CC 04-16-2024 Item No. 11. Service Level Reductions_Desk Item1
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
DESK ITEM
Meeting: April 16, 2024
Agenda Item #11
Subject
Potential service-level reductions for the FY 2024-25 Proposed and Final Budgets
Recommended Action
Provide confirmation on potential service-level reductions for the FY 2024-25 Proposed
and Final Budgets
Background:
Staff’s responses to questions received from councilmembers are shown in italics.
Q1: Elimination of these Work Program items - $75,000
• Enhance the Block Leader Program (grants to Block Leaders for community events):
• Diversified Retail to enhance revenue and service
• License Plate Readers projects
• Reduction in engagement with community.
• Reduction in retail diversity.
• Reduction in support for law enforcement to locate vehicles and suspects associated with
criminal activity.
The answers in the supplement report state:
Elimination of Work Program items - $75,000
• Enhance the Block Leader Program (grants to Block Leaders for community events) -
$10,000 => continued to FY24-25
• Regulate Diversified Retail - $5,000
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• License Plate Readers - $60,000 > continued to FY24-25
These two items are not mentioned in the April 16 staff report.
I thought the presumption is that they are cut? But they are not?
Are there other items like these two, not mentioned in the staff report, but they are kept?
Perhaps we should have an updated table from the 1/17 table to avoid confusion?
Otherwise, it would not be clear what services are cut or not (Council member Chao)
Staff Response: The budget breakdown for the above items was provided as a response to the January
17th Council meeting. At that meeting, Council motioned to keep funding for the above items as they
are items that will benefit the community. These items are unrelated to the SLR’s being presented
at the April 16th meeting because they are unchanged. Staff will be summarizing all reductions in
the FY 2024 Proposed Budget to provide City Council and the residents with one cohesive list.
Q2: The total of the three items listed above is $75,000.
Does that mean the other items have ZERO cost and they are not cut?
Such as these two items?
• Reduction in engagement with community.
• Reduction in support for law enforcement to locate vehicles and suspects associated
with criminal activity.
The footnote in the supplemental report states: "The Chamber agreement has since been
executed, so this is no longer a service-level reduction"
So, the $60,000 is not cut? But it is not mentioned in the staff report?
So, shouldn't the total reduction be adjusted to reflect these items which are not cut?
(Council member Chao)
Staff Response: These are not individual items. They are connected to the following City Work
Program items:
• Block Leader Enhancements: Elimination of this program would result in a reduction in
engagement with community.
• License Plate Readers: Elimination of this program would result in a reduction in support
for law enforcement to locate vehicles and suspects associated with criminal activity.
These items were not eliminated. As stated in question 1 above, staff will be summarizing all
reductions in the FY 2024 Proposed Budget to provide City Council and the residents with one
cohesive list.
Attachments Provided with Original Staff Report:
A – Public Works Sidewalk and Trees Follow-up