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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976 06 28 CC MIN1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·INDEX JUNE 28, 1976 Public Hearing, Baldwin Park Preliminary Budget 1976-77 Publication Ha11ie Slater Re Copies of the Budget Dorothy Mayes Re Police Budget, Administration Positions for Acting City Manager and Council's Travel Jeannette Jackson re Police Budget Gloria Zook re Police Budget Charles West re Police Situation, Chamber of Commerce Budget and Council Travel Budget Tom Carpenter re Budget Copies, Vehicle Expense, Data Processing Personnel in Acting City Manager's Office, Travel Expenses, Revenue Sharing Allocation City Vehicle Operating Expense and Private Vehicle Usage Data Processing, Page 50 55 Data Processing, Page 56 City Manager, Page 12 City Council, Page 6 Recess 9:03 P.M. At 9:23 P.M. Adjourned Regular Meeting Reconvened John Kunz re Data Processing System Hallie Slater re Need for Police Officers & CRA Saif Uttah re Commitment to Mid-Valley Community Mental Health Council Dorothy Mayes re Treasure Chest and Council Attitude Tom Carpenter Public Hearing Closed 10:24 P.M. Meeting Adjourned to Tuesday, June 29, 1976, Council Chambers, City Hail BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·007097 ADJOURNED REGULAR MEEfING OF THE BALDWIN PARK CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS) 14403 East Pacific Avenue The City Council of the City of Baldwin Park met in adjourned regular session at the above place at 7:30 p.m. Councilman Aguilar led the salute to the flag. Roll Call: Present: COUNCILMEN AGUILAR, BLEWETT, HAMILTON. KITCHEL AND MAYOR WALDO JUNE 28, 1976 7:30 P.M. FLAG SALUTE ROLL CALL Also Present: Absent: ACTING CITY MANAGER SEXTON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS LATHROP, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING KILGOUR, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE HALLOWAY, LIEUTENANT CHELLINO, DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND PARKS LUCAS AND CITY CLERK BALKUS ACTING CITY ATTORNEY RITCHIE. CITY TREASURER MONTENEGRO AND CITY CLERK BALKUS 00- It was the time and place fixed for a public hearing on the Baldwin Park Preliminary Budget for 1976-77. Publication had been accomplished. Hallie Slater, 4814 North Stancroft, asked for extra copies of the budget so that people in the audience could share them and follow along with the discussion. Mayor Waldo said copies of the budgets were made available at the library as we11 as at City Halt for study and checkout. City Clerk Batkus confirmed that 4 copies of the budget had been delivered to the Library, with 2 for checkout and 2 to remain in the library. Mrs. Slater contended that the people were not notified and it was established that it had not been published. Councilman Hamilton said a memo had been received in City Halt from the City Clerk that 4 copies had been placed in the library, and that it had been announced at the budget review meeting. He stated there are 2 budget copies in the City Clerk's office for review during the working hours. Mrs. Batkus said the copies had been placed in the library following the meeting of the 21st. Mrs. Dorothy Mayes, 3453 North Big Datton Avenue, said she only knew about the budget what she had read in the paper tonight. She referred to what had been published regarding keeping the police personnel the same and not allowing them more personnel. Mayor Waldo asked her to read the article. Mrs. Mayes read in full the column from the newspaper regarding the budget meeting set for tonight's public hearing. continued) PUBLIC HEARING, B.P. PRELIM. BUDGET 1976-77 PUBLICATION HALLIE SLATER RE COPIES OF BUDGET DOROTHY MAYES RE POLICE BUDGET ADMIN. POSITIONS FOR A.C.M., & COUNCIL'S TRAVEL BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·CCC7C98 Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28, 1976 Page 2 Mrs. Mayes said the cart was being put before the horse" by holding the line in the Police Department and not increasing personnel to what is necessary, because she thought getting full protection would attract more industry than anything else. She also wanted spent only the money available in the foreseeable future and to have it spent in the most beneficial way. She referred to 3 new employees Mr. Sexton is asking for and asked what their salaries would be and how many police officers' salaries this would pay for, and stated she felt requesting 3 new employees was out of line for the commercial industrial development. She referred to the Councilmen's salaries and said they should be allowed ample money for local meetings and conferences but not go overboard for paying for meals, cars, etc. Jeannette Jackson, 4831 Lantee, said she wanted to ask Mr. Sexton why he was against getting more policemen on the police force. Council was polled and it was determined that questions would be answered at the time they were asked rather than later. Mr. Sexton said if the City does not attract new sources of revenue or taxes to pay the cost of police services and other services, we win not be able to afford the policemen that we have. Next year, we may not be able to balance the budget and some people may have to be laid off. He said when the Police Department submitted a budget request for more people, they did not remove positions but positions from a wish list." The Police Department and other