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<br />8A <br />Attachment 2 Page 8 <br /> <br />b. General Fund Expenditures: More information is desired on the following services <br />and programs <br />1. Within the recommended Fire Department budget reductions, Council <br />understands that a Union proposal to change minimum staffing <br />requirements on Truck 9 will come back for Council consideration via a side <br />letter amendment to the contract with the Union. This proposed <br />operational change will not alter the budget; rather it will provide the Fire <br />Chief with more flexibility in staffing of Station 9. The Council has indicated <br />their conceptual approval and appreciation for this new proposal. <br />2. Staff time and associated costs to support pilot tree board, and <br />implications of continuation or termination <br />3. Staff time and associated costs to support Police Athletic League (PAL), <br />along with alternative ways to share and leverage resources: <br />4. Staff time and associated costs to support Community Emergency <br />Response Team (CERT), along with alternative ways to share and leverage <br />resources. <br />5. Parking Fund - can costs be decreased? <br />6. Communications - can electronic outreach and information offset printing <br />and mailing costs? <br />7. Have staff liaisons of Boards, Commissions, and Committees (BCe's) bring <br />back costs associated with BCe's, including staff time and resources. How <br />do the BCe's work towards supporting our strategic initiatives? <br />c. Staffing: Council would like an update on the City Manager's vacancy management <br />program <br />1. Number of vacant positions <br />2. Short-term cost savings <br />3. Long-term implications of vacancies <br />4. Volunteers - what are we currently doing, and what is <br />possible/manageable (capacity building) <br />d. Employee and retiree costs: <br />1. Council discussed the Grand Jury report entitled "Reversing the Upward <br />Trajectory of Employee Costs in the Cities of San Mateo County". <br />Responses to the report are due by Sept. 3, 2009; therefore staff will <br />coordinate with other organizations (such as the San Mateo County City <br />Managers' Association) and come back to Council via the Council Personnel <br />Committee with a suggested response. <br />2. Council will provide broad direction to the City Manager and Human <br />Resources Director in July, such that the labor/management collaboration <br />on alternative benefits program design can continue. <br />