SALINAS CITY
COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
FEBRUARY 5, 2008
The meeting convened at 4 p.m.
Present:
Mayor/Chairperson Dennis Donohue
Council/Agency member Janet Barnes (arrived at 4:30 p.m.)
Council/Agency member Tony
Barrera
Council/Agency member Gloria De La Rosa
Council/Agency member Jyl Lutes
Council/Agency member Sergio Sanchez
Council/Agency member Steve Villegas
Also present:
City Manager/Executive
Director Dave Mora
City Attorney/Agency
Counsel Vanessa Vallarta
City Clerk/Agency Secretary
Ann Camel
CONSENT RESOLUTION
Upon motion by
Councilmember Sanchez and second by Councilmember Barnes, the Council voted
unanimously to adopt the Consent Resolution.
SALINAS CITY COUNCIL
1.
Approved minutes of
January 29, 2008.
2.
Accepted financial
claims report.
3.
Accepted Monthly
Financial Report for the month of December 2007.
4.
Adopted RESOLUTION 19407 authorizing the direct
purchase of CISCO IMICS Satellite Communications System for the Emergency
Operations Center.
5.
Adopted RESOLUTION 19408 authorizing the Police Chief
or designee to apply for the DUI Enforcement and Awareness Grant and execute
contracts or agreements necessary to receive said grant.
6.
Authorized the Mayor to sign letters addressed to the 2007
Monterey County Civil Grand Jury written in response to the Grand Jury's
reports regarding "Monterey County
Gangs: Suppression, Intervention and
Prevention," and "Greenfield PD:
An Innovative Approach to Law Enforcement."
SALINAS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1. Approved minutes of January 29, 2008
meeting.
2. Approved
financial claims report.
The Redevelopment Agency recessed.
CONSIDERATION
1. Basic Financial Statement for the Year Ended June 30, 2007 and
Report of the Independent Certified Public Accountant.
Tom Kever, Finance Director, and auditor McGilloway, Ray, Brown and
Kaufman Certified Public Accountants, presented the report. The auditor’s opinion is that the audit
fairly represents the City’s financial position.
COUNCIL ACTION
Upon motion by Councilmember Lutes and second by Councilmember De La
Rosa, the Council voted unanimously to accept the Basic Financial Statements
and related audit of the year ended June 30, 2007.
JOINT CITY
COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONSIDERATION
1. Mid-year
Budget 2007-08 Report.
Tom Kever,
Finance Director, stated that the General Fund ended with a $2.9 million
carryover. Staff recommends that $2
million be allocated to the operating reserve and .9 million be allocated to
match the $2.9 million COPS public safety radio system grant. After the allocation of the 2006-07
carryover, the General Fund operating reserve is $7.2 million to begin
2007-08. The three-year plan prepared
in April 2007 assumes the operating reserve will be exhausted as expenses will
exceed revenues during the three-year period.
This fact was discussed with the recent approvals of the Memoranda of
Understanding adjusting employee compensation and further discussed with the
policy determination to focus on economic development to enhance the City’s
revenue base.
CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION
Upon
motion by Council/Agency member Lutes and second by Council/Agency member
Barnes, the Council/Agency voted unanimously to approve recommended adjustments
to estimated revenues, appropriations, transfers, and reserves.
The
Redevelopment Agency adjourned.
The City
Council recessed to closed session at 6 p.m. pursuant to:
a. Government
Code Section 54956.9(a) pending litigation, Order Instituting Investigation into the Water and Service Quality of
Alco Water Company, CPUC Proceeding No. I.07-06-020.
b. Government Code Section
54956.9(b), conference with legal counsel regarding potential litigation (one
case).
APPROVED:
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Mayor Dennis Donohue
ATTEST:
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City
Clerk Ann Camel
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