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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/17/1996 BAKERSFIELD Patricia J. DeMond, Chair Ala,~Cl'~City IV~~~ Irma Carson Sta~.' Dolores Te~'~n~ Kevin McDermott / AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Monday, June 17, 1996 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:25 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Patricia J. DeMond, Chair; Irma Carson and Kevin McDermott 2.APPROVAL OF THE MAY 13, 1996 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3.PRESENTATIONS None 4.PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. ESTABLISHMENT OF CITY LEA The Fire Department distributed a memo which indicated that the City could realize up to $15,000 in cost savings and $17,000 in revenue if we established our own APPROVE]) AS StlBIfiTTEI)Jify 15, 1996 F[L£ g0Pg AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Monday, June 17, 1996 Page -2- LEA. The memo also gave an estimate of program costs which includes $63,750 in annual costs and $23,825 in one-time costs. The Committee again stated the importance of identifying all costs of the program and of quantifying the savings from eliminating County delays. As a result of an Intergovernmental Relations Committee meeting, the City and County will be forming a Task Force to discuss LEA issues. The Committee advised staff to bring back a report from the Task Force as soon as possible. B. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE EVALUATION PROCESS Staff distributed a proposed evaluation procedure to objectively determine whether or not a business was eligible for City assistance. The procedure will categorize and prioritize the various components of the project to determine if it qualifies. Staff will incorporate the Committee's comments and changes into the form and return the final version to the next Committee meeting for approval. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. WASTEWATER FEES Staff outlined the proposed fee increases and explained that the fee increases were needed to cover the full cost of handling septage discharge and to ensure that non- city residents that are connected to City sewer pay their fair share of the costs for upgrading the treatment plants, The Committee wanted staff to emphasize that this is a fee for service and not a general tax. The Committee recommended the fee increases be approved by Council. B. ADDITIONAL CDBG AND HOME FUNDING Due to higher than anticipated revenues from HUD, the City has an additional $216,300 in CDBG funds and $87,000 in HOME funds to allocate. Staff provided a list of possible eligible projects to the Committee for review. The Committee indicated that they would like to resolve the vagrancy problems associated with the empty pool at Central Park, but they were not ready to support a roller blade facility. A representative of Clinica Sierra Vista presented information on the proposed expansion of their Lake Street facility. AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Monday, June 17, 1996 Page -3- The following recommendations for appropriating the additional CDBG funds were made: $110,000 for Phase IV of the Lake Street reconstruction project, $34,000 for demolition of the Central Park pool and buildings and $72,300 to begin the Clinica Sierra Vista project. Only two projects were proposed for the HOME funds which included equal amounts to the First Time Homebuyer Program and Single Family Rehabilitation Program. Staff was directed to incorporate these changes into the final proposed budget for Council's review and approval at the June 26, 1996 Council meeting. Amendments to the CDBG plan will go before Council at its August 7, 1996 meeting. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1:55 p.m. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council