CITY OF COLTON
CITY COUNCIL/ COLTON UTILITY AUTHORITY/
COLTON PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY AND COLTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
May 24, 2023
A SpecialMeetingof theCity Councilof the City of Coltonwasheldat 5:30 p.m. on theabove- given date in City Hall, locatedat 650 North La CadenaDrive, Colton, California, Mayor Navarropresiding. Noticeof SpecialMeetingwasgivenonMay24, 2023, in compliancewith Government Code Section 54956( a).
CITY COUNCIL ROLL CALL
CouncilmemberspresentwereMPT Toro, Chastain, Gonzalez, Echevarria, andMayorNavarro.
STAFF PRESENT
City ManagerSmithandDeputyCity ClerkVargas
MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS
POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING OF May 24, 2023.
GIFT DISCLOSURES
MayorNavarroaskedthememberspresentif therewereanyagendaitemsthatwerea conflict of interestpursuantto CMC Section2.04.030. Nonedisclosed.
AB 1234 ORAL REPORTS
Mayor Navarroaskedthe memberspresentif therewereanybrief reportson meetingsattended at the expense of the City. ( GC Section 53232. 3( d).
MPT Toro & CM Gonzalez attended on behalf of the City of Colton City Council the Annual ICSC 2023 Las Vegas Conference, held May 21-23, 2023 at Las Vegas, Nevada convention center.
CM Chastain & CM Echevarriaattendedthe City County2023 Conference; held May 18-19, 2023, held at the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. Fiscal Year 2023- 24 Budget Workshop# 2
CityManagerSmithannouncedthattheitemfordiscussionis thesecondof twoscheduled budgetworkshopsfor thefiscalyear2023-2024. CM Smithexplainedthatthispresentationwill begin with follow up regarding items discussed during Budget Workshop # 1 held on May 15, 2023, and then after discussionregardingthe generalfund is completed, we will go over the remainingCityfunds. CityManagerSmithrequestedthatCouncilmemberswaituntilthefull presentationis completedto askquestions.
1 Staff Presentation
Stacey Dabbs, Finance Director reported on the following items. with the assistance of a PowerPointpresentation: City of ColtonFY 2023-2024Workshop#2:
Workshop# 1 Follow up
Increasing the amount allotted to the Utility AssistanceProgram.
General Fund Transfer( GFT) Committee Recommendations
PoliceDepartmentbefully staffedbeforedeterminingwhatstaffinglevelsareneeded.
City work with railroad to have them clean their properties.
Increase Code Enforcement to reduce blighted properties citywide.
Expresseddisinterest in additional bargain storesmoving into the City.
Enterprise Funds Overview
EnterpriseFundsare usedto accountfor any activityfor which a Fee is chargedto external usersfor goodsandservicesif theactivity'sprincipal revenuesourcemeetscertaincriteria.
Electric Utility Fund
Water Utility Fund
WastewaterUtility Fund
Other Funds Overview
Special Revenue Funds
Special Revenue Funds are used to account for and report the proceeds of specific revenue sourcesthat are restricted or committed to expenditure for specified purposes.
Internal Service Funds
InternalServiceFundsprovideservicesto City Departmentsandrecovertheir coststhroughuser charges.
Capital Projects Funds
Capital Projects Funds are used to account for and report the financial resources that are restricted, committed, or assignedto expenditure for capital projects/outlays.
Debt Service Funds
Debt Service Funds areusedto account for the accumulation of resourcesfor andthe payment of principalandinterestonbondsissuedin supportof governmentalactivities.
Assessment District Funds
CommunityFacility and SpecialAssessmentDistrict Fundsareusedto accountfor andreport the revenues received from special tax assessmentsto fund debt service and special services providedby theCity for eachrespectivedistrict.
2 Budget Timeline
Director Dabbs concluded with target date to return for approval of the Fiscal Year 2023- 24 Budget at the June 6, 2023 council meeting.
Council Discussion
Discernment and discussion between Councilmembers; with clarification provide by staff:
Director Dabbs, Director Dickinson, Fire Chief McHargue, Police Chief Dominguez, and City Manager Smith.
Motion and Secondby CM Echevarria/CM Chastainto schedulea third budgetworkshop in order to have staff report on:
The financial impacts of adding four additional Law Enforcement positions to the budget for FY 23- 24.
The ARPA fund suggestionsthat CM Echevarria proposed.
Council Discussion
Discernment and discussion between Mayor and Councilmembers present, with clarification provideby staff: City ManagerSmith, FinanceDirectorDabbs.
Motion andSecondby CM Echevarria/ CM Chastainto amendedthestandingmotionto remove the ARPA Funds portion.
Roll Call Vote: Motion Failed with MPT Toro, CM Gonzalez, and Mayor Navarro voting no.
Motion and Secondby CM Chastain/CM Echevarriathat the ARPA fund projectswould be handled separate from the budget.
Roll Call Vote: Motion Failed with MPT Toro, CM Gonzalez, and Mayor Navarro voting no.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
City ManagerSmithexplainedthatthebudgetwill bepresentedto theCity Councilasit is for approval at the June 6, 2023 Regular Council Meeting. City Manager Smith also noted that next year, duringthe mid-yearbudgetprocess, hewill createanitemto discusswith Councilthe budgetprocessin order to make any necessaryadjustments.
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:40p.m. MayorNavarroadjournedthe SpecialCouncilMeeting.
Stephanie M. Vargas
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Deputy City Clerk
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