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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - June 13, 1995 Page - 2 - 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Matter of Adoption of the City Manager's Proposed Budget, 1995-96 Fiscal Year. This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on the above matter, John Jermanis, Finance Director, presented the staff report. He said numerous meetings have been held to develop the Budget Strategies. He discussed the Finance Committee meetings and said the full Council met to review the budget in detail . He said the budget includes $67.2 million in expenditures and $67.7 million in revenues and is a balanced budget based on the three assumptions identified by the City Manager. Mr. Jermanis complimented Lee Ness for his work in analyzing the budget and making recommendations for improvement. The Hearing was then opened to the public. Lee Ness, 2321 Belvedere Avenue, thanked John Jermanis for reviewing the budget with him. He said it is a good budget, and he recommended adoption. He said the City Council should think about the funds that will be put into the golf course and develop a plan for repayment, such as bringing rates up to the market rate. He expressed concern regarding retired employee medical costs and employee retirement costs. He suggested that the Water Pollution Control Plant be privatized or taken over by another agency. The City Clerk noted that a letter had been submitted from Steve Mudgett, Golden Gate Seafood, Inc. , supporting the construction of the storm line connection, Williams Street to Merced Street. Susan Riskind-Poulsen, 182 Sunnyside, asked if fire consolidation would eliminate the opportunity to privatize the ambulance service, which could be a revenue source. The City Manager said ambulance service is currently provided by contract with the County by a private vendor. He said the use of fire personnel to provide ambulance service is currently under consideration on a County-wide basis, and fire fighters are currently being trained to paramedic level . There being no further comments from the public, on motion of Council Member Myers, seconded by Council Member Polvorosa, with Mayor Corbett and Council Member Loeffler absent (2) , and carried by a majority vote (5) , the Public Hearing was closed. Vice Mayor Kerr read a statement from Mayor Corbett thanking the Finance Committee for their diligence, time, and sense of humor. She said the budget has new and innovative details and holds the line on fees. and charges. She added her full support to the budget. Vice Mayor Kerr said staff did an outstanding job in providing the Finance Committee with information and keeping fee increases down.