departments were saying if they could have their wish, this is what they would wish. He said they had tried to act in a responsible way in managing the overall concerns of the community. The task was to balance the equities and meet the needs they could. Councilman Blewett said there has been a request every year from the Police Department for about 9 men, but the request has never been granted. One year 2 new officers were added. Mrs. Mayes said she felt that the addition of more police officers was of the highest priority and of more importance than 2 or 3 specialists on a high salary to bring in the business. She asked for the answer to her question about how many policemen's salaries these specialists' salaries would pay for. Director of Finance Hattoway said the salaries of the 3 additional personnel requested in the City Manager's office come to $35,472, which would buy about 2 1/2 police officers. He said each of those positions have a starting salary less than that of a police officer, who starts at about $1100 a month. Mrs. Mayes asked why the allowances of the Council were being increased from $1400 to $5000. Acting City Manager Sexton stated this was consistent with the Council policy to go anywhere, anytime, any place to attract new sources of revenue to help the City maximize its opportunities for development and extension of its tax base. The travel outlined relates to this item and indicates the places the Council may wish to attend. He confirmed these conferences are specifically laid out in the budget. continued) JEANNETTE JACKSON RE POLICE BUDGET BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·0007093 Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28. 1976 Page 3 Councilman Aguilar told Mrs. Mayes he has found, in looking for Federal grants, it is not how good the proposal is but who you know in Washington. Mayor Waldo clarified that the $5000 does not go for the Council's salaries, but for their travel, and that some of the Council do not turn in mileage for their cars when used for this travel. He said if they go any place to lobby where there is a vital meeting being conducted that will affect the City in any way or if there 1s a manufacturer in another city that they would hope to attract to Baldwin Park, the money is there for travel to make these contacts. Councilman Aguilar explained that when he went to Washington he saw Mayor Moss of King Mountain, North Carolina, who got his people together, the City Council and the residents, to help the City. In 10 years he brought $18 Million in Federal grants into his city. Mrs. Mayes agreed that when the City is entitled to money they should use the means to secure it, but not that they should go too far out of the district and that much should be handled by mail. She said she hoped they would go about it in the correct way. Mr. Sexton answered Mrs. Jackson's question regarding why the Council was against putting more police officers in the budget for Baldwin Park. He explained it was a matter of priorities with the money there is to expend. Mrs. Jackson said there were a lot of elderly people in the community who have owned their homes for over 30 years, and that the Council was trying to run them out of their homes but that Community Redevelopment had been voted down. Mayor Waldo said these old people had not been jeopardized in their homes and he hoped they never would be. He said if she had questions pertinent to the budget they would be happy to answer them. Mrs. Jackson asked why they wouldn't let the Police Department have what they want. Mayor Waldo stated that question had been answered and Councilman Aguilar said the City can't afford it. Mrs. Jackson said she guessed they could afford crime. Gloria Zook, 4817 North La Rica, said she was also concerned about the Police budget. She said the City lately seems to be a crime target. She wondered if they could not afford policemen at night when one of them is in trouble and there are no officers because they are out on other calls. She agreed that redevelopment monies are needed, but she asked for the people that live here that the Council think very seriously before they consider anything else other than increasing the Police Department. Charles West, 14311 Ramona Blvd., said he was a local businessman. He stated he felt that Chief of Police Date Adams was a very competent Chief and if he thought he needed more Police personnel, it was the duty of the Council to give them to him. He said in his carpet business he has encountered potential customers who are afraid to come across town to shop, and it is necessary for him to go to their homes to give them estimates, It has been necessary for him to call the police to help him protect his store and it was 35 minutes continued) GLORIA ZOOK RE POLICE BUDGET BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·OC07tOO Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28. 