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3 7 Councilman Petersen moved to close the public hearing , seconded by Councilman Weymouth and carried . City Clerk and City Manager certified the Budget as having been approved by Council . Councilman Arnett moved to introduce Ordinance of the City of Redwood City adopting the Final Budget of the City of Redwood City for the Fiscal Year July . 1 , 1969-June 30 , 1970 ; providing for the appropriation and expenditure of all sums set forth in said budget ; providing for emergency expenditures , transfers , additional appropri - ations and cancellation of existing appropriations ; and , repealing Ordinance No . 1365 , as amended , and all ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith ; and , adopting the budgets for General Improvement Districts No . 1 -64 , No . 1 -65 , No . 2 - 65 , and No . 3 - 65 for the Fiscal Year July 1 , 1969 -June 30 , 1970 , seconded by Council - man Keckley . Councilman Henderson questioned whether Budget as now presented indicated increases in amount of Series "D : Bonds over what was in the preliminary budget and asked for clarification of the Salary Plan appended to theBudget as to salary ranges and dollar figures applied thereto . City Attorney advised the present Salary Ordinance is self - operative this year and increases would take effect on July 1st without further action by the Council . Auditor-Accountant advised figures and ranges shown in Salary Plan in the Budget were accurate and taken out of the second section of Salary Ordinance , to be effect - ive July 1st ; that Salary Ordinance did not change ranges but would change dollar amounts within each range . City Manager advised Salary Plan as shown in the Budget was considered part of ap - pendix and does not affect appropriations for salaries in any event , as amounts being appropriated in the Budget itself are correct . Alan Beer , 3627 Highland Avenue , Redwood City , noted article appearing in Tribune concerning Council action tonight regarding Budget approval but felt it also con - cerned City taxes and those concerned should be given a chance to be heard . Mayor Bury expressed appreciation for Mr . Beer ' s interest and related the lack of attendance at the numerous Budget Study meetings which had also been noted publicly , but stated tax rate would not be set until late in August when the assessment roll has been equalized and the utility roll received from the State Board of Equalization . City Manager further clarified point that the estimated tax rate set to raise funds appropriated for Budget represents the differential between the anticipated revenues and the total needed for General Governmental purposes . If the assessed valuation is greater than anticipated , then final tax rate would be decreased , since Budget as adopted must be funded precisely as stated . Councilman Henderson questioned whether an estimate of costs to include all employees in the half -pay continuance plan being approved for safety workers , is available . Auditor-Accountant advised costs figures not available at present as it was neces - sary to ascertain first whether such a plan would be possible for all employees or whether such a plan would jeopardize employees ' present retirement system . City Manager stated there had been no response by State to inquiries as to legality of this plan for the safety workers , and if found to be in conflict with the present om