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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - March 15, 1993 Page - 27 - NEW BUSINESS (continued) Council Member Kerr noted the Task Force had recommended $2.8 million in service cuts, which was reduced to $1.8 million. He said he does not think there is much that can be put back in. He said he doesn't have a problem with the Utility Tax -- it is a uniform tax that hits everyone. He said he does not have a problem with the Transfer Tax. He said he was concerned, however, regarding what the Council was expected to vote on. He said he did not want to vote until the final Public Hearing. Mr. Oliver said the Budget process used to involve staff giving a Budget to the City Council on the last Friday in May, and the Council then had 30 days to review it. He said the Budget process has now been turned into a 9-month process. He said before the Council this evening was a request for them to chose a path and declare its intentions. He said staff needed to make the arrangements to lay employees off and prepare for the up-coming Public Hearings. He said staff needed a strategy and a direction. He said this is the same kind of direction the City looked for last year during the Budget process. He said direction provided by the City Council tonight would not cast the Budget in concrete. Mayor Karp said the City is doing something new. He has said he thinks they have heard from the City Council that what has been come up with is acceptable, but there are questions which must be answered. Council Member Kerr said the City Manager was under the gun for time to prepare the Budget. Mayor Karp said the City Council needed answers to their questions. Council Member Perry asked if the City Manager needed direction on the two taxes in order to set the Public Hearings. Mr. Oliver said the Hearings have been set. He said he needed direction in order to prepare the organization. Mayor Karp asked each of the Council Members for their opinions. Council Member Myers said he saw no changes necessary to the Budget Strategies. Council Member Corbett said she had only minor questions. Council Member Kerr said he did not favor the $6 increase in the Transfer Tax but preferred something in between. Council Member Polvorosa said he had no questions. Council Member Perry said, in addition to her other comments, she was concerned regarding the Library Assistant and wanted to consider making the position part time and delaying hiring of the Disaster Preparedness Assistant.