - All Councilmembers present. <br /> <br />FY 95-96 ANNUAL CITY BUDGET <br /> <br />City Manager Ream introduced Executive Assistant to the City Manager Francisco Gutierrez and <br />Budget Officer Gina Schuchard who presented the FY 95-96 Annual City Budget. <br /> <br />Gutierrez reported that the City's FY 95-96 Total Annual Budget was $240,526,165 and provided <br />charts to show the budget breakdown by revenue and by expenditures. He also noted that the <br />General Fund Budget (the City's operating budget) was $124,917,135 with 64.1% allocated to <br />public safety programs. <br /> <br />City Workforce <br /> <br />Gutierrez and Schuchard presented charts showing Santa Ana had the second smallest number of <br />city employees per capita among the 100 largest cities in the nation, and the least number of city <br />employees per 1,000 population among the 11 largest cities in California. Gutierrez indicated the <br />City's workforce will decrease slightly from the current 5.15 city employees per 1,000 population <br />to 5.14 in FY 95-96 as a result of proposed personnel changes in the budget. <br /> <br />General Fund Budget <br /> <br />Gutierrez outlined the General Fund budget assumptions and indicated a projected deficit of <br />$7,724,395 would be closed by a combination of expenditure reductions and revenue <br />enhancements. <br /> <br />Among the expenditure reductions Gutierrez cited were administrative adjustments such as lower <br />health and benefit costs Personnel Services negotiated with the City's service providers, and <br />personnel adjustments such as shifting labor charges for Public Works staff from the General Fund <br />to non-General Fund accounts. <br /> <br />Councilmember Moreno requested staff provide Council with a detailed breakdown of the <br />budget's administrative and personnel adjustments. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 106 APRIL 27, 1995 <br /> <br /> <br />