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i Council Member inquired how to sift out calls that are non-life threatening and the Chief said that there is a cost recovery for repeat cases. One Council Member asked how the Fire Department cuts will be phased in. Fire Chief Skinner explained that this will be rolled out and re-deployed and an engine will be lost. Subsequently, this will be analyzed and so the people will be moved onto the truck and then there might be another tool or pump. He said his goal is to be innovative and to give this plan a chance. He said that Life Force will be analyzed and this too might morph. Mr. Skinner agreed that he could look at various cost recovery possibilities. Another Council Member noted that she trusts that the services will be there with a high level of response. This Council Member acknowledged that this will be a culture shift. Mr. Skinner was asked to explain the concept of mutual aid. Council asked about the possibility of inerging stations even befinreen different jurisdictions. During the discussion it was mentioned that there is a need for re-educating the community and shift from the "going the extra mile" to the basic service model. Mr. Ingram was asked about the deficit and he answered that the deficit would be small but there is some fluctuation. Mayor Ira explained that the notices will not go out until July 12 and so he is telling every department to be patient. Council acknowledged that indirectly they are committing to reserves as a shock absorber factor. One Council Member would like to have a real campaign to educate the community of the change in services available. Then the Council looked at the add-ons and Mayor Ira asked for input. He stated he would like to add the Juvenile Specialist back in. Another Council Member said that he would like to have the HSFA cut at 8%. After some discussion Council reached consensus on the following items: Juvenile Specialist at 1.0 FTE; Child care coordinator at .5 FTE; Library Youth Services, unclear; Shared Fire Marshall, approved; and CSO at 1.0 FTE. Council commented on their desire to fund three CSOs. This was followed by a comment that until there is a conversation about pension and benefits, then there is no way the Utility User's Tax will be used to fund positions. This Council Member would like to control wages, benefits and pensions to help defray structural issues that need to be addressed. Another Council Member added that this probably will not be possible in this budget and so it will take some work and planning. Another Council Member agreed with adding three CSOs but given all the other items this might not be doable. Mayor Ira agreed that CSO's are an effective way of community policing so he would like to find a way to resolve this dilemma. He would support two CSO's and he acknowledged this is really tough. Mayor Ira believes that the CSO's are part of the core services and he too asked the unions for concessions. City Manager Ingram recapped the consensus and Council agreed with it. On the reconciliation of the bottom line Mr. Ponty said that Council has surpassed the revenues by 69K. Mayor Ira said that Schaberg Library was off the list because there was strong consensus that this was not going to be a viable option. One Council Member asked to fill the gap with the additional parking revenues by increasing the hours. Mr. Chang explained that the concept was to increase to 25 cents and he said that maybe it could be increased to 75 SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD June 30, 2010 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 7 MINUTE BOOK NO. 63 Page No. 135