1976 Page 4 before the Police Department responded. He said he had decided if anything happens he wilt take care of it himself, but people are at a disadvantage who are unable to do that. He said if the situation continues to exist in this town, he plans to move. He referred to the $21,000 budget requested by the Chamber of Commerce and said he felt this was peanuts" and that more should be alloted so that the merchants would have a decent place to do business and help the City grow and increase the tax base. He stated the well-to-do merchants of Baldwin Park will not live in this town and that should give the Council some kind of a message. He said he felt the City Council should allocate more money for themselves for travel to find out how other cities operate. He said they are not making any money for serving on the City Council and could spend their time more pteasurabty than spending evenings being harassed by the people, sometimes right- fully so and sometimes not. If the Council doesn't take steps to get things corrected, they will not have a City very long. Tom Carpenter, 4346 Jerry, said to his knowledge he was the only citizen to go through the Baldwin Park City Budget. He said he wanted the citizens to know that his copy had been taken away and put in the Library where he would not have access to it, and that there were 4 copies there that none of the people knew about. Mayor Waldo clarified that Mr. Carpenter had been loaned a copy by the City Clerk to be studied in City Hall, but he had taken it off the premises, thereby denying other citizens the right to see it. Now there are 4 at the Library. Mr. Carpenter said the way the people wanted it was to be handed out the way they were tonight. He asked why they didn't do that before, when the meetings were being held. Mayor Waldo said Mr. Carpenter was the only one who had showed interest in it. Mr. Carpenter referred to Account No. 555.10, City Vehicle Operating Expense, and 555.30. Private Vehicle Usage, and said these accounts were spread throughout the budget for different departments. He said 555.10, City Manager, Page 10, shows that the department head, Mr. Sexton, has a City car at his disposal which he drives to and fro to where he lives in Anaheim. Prior to becoming Acting City Manager, he drove his own car. He said 555.30 means people are paid for the upkeep of their car. He understood that Mr. Kitgour has 2 cars and that he takes his car home at night out of town; Mr. Lucas lives in town and has a car and Mr. Lathrop has a car. He did not know how many police cars go home, but said he was insisting that a car pool be set up for the City employees, such as the Federal government has, and stop this waste. He said if they want to go out for business they can draw a car from the pool. This would eliminate several cars from the budget expense. Acting City Manager Sexton said automobile trans- portation was fundamental to the City and that the cars, as used by the department heads, are vital to the City in the effective operation of the community. continued) TOM CARPENTER RE BUDGET COPIES. VEHICLE EXPENSE, DATA PROCESSING PERSONNEL IN A.C.M.'S OFFICE TRAVEL EXPENSES, REV. SHARING ALLOCATION CITY VEHICLE OPERATING EXP. & PRIVATE VEHICLE USAGE BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·C007101 Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28, 1976 Page 5 Mr. Carpenter said that Mrs. Mayes' comment to give the City Council a flat allowance made sense. He said it would not be too expensive to put a radio in the car if radio contact is needed. He said if a car pool is set up, that car that sets a11 day will be available to others, and that he is representing many people who have discussed this with him when he asks that this be done. Mr. Sexton stated that his car, as well as the depart- ment heads' cars, are already in a pool and allocated depending upon need from time to time. Mr. Carpenter said Mr. Sexton's car is taken home at night, but if it were here it could be used in an emergency. He said the one who runs the pool should determine who takes out the car. Mr. Sexton said the car pool is controlled as a car pool but extra staff has not been hired to manage and operate a car pool. Mr. Carpenter said the City does not have a car pool as long as the cars are being driven home at night, because a car pool has to have the cars in at he end of the day and does not permit people to take cars and do as they want. Mr. Carpenter referred to Data Processing, Page 50, saying previously there had been a total of 9 personnel amounting to $113,210; the department had requested $192,469 and the City Manager had recommended cutting it down to $145,976. He said these expensive functions are for 155 regular personnel plus 31 CETA. He understood that about 90% of the equipment was for Police recovery information and that the balance was for payroll, journal entries, etc. He said he and others he has discussed this with feel that a11 this expensive equipment is not needed for these functions. He suggested manual bookkeeping, and anything that could be farmed out. He referred to Page 55 and the classifications as set out on the page and asked what the significance was of shifting the positions and reducing the personnel from 9 to 8. Mr. Hattoway said the column he was referring to was the Department Request column. The department requested that most a11 the positions be upgraded by changing titles and increasing salaries. The City Manager felt this was not necessary/and the titles were changed back to what they presently are and salaries adjusted downward. Mr. Sexton asked Mr. Hattoway to give Mr. Carpenter an indication of what it would cost to contract out the accounting/bookkeeping services. Mr. Hattoway said he did not have an exact figure but would estimate from $1000 to $1500 a month. He said he would not know the amount it would cost for police information retrieval services to be contracted out. He