Identified Budget Gap (12,360,000) Total Budget Reductions and New Revenue $14,210,000

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Vendor Renegotiations Identified Budget Gap (12,360,000) Recommendations Staff Identified Revenue Enhancements

Negotiate fair concessions by police bargaining unit Negotiate additional and fairly distributed reductions by all

Reductions and New Revenue $14,210,000 Restore 3 Recreation Centers, new pool, maintain Sherwood Hall/Community

3 Vendor Renegotiations Identified Budget Gap (12,360,000) Recommendations Staff Identified Revenue Enhancements Utilize COPS Grant Restructuring & Consolidation of Government Negotiate reduction of paid health benefits Negotiate fair concessions by police bargaining unit Negotiate additional and fairly distributed reductions by all employees Council Benefits Additional cost cuts and efficiencies Estimated Savings (Additional Costs) Total Budget Reductions and New Revenue $14,210,000 Restore 3 Recreation Centers, new pool, maintain Sherwood Hall/Community Center Restore code enforcement, portion of park maintenance Investment into planning, funding community outreach/communications

4 Renegotiate garbage contract with BFI New Revenue $1.2 million BFI will provide the following services: - Street sweeping - Graffiti abatement - Code Enforcement Officer - On-call bulky waste pick-up - CNG garbage trucks City Council consideration - June 1,

5 May 11, 2010 City Council approved fee increase CPI plus no more than 25% - $75,000/annual Fire Business Inspections - $267,400/annual 5% Building Permit Fees - $250,000/annual Fire Mitigations (Equipment) Fee - $300,000/annual General Plan Up-date Fee - $72,700/annual 5

6 $12.3 million budget shortfall cannot be balanced without reductions in the police department (43% of the budget) Eliminate 5 vacant police officer positions Utilize COPS grant to retain 9 police officers Budget saving $1.4 million Staff recommends obtaining approval from the COPS office 6

7 Consolidate City departments, Boards, Commissions and Committees for greater efficiency City has eliminated 41.5 positions, identified 83.5 positions to be eliminated and reorganized 5 city departments Authorize staff to engage an organizational expert and return to City Council in 30 days with a schedule for implementation 7

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9 BRC recommends: 1) reduced health benefits 2) fair concessions by Police 3) additional fairly distributed reductions by all employee groups Staff has initiated concession discussion with PMA and POA Concessions must be made by mutual agreement because contracts are all closed at this time 9

10 BRC recommends most of the service reductions included in the $9.8 million budget balancing "framework" approved by City Council on March 2, 2010 BRC recommends some restorations in crime prevention services and new investments in community master planning and communications Funding restorations/new investments require employee concessions 10

11 BRC "preserves high priority services by leveraging City and community resources" RFPs have been distributed to lease-out: - Community Center/Sherwood Hall - Municipal Pool - Three Recreation Centers Full restoration of City facilities ($1million) requires employee concessions 11

12 BFI to fund one of the three Code Enforcement Officers identified in the reduction "framework" Restoration of 50% of park maintenance ($770,000) requires employee concessions 12

13 BRC recommends investments in: - Community Master Planning - $500,000 - Community Engagement - $50,000 Funding new investments would require employee concessions 13

14 Staff supports the concepts embodied in the BRC's proposed resolution, inclusive of the following initiatives: - Youth crime and gang violence reduction - Prosperity - Organizational effectiveness 14

15 It is recommended that the City Council: 1) Receive the Blue Ribbon Committee's draft Report and Resolution for consideration 2) Direct staff to engage an organizational expert and return to City Council in 30 days with a schedule to implement the BRC's recommendations to restructure and consolidate City departments, Boards, Commissions and Committees 15

16 3) Direct staff to incorporate, subject to negotiations with represented bargaining units and other required processes, certain budget balancing recommendations as presented by the Blue Ribbon Committee on April 27th, as feasible, into the FY budget including: - Vendor renegotiations (BFI) - Utilize COPS grant - March 2, 2010 approved budget balancing "framework" - Lease-out City facilities - Restructure and consolidation of government - Employee concessions - **Restoration of Code Enforcement/Park Maintenance - ** Investment into Planning/Community Outreach ** Subject to savings achieve from negotiations/consolidations 16

17 4) Provide direction to staff regarding the BRC recommended initiatives: - Youth crime and gang violence reduction - Prosperity - Organizational effectiveness 17

Charter and focus. Community priorities. The New Normal. Structural recommendations. Short-term recommendations

Charter and focus. Community priorities. The New Normal. Structural recommendations. Short-term recommendations April 27, 2010 1 2 Charter and focus priorities The New Normal Structural recommendations Short-term recommendations 3 Primary Goal Position the City for long-term financial stability and efficient government