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1/31/2006
MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA
January 31, 2006
The Adjourned Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of National City
was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Nick Inzunza.
ROLL CALL
Council members present: Inzunza, Morrison, Nativadad, Parra, Zarate.
Administrative officials present: Campbell, Condon, Dalla, Deese, Eiser,
Gonzales, Hodges, Juniel, Kirkpatrick, Post, Saucedo, Trees, Wurbs, Zapata.
PRESENTATIONS (102-10-1)
BUDGET FY 2006-2007 (206-1-22)
1. Public Meeting for the Purpose of Receiving Input on the City's General
Fund Budget Crisis.
City Manager Chris Zapata made a presentation on the General Fund
Budget Crisis. See Exhibit "A", attached.
TESTIMONY: Several speakers expressed their views on the
budget crisis; offered suggestions on how to deal with it and the
importance of maintaining specific city programs and departments.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned to the next Regular City Council Meeting, to be held
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 6:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers, Civic Center.
The meeting closed at 7:50 p.m.
The forgoing minutes were approved at the Regular Meetin• of June 20,
2006.
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AYOR
CITY OF NATIONAL
CITY
Public Meeting
General Fund Crisis
January 31, 2006
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
a)
'c 800
a►
a►
c: 700
600
500
400
GF Revenues FY2006 per capita
National City Chula Vista San Diego
59,774 199,680 1,275,112
La Mesa
55,688
Coronado
26,353
Imperial Beach
27,616
$50
O
E $40
$30
$20
$10
-$10
The problem is critical in the
General Fund
General Fund crisis did not happen overnight and has
been overlooked or overstated.
Property Tax Allocation
to General Fund is minimal — split between 18 entities
(schools, county, etc.)_
Community Development
39.51 Cents
Schools/Others
43.28 Cents
ERAF National
14.52 Cents City
6.69 Cents
Sales Tax Distribution
is consumed by others except 1 ¢
CURRENT SALES TAX DISTRIBUTION:
State of California 5 t
Local Revenue Fund
0.5 ¢ Local Public Safety Fund
0.5
County Transportation Fund
0.25
Special SD
Transportation Fund
0.5
City of National City 1 st
(CURRENT)
Revenue Recognition
Sales tax revenue stream is precarious
Restaurants And Hotels .Autos An o Transportation
5.97% 45_76
Genera' Consmer Goods
21.3 r?rU
Fuel And Service Stations
5. 4O%
Food And Drugs
2 6O%
Business And Industry
4, 79%
Building And Construction
14,11%
General Fund
Vital for City Services
♦ Police 54%
♦ Fire 18%
♦ Others 28%
- Library
- Community Services
- Planning
- Engineering
- Building Safety
- PW, HR, IT
- Purchasing
- City Council
- City Treasurer
- City Clerk
- City Manager
Cuts and Suffocation of Services
Implemented
♦ Community Services
- Consolidated from 13 to 7 Neighborhood Councils
- Eliminated Special Dances for Youth & Developmentally
Disabled
- Reduced Operating Hours & Part-time Staff at Kimball Senior
Center
- Changed Swimming Pool Operating Schedule from 9 months to
3 months
♦ Engineering:
- No Traffic Engineer
• City Manager's Office
- Discontinued printing and mailing quarterly City Newsletter
♦ Public Works
- Reduced electrical consumption -- (impacting ball field
lighting, thermostat setting)
- Reduced Irrigation at city parks (111 Acres)
Dispelling Certain Community Distortion
of Proposition B
• Eminent Domain was not part of Prop B
• Reserves remain at $5.2 million and
should be untapped
• Projects over the past 2 years were not
paid by General Fund
- Library construction
- Fire Department construction
- Education Village
- Paradise Creek
- National City Blvd. Median
• Workforce did not increase
National City Projects
Not Funded by General Fund
• Library Construction (Bond/State Grant)
• Fire Station Construction (Federal
Loan/CDC)
• Education Center (Outside Agencies)
• Art Center (CDC)
• NC Blvd. Median (CDBG/CDC)
• Paradise Creek (Grant Funded)
• Ha Penny Inn (CDC Loan)
Workforce vs. Workload
♦ National City Workforce DID NOT increase
- Number of Employee THEN and Number of Employee
NOW (2000 to 2006)
♦ Workload increase
- Number of cases THEN and Number of cases NOW
♦ 400% increase in workload in Building Safety
♦ Fire Dept. 22.8% increase in service calls
Calls Personnel
- 2000 4624 41
- 2004 5667 42
♦ Negative impacts
- External slowing of services
- Internal employee flight
Conclusions
♦ City Council has articulated its Vision
and Priorities
• Citizens expect Results and
Performance
• Have Happened across the board
(10 goals and 5 priorities)
Recommendation
♦ National City Council -
Vision and Goals for the City
- Public Safety
- Technology
- Financial Clarity
- Communication
- Image Enhancement
♦ Cannot sustain current service level to the
Community in General Fund
♦ City Manager forecast without consideration and
passage of sales tax measure in June
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
d
= 800
w
>
i 700
600
500
400
GF Revenues FY2006 per capita
National City Chula Vista
59,774 199,680
San Diego
1,275,112
La Mesa
55,688
Coronado
26,353
Imperial Beach
27,616