said it was interesting continued) DATA PROCESSING P. 50 55 BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·CCW02 Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28, 1976 Page 6 to note that prior to receiving the large grant to buy this equipment, the City was operating some now outmoded IBM equipment with a budget of $61,000, about 5 years ago. He said, although the equipment has been updated almost wholly with Federal grants, the actual expenditure has increased from $60,000 to almost $150,000. Mr. Carpenter said if the accounting/bookkeeping services could be contracted out for $12,000 yearly as estimated, this means the $134,000 is Police Department cost and that is too much and should be eliminated. He felt the $12,000 cost Mr. Hatloway mentioned should be utilized right away. He referred to Account No. 552.30, Page 56, Office Equipment Rental, $10,416, and said this was a lot of money for a city that could not afford to put out packets in the Library. He said Account No. 552.30 and 552.40 combined amounts to about $31,000. He stated he thought the $145,000 budget could be trimmed down by a minimum of $100,000 and asked that it be done. Mr. Carpenter referred to personnel in the City Manager's office. Page 12. He said that 2 years ago the City Manager's budget was $112, 436, but the new budget recommended by the City Manager is $198,822, an increase of $76,386. He referred to 3 new recomnended positions, and said the Administrative Assistant/Communications position, created for putting out the Newsletter, was one of the biggest wastes, along with others he had mentioned. He said it looked tike Mr. Sopicki's salary, publishing by the Treasure Chest, stationery and postage added up to roughly $25,000. Mr. Carpenter asked where the expense for meals and enter- tainment show up under the City Manager's budget. Mr. Sexton said it was found under 557.10, Meetings and Conferences. Mr. Carpenter said professional, technical, governmental and civic organization meetings and conferences are to be attended but that doesn't mean eating and entertaining. Mr. Carpenter said this City doesn't have any operating procedure for travel expenses or per diem. Mayor Waldo said quite a few calls had been made on this and he had come up with a travel procedure. Mr. Carpenter referred to City Council, Page 6, and listed the meetings and conferences the Council was budgeted to attend. He said this budget was predicated on $50 a day. He quoted the per diem for Federal, State and County as being a maximum of $16 per day for meals. Councilman Kitchel stated that the County Supervisors have a limousine which is chauffeur driven. At 9:03 p.m. Mayor Waldo declared a recess. 00- At 9:23 p.m. the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council reconvened. Roll Ca11 was the same as at the beginning of the meeting. continued) DATA PROCESSING, P. 56 CITY MGR., P. 12 CITY COUNCIL. P. 6 RECESS 9:03 P.M AT 9:23 P.M. ADJOURNED REG. MTG. RECONVENED BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·CC07A03 Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28. 1976 Page 7 Mr. Carpenter resumed the subject of the need for per diem control within the City. He said unlimited expense is permitted for anyone on travel status. The Acting City Manager must approve City employees, but nobody has to approve the payments for the Council. He asked that a travel policy be established throughout the City that controls travel, hotel and meals for anyone who travels and that it be based upon quarters of days and $15 per day for meals. Mr. Carpenter referred to Revenue Sharing, Page iv, Item 12 of Transfers In, for $360,589. He said this was incorrect and he distributed a public notice report which he said was required by law on revenue sharing for review of the Council. He said the public notice quoted $238,763 as coming into the City and being used in the Police Department, but he said since the inception of revenue sharing, $1.8 Million has been counted as surplus and Council has discussed the revenue sharing money that is to be used for building a new City Hail. He understood $250,000 had been spent for architectural fees for the City Halt. He stated the Police Department had not received any of this money. He read It has been the practice of this City to promptly incorporate a11 General Revenue Sharing quarterly payments received to its fiscal accounts which correspond to Section 103A1A of the Act Public Safety, including law enforcement, fire protection, building code enforcement." He said he was advised that when the General Revenue Sharing funds are assigned, the identical amount is then transferred from the City's General Fund bank account to the Surplus," for accumulation to build a new City Hail. He stated this was a blatant subterfuge to create the impression that the funds were actually used for police work whereas the Public Safety" functions have not been expanded at a11, and the funds immediately lose their identity through this laundering" process and are no longer subject to the 2-year limitation" imposed by paragraph 51.33 of the General Revenue Sharing Regulations. He read Governments must use, obligate or appropriate their Revenue Sharing Funds within 24 months of the end of the entitlement period for which each check was written." He said Baldwin Park was a crime-ridden community and could use any kind of expansion of its Police facilities and that General