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SPECIAL MEETING –6:00 P.M. ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ROOM,
13777 FRUITVALE AVENUE.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER – 6:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
REPORT OF CITY CLERK ON POSTING OF AGENDA
(Pursuant to Gov’t. Code 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was properly posted on
February 4, 2010)
COMMUNICATIONS FROM PUBLIC
Oral Communications on Non-Agendized Items
Any member of the public will be allowed to address the City Council for up to three (3)
minutes on matters not on this agenda. The law generally prohibits the council from
discussing or taking action on such items. However, the Council may instruct staff
accordingly regarding Oral Communications under Council Direction to Staff.
Oral Communications – Council Direction to Staff
Instruction to Staff regarding actions on current Oral Communications.
1. Budget Study Session
Recommended Action:
Accept report and direct staff accordingly.
ADJOURNMENT
In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of the staff reports and other materials
provided to the City Council by City staff in connection with this agenda are available at the
office of the Community Development Department Director at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue,
Saratoga, CA 95070. Note that copies of materials distributed to the City Council concurrently
with the posting of the agenda are also available on the City Website at www.saratoga.ca.us. Any
materials distributed by staff after the posting of the agenda are made available for public review
at the office of the City Clerk at the time they are distributed to the City Council.
AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
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Certificate of Posting of Agenda:
I, Ann Sullivan, City Clerk for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for
the meeting of the City Council of the City of Saratoga was posted on February 4, 2010,
at the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for
public review at that location. The agenda is also available on the City’s website at
www.saratoga.ca.us
Signed this 4th day of February 2010 at Saratoga, California.
Ann Sullivan, CMC
City Clerk
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City of Saratoga
Memo
To:
From: Mary Furey
City Council
Date: 2/4/2010
Re:
At the January 29, 2010 Council Retreat, Council reviewed forecast estimates for next year’s
revenues and expenditures, and the recommendation for the use of undesignated funds to
bridge the expected gap of projected revenues exceeding projected expenditures. Per
Council’s request, a follow-up study session is set for February 8th to discuss the proposed use
of undesignated funds.
FY 2010/11
The forecast’s use of $350,000 of undesignated funds included a leftover operational balance
of approximately $75,000 remaining at year end. The elimination of this excess balance
leaves a net proposed use of $275,000 of undesignated fund balance.
Staff has compiled the following additional budget cuts which Council could select to use,
either in full or in part, as an alternative to the use of undesignated funds. These include:
1,000$ Reduce cell phone plans
500 Eliminate all subscriptions
25,000 Sheriff's Office contract cost reduction for 0% COLA
25,000 CDD Deposit cleanup
100,000 Internal Service Fund transfers to General Fund
25,000 Council Contingency reduction
70,000 Mandatory employee furlough (27 hours/3 days at $23,400/day)
40,000 CDD credit card fees reduced - convienence fees
25,000 Convert Saratogan Newsletter to electronic version only
25,000 Shift unscheduled signal repairs from GF to Gas Tax
20,000 Shift road shoulder maintenance (weed abatement) from GF to Gas Tax
26,400 Voluntary car allowance reduction
19,600 Reduce Assistant City Manager to 90%
402,500$ Total of alternative options