HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/25/19 PUBLIC SAFETY/VITAL SERVICES MINUTES' B A K E R S F I E L D
Special Meeting of the Citizens Oversight Committee for
Bakersfield Public Safety and Vital Services Measure (PSVS)
Of the City Council - City of Bakersfield
Monday, March 25, 2019
6:00 p.m.
City Hall South
1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301
Council Chambers
Minutes
The meeting was convened at 6:OOpm
1. ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Sanders, Vice -Chair Hibbard (seated 6:13 p.m.), Committee Members Keller, Holt,
Prince, Rowland, Louie, Tobias
Absent:
2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 11, 2019 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
Motion by Committee Member Keller, second by Committee Member Tobias, to adopt the
minutes from the March 11, 2019 Oversight Committee meeting. The motion was approved with
Vice -Chair Hibbard absent.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Jayme Seeger, stated that the wording of the Measure was misleading and requested
information regarding who drafted the wording.
Troy Hightower reserved his comments until agenda item 4.a. was called.
Curtis Bingham, offered blessings to the city and the committee, made comments on the
Measure and encouraged the committee to assign a majority of the first year's funding to the
Police and Fire Departments.
Josh Stenner with Faith in the Valley Kern, offered comments regarding funding public safety as
a community priority and encouraged the committee to solicit ideas from the community to be
more inclusive and generate more proactive solutions. He further requested that the economic
development efforts not just be limited to the downtown area.
4. NEW BUSINESS
A. Development Services Department Proposal - Director Kitchen
City Manager Tandy made staff comments and introduced Development Services
Director Kitchen who provided a brief PowerPoint presentation summarizing the
information and details of the Department's proposal.
Troy Hightower, independent consultant, made comments regarding the economic and
community development efforts and stated that focusing on these areas would benefit
public safety efforts. He further suggested that additional funds be allocated towards
economic and community development.
B. Recreation and Parks Department Proposal - Director Hoover
Recreation and Parks Director Hoover provided staff comments and provided a
PowerPoint presentation summarizing the information and details of the Department's
proposal.
Committee Member Prince requested a copy of the budget from last year as well as
actuals and a pie graph prior to the next meeting.
A brief recess of the meeting was called by Chair Sanders at 7:59 p.m. She reconvened
the meeting at 8:07 p.m.
C. Public Works Department Proposal - Director Fidler
Item was continued to the next meeting.
D. Human Resources and Technology Services Support Function - Assistant City Manager Huot
The Human Resources Support Function portion of this item was continued to the next
meeting.
Assistant City Manager Huot made staff comments regarding the Technology Services
Support Function and provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Committee Member Keller requested that staff provide a breakdown of the $17 million of
the ongoing costs of salaries and benefits.
E. Return on Investment Memorandums
City Manager Tandy provided staff comments.
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F. Future Meeting Dates and Times
City Manager Tandy advised the Committee that the next meeting will be April l st as the
regular city budget is prepared and presented to the City Council at the first meeting in
May.
Chair Sanders requested that the next meeting be held at 5:15 p.m.
5. BOARD COMMENTS
Committee Member Louie made comments regarding distributing the funds from the Measure
equitably and fairly to departments in line with the measure priorities.
Committee Member Prince stated that citizens want to see results they can experience firsthand
as the Measure affects them directly.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:46 p.m.
ATTEST:
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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