Revenue Sharing funds would have given aid to help correct this situation. He referred to Police personnel in the budgets from 1974 through the 1977 Preliminary Budget as being shown as 81, 68, 89 and 77, and said the Police Department hasn't the funds or personnel to consider continuing. He said if the correct amount of $238,000 of revenue sharing continues, the amount multiplied by 2 would be the amount used in the Fiscal Year 1976-77 for the Police Department, if it were used as in the public notice for the Police Department. He stated it must go to the Police Department in order to live another year. and that another 19 1/2 police officers could be available for that money. He objected to putting out a public notice telling the people that General Revenue Sharing funds were going to the Police Department when it doesn't. Director of Finance Hattoway said the $360,589 was the guess as to what the last entitlement would be under General Revenue Sharing» at the time the budget was prepared, but within the past 2 weeks the Government has notified that the allocation wi'11 be $238,763. The figure will now be changed in the final budget. continued) BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍG œ·00073.04 Adjourned Regular Meet-ing of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28, 1976 Page 8 Acting City Manager said Mr. Carpenter had made the charge of laundering" revenue sharing money when he knows that the City's application of revenue sharing funds is based upon the principle of revenue sharing that the local govern- ment determines its priorities and allocations of these funds. The funds come from this community's payroll taxes being redistributed back from Washington, and is actually then the money being sent by the people in this City. The Council makes the decision how the money is to be spent and when it comes in to the City it goes into the General Fund, out of which costs for services are paid. He stated the Police Budget amounts to almost $2 Million per year and that the monies coming in from Revenue Sharing are covering part of the Police services in the community. Revenue Sharing Funds are being spent according to the law and the cost of the Police Department in this community. Councilman Hamilton said that 9 new police officers had been requested at a cost of about $201,000 and that there is no way to spend this amount and have a balanced budget. This amount would include 9 policemen, their automobiles and equipment, and there would be no place to put them. He said it was necessary to build a new City Hail and get the Police out of the basement and that it would cost $750,000 to move the City Equipment Yard. He stated he felt the past Council had shown very good judgement in accumulating the amount of money they have in Unappropriated Surplus to be used for Safety" by building the new Police facilities. Mr. Sexton said the flow of money from the bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. was to the General Fund and was distributed out to pay for Police services, part of which amounts to what the budget has been in the past. He stated that the procedure has been good, prudent money management. Mr. John Kunz, 13904 Mast ine, stated he is a professional account- LnrcccTMp ant and would like to take issue with Mr. Carpenter on RE DATA PROCESSING uses of money in relation to computers. He explained SYSTEM the use of the Systems 3 card, as used presently by Data Processing, and said that actually the procedure is somewhat out of date. This process does not allow what is known as random access," because if something is needed from tape, it is necessary to search through tape and find it and put it to a disk and put it to- gether. He said the 600-line printer in the Police Department is obsolete, in his estimation, as line printers are now 1200-3000 tines. He said the present systems uses 2 data processing languages one, COBOL, for common, orientated business language, invented by the Government from a11 computers and RPG 2, invented by IBM, which is highly versatile and oper- ational. He suggested that the Finance Director research simplifying it into one business language, as he thought it would save a lot of time going from one computer to the other. He said there is a deciphering device that can be used to go from one data processing language to another, but it is costly. He said he believed firmly that every dollar being put into this system should be used, and add more to bring it up to date. He said there is some soft time" being used on the computer, and suggested selling some time to bring in revenue. Mayor Waldo said that setting time has been discussed. continued) BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍG œ·Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council Halite Slater, 4814 N^-rth Stancroft, said that more police officers are needed and asked if the Council would like to take the responsibility of toss of life and property. She asked if the people of Baldwin Park weren't allowed anything? Mayor Waldo said the crime rate has not been rising at the rate of other cites and that the statistics show that Baldwin Park is in better shape in regard to death by violence than 2 years ago. Mrs. Slater that Mr. Sexton has raised his office expenses $76,000 from 2 years ago. She said when he goes home at night the policemen are just beginning to have shootings, murders, fights, knifings. She asked if