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Personnel Services Executive Director Kermit Francis discussed the City's short-term strategy of <br />closing the deficit by reducing reserves in the Workers' Compensation and the Liability & <br />Property Insurance accounts. <br /> <br />Miscellaneous Fees <br /> <br />Gutierrez provided the Council with a Miscellaneous Fees booklet of new and existing <br />Miscellaneous Fees, noting some existing Miscellaneous Fees would increase by 1% while others <br />would decrease in the proposed budget. <br /> <br />Councilmember Moreno requested details on the proposed Rotational Tow Fee of $10 per call. <br /> <br />Library Services Executive Director Rob Richards discussed a new Non-Resident Library Card <br />Fee of $45 per card, noting the fee would allow the City to focus its limited resources on serving <br />City residents, recoup the cost of serving non-residents, and increase the budget for new books. <br /> <br />Councilmembers expressed the following concerns: a $45 per card fee may be excessive, Santa <br />Ana residents may lose their reciprocal privileges with other libraries, and other library systems <br />might retaliate by imposing similar fees. <br /> <br />Councilmember Mills requested more information on the new Mandated Business Security <br />Evaluation Fee of $120 and the Child Fingerprint Fee of $3. <br /> <br />Gutierrez requested Councilmembers to forward questions regarding Miscellaneous Fees to him. <br /> <br />Rate Adjustments <br /> <br />Public Works Agency Executive Director Jim Ross discussed the proposed rate adjustments to <br />the Water, Refuse Collection, and Sanitation fees for the FY 95-96 budget. <br /> <br />Ross explained the City is able to keep water rates down because the City's water supply is largely <br />pumped from City wells instead of imported from other water providers such as the Metropolitan <br />Water District. Ross stressed the need to continue investing in water facilities since the cost of <br />importing water is twice the cost of pumping local water. He noted that the $8 million Garthe <br />Reservoir Expansion Phase II will not be funded due to the Orange County bankruptcy. <br /> <br />In response to Councilmember Moreno's query, City Manager Ream and Gutierrez explained the <br />City was making up for the budget shortfall caused by the bankruptcy by deferring maintenance <br />and deleting funding for capital projects. <br /> <br /> ADJOURNiVIENT_- 9:45 P.M. <br /> <br />~~& cf the Council <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />107 APRIL 27, 1995 <br /> <br /> <br />