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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO MEMORANDUM DATE: October 14, 1998 TO: City Council FROM: City Council Finance Committee (Councilmembers Glaze and Lothrop and Mayor Young) SUBJECT: Finance Committee Recommendations - Budget Reductions for 1998-99 Attached you will find the City Council Finance Committee's recommended budget reductions for the 1998-99 Adopted Budget. The proposed reductions were developed as programmatic and financial cutbacks causing the least adverse impact on the public and still meeting the budget target for total expenditures. The Committee recognizes that all budgetary reductions have negative impacts and yet the changes must be from ongoing operations to gain long-term financial benefit. Long-term solutions are needed to deal with the $815,000 deficit in the 1998-99 budget. The total deficit is the result of the defeat of Measure I (the continuation of the business license rates in place since 1995) and several additional budget items added by the City Council during the budget presentations. All department heads were requested by the City Manager to identify possible reductions in their departments' budgets. The focus of the reductions was on ongoing operating costs that could be reduced with the least adverse impact on the public or the existing City work force. The Committee recommends reductions to current budget programs in the amount of $765,000. In addition, the Committee suggests postponement of additional gang awareness programs proposed in the amount of $50,000. The total of the Committee's recommendation amounts to $815,000, after considering a total of $1.3 million in program cuts. The recommendations and the total list of reviewed reductions are summarized in the following. Department Reductions Recommended by Committee $ 765,000 Postpone Gang Awareness Program 50,000 $815,000 - 1