more policemen were going to be hired. Acting City Manager Sexton explained that the Police Department complement has not been cut, and that this budget is only reducing a request down to the realities of a balanced, fiscal policy. Mrs. Slater said more policemen should be hired and reduce other goodies" such as meetings and conferences, and subscriptions and dues. She asked why 3 more people were needed in Mr. Sexton's office and not at least 3 more people in the Police Department. Mr. Sexton explained that the Council is attempting to generate new tax revenue for the community so that the City can afford to hire new policemen and equip them adequately to deal with the police problems of the community. If new tax revenue is not generated, next year or the following year, there will not be enough money to afford the Police complement the City has now. Mrs. Slater stated that more than $250.000 has already been spent for CRA without a thing to show for it. Mayor Waldo said that Mr. Carpenter is keeping the City from implementing CRA by the debt from his lawsuits. He said the City is delayed with $20 Million worth of development that would have generated sales tax to staff the Police Department. Mrs. Slater suggested that the Council consider the budget to try to come up with a solution to try to get more desperately needed Police officers in the City. Councilman Hamilton asked Lieutenant Chellino what was our average badged personnel per capita compared to the national average or to other cities. Lieutenant Chellino said some authorities claim the average is 1 per thousand while others say 1 1/2 per thousand, and Baldwin Park is a tittle less than 1 per thousand, if talking about patrol- men on the street. He said there are many factors contributing to how many policemen a City should have, depending upon the area, etc. He said Baldwin Park has 55 sworn personnel, total, including supervisors and administrators, rather than just patrolmen on the street. Discussion followed that this was in excess of one badged personnel per thousand citizens, which places Baldwin Park very close to the national average. continued) CC07105 June 28. 1976 Page 9 HALLIE SLATER RE NEED FOR POLICE OFFICERS & CRA BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍG œ·C0073-06 Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28, 1976 Page 10 Councilman Aguitar asked if the budget for the Police Department will do the job this year for the City. Lieutenant Chellino said that the maintenance for the Department had been honed down by having the propane conversion for the automobiles, and it is hoped this will afford some economies. Mr. Sexton confirmed that Baldwin Park has a population of 47,000 with a total police complement of 55 so that an average can be seen. Saif Ullah, Executive Director, Mid-Valley Community Mental Health SAIF ULLAH RE Council, 1436 East Huntington Drive, said the Council also COMMITMENT TO serves the City of Baldwin Park. He said he was present in MID-VALLEY COMMUN. case there was any misunderstanding about the statement he MENTAL HEALTH had made last year regarding the contribution that Baldwin Park COUNCIL makes to Mid-Valley Community Mental Health Council's operation. He said he had made a statement to the effect that their attempt is to not seek any more City funding and to try to develop private sector funding. They have been quite successful in developing some bases, but unfortunately, the way the finances are, they may stilt have to depend this year upon the contribu- tion being received from Baldwin Park. He said every effort has been made and will continue to be made in that direction. He said that each one of the Council should be receiving a monthly newsletter and that almost all the Council has had the opportunity to visit the Center. He stated that this month the statistics show that 287 families have been served from Baldwin Park alone, and that in one year the number definitely exceeds 800. The money that Baldwin Park makes available to the Center is used as seed money" to bring in additional money* The total agency budget is $1/2 Million and the cities contribute only 10%. He said he knew the constraints the City is under and would answer any questions. Councilman Hamilton asked what cities are making a contribution. Mr. Ullah responded that Baldwin Park, Bradbury, Duarte, E1 Monte, South El Monte, and West Covina make a contribution according to a ratio and alt of the other cities have allocated the money in their budget for this fiscal year. He confirmed that the Federal grants have not come in as planned and General Revenue Sharing money increase antici- pated has not increased. He said right now the Agency is in a deficit of about $7000 a month and they are making every effort to raise monies in the private sector and hopefully will be able to do that. He invited the Council members to a Special Board Meeting being held on July 7th. The meeting will be to specifically discuss the future fund raising activities of Mid-Valley. There are some specific plans and if they are able to implement them, hopefully they will be able to raise enough money. He thanked the Council for their support of Mid-Vattey and for their input whenever he has needed it. Mayor Waldo asked for the concurrence of the Council in requesting that anyone who wished to speak the second time around limit their time to 5 minutes. Dorothy Mayes, 3453 Big Dalton, said she