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- ..,Attachment 3
<br />SUMMARY OF 8/22/00 MEETING
<br />CITIZENS BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE
<br />Attendance
<br />Members (33): Aborashed, Allphin, Cardoza, Chan, Christiansen, F. Collins, Cuellas, Dineen,
<br />Dorn, Eliason, Fels, Finberg, Fitzpatrick, Hague, Hitchcock, Houston,
<br />Kleinstein, Leigh, Madrigal, Mahoney, Nahm, Padilla -Johnson, Padro, Pon,
<br />Reed, Reicker, Santos, Skaar, Stephens, Sullivan, Tannam, Tierney, Watson
<br />Public (2): (based on sign -in sheet only) Kim Brockman, Trina Nahm
<br />Absent (24): Barry, R. Collins, Diaz, DiGregorio, Ehrenberg, Fong, Garcia, Gregory, Jue,
<br />Kleebauer, Kline, Knox, Mellen, Moniz, Polvorosa, Rice, Rudisill, Serrano,
<br />Sidari, Spaulding, Valera, Weinberger, Werfal, Williams
<br />Staff members from various City departments also were present at the meeting.
<br />Councilmembers Glaze, Galvan, and Grant also attended.
<br />Overview of Meeting
<br />Lou Hexter welcomed the Committee Members and explained the evening's Agenda.
<br />Vice Mayor Glaze explained the charge of the Committee and provided the context for their
<br />work.
<br />City Manager John Jermanis provided a history of the City's budget over the past decade, and
<br />the various changes in revenues, expenditures, service levels, and budget strategies during this
<br />time.
<br />Finance Director Tim Hansen provided an overview of the City's current budget structure,
<br />revenue sources, expenditure categories, and the extent of the cuts in the event the real property
<br />transfer tax is repealed.
<br />A number of questions or requests for clarification were raised by Committee members during
<br />the Jermanis/Hansen presentation. These related to:
<br />- Elaborating on the various revenue sources that make up the General Fund, particularly
<br />intergovernmental funds and interdepartmental charges
<br />- Explaining the, limitations which prevent the City from transferring enterprise fund
<br />revenues and other restricted revenues to the General Fund
<br />- Describing the effects of home improvements (and higher sales prices) on the City's total
<br />assessed valuation, and hence its property tax revenues
<br />- The feasibility of recovering loans which have assisted various enterprise services in the
<br />past
<br />- The constraints to adjusting the City's property tax rate to be more in line with the rates
<br />in other City's in Alameda County (would probably require State legislative action).
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