noticed that the Treasure Chest had been chosen to publish the City Newsletter. She said that in her opinion, the editor was a biased, opinionated person who twists the truth, brainwashes the people and practically runs Baldwin Park She asked why the Treasure Chest had been chosen. Mayor Waldo said the Treasure Chest was chosen because they were the lowest bidder. continued) DOROTHY MAYES RE TREASURE CHEST & COUNCIL ATTITUDE BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍG 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍG œ·ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE BALDWIN PARK CITY COUNCIL, CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS) 14403 East Pacific Avenue The City Council of the City of Baldwin Park met in adjourned regular session at the above place at 7:30 p.m. Councilman Aguilar led the salute to the flag. Roll Call: Present: COUNCILMEN AGUILAR, BLEWETT, HAMILTON, KITCHEL, AND MAYOR WALDO JUNE 28, 1976 7:30 P.M. FLAG SALUTE ROLL CALL Also Present: Absent: ACTING CITY MANAGER SEXTON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS LATHROP, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING KILGOUR, FINANCE DIRECTOR HALLOWAY LIEUTENANT CHELLINO AND CITY CLERK BALKUS ACTING CITY ATTORNEY RITCHIE, CITY TREASURER MONTENEGRO AND CHIEF OF POLICE ADAMS 00- AT 10:24 P.M. COUNCILMAN HAMILTON MOVED, COUNCILMAN AGUILAR SECONDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN TO TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1976, AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL. There were no objections. 00- ADJOURNED 10:24 P.M. TO TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1976. 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS A-^ THELMA L. BALKUS, CITY CLERK DATED: JUN? 29, 1976 TIME: 10:00 A.M. BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 1976 06 28 CC MIN(ÌìÍGœ·AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING NOTICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF BALDWIN PARK SS; THELMA L» BALKUS, being first duly sworn, says and deposes: that I am the duly chosen, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park; that at an Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park held June 28 1976 said meeting was ordered adjourned to the time and place specified In the Notice of the Adjournment ATTACHED HERETO: that on June 29____. 1976 at the hour of 10:00 a.m>. I posted a copy of said Notice at a conspicuous place on or near the door of the place at which said meeting of was held. June 28 1976 Subscribed and sworn to before me this J?^/7 day of i^'w^^ 19 A, A^^^^^^ Notary PUDIic rnandfor^sa^ County and State BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06 œ·CC07107 Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Baldwin Park City Council June 28, 1976 Page 11 Councilman Kitchel confirmed that the editor of the Treasure Chest will have no editing power over the Newsletter and that the final discretion of the Newsletter is left up to the City Manager. ATI the editor does is print it. Mrs. Mayes commented on the restive and inattentive attitude of some of the officials and personnel, saying they had been sarcastic, antagonistic, and rude, with an open show of amusement at public comments, and said she was appalled and rather uneasy about the decisions that will be arrived at by the head of this City government. Tom Carpenter, 4346 Jerry, said an important detail that isn't in the budget at alt is Mr. Sexton's salary for the last years where 90% of his time was spent on CRA, plus office expenses and utilities. He stated the CRA has $101,000 that doesn't reflect this, and asked that it be included when the regular budget is made up, saying that it will have to be changed because Mr. Sexton's personnel expenses are probably going up. He objected to sending Councilmen to Washington to find out what the Staff should do. He asked that this type of Council travel be eliminated from the budget and that when it was necessary, someone should be sent with expertise on the subject. He referred to the public notification on Revenue Sharing and said regardless of this, the people know where the money is the Police did not get the benefit of it and it is in a trust fund. He said the Council would have to be responsible for a certain amount of crime that has taken place. As there was no further testimony in behalf of or in objection to the Baldwin Park Preliminary Budget for 1976-77, Mayor Waldo declared the Public Hearing closed. 00- Discussion followed on having a further meeting for approval of the Budget. Several Councilmen said they had further comments to make on the budget. 00- At 10:24 p.m. the meeting adjourned to Tuesday, June 29, 1976 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Halt. M/S/C: HAMILTON/AGUILAR. There were no objections. 00- THELMA L. BALKUS, CITY CLERK TOM CARPENTER PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED 10:24 P.M. MEETING ADJ. TO TUES., 6/29/76, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL APPROVED: JLaf 7J~^ 1976 Date of Distribution to City Council: July 16, 1976 Date of Distribution to Departments: July 16, 1976 BIB] 37657-U01 1976-U02 06-U02 28-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LI1-U03 FO9591-U03 FO9725-U03 DO9767-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 2/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 REGULAR-U05 SESSION-U05 CITY-U06 COUNCIL-U06