City Council May 5, 2025 Page | 1
CITY OF DUARTE
AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1600 HUNTINGTON DRIVE, DUARTE, CA 91010
Monday, May 5, 2025
4:00 PM
MISSION STATEMENT
With integrity and transparency, the City of Duarte provides exemplary public services in a caring and fiscally responsible manner with a commitment to our community’s future.
Cesar A. Garcia, Mayor
Tera Martin Del Campo, Mayor Pro Tem
Margaret Finlay, Councilmember
Samuel Kang, Councilmember
Toney Lewis, Councilmember
Vinh Truong, Councilmember
Martin Calderon, Councilmember
City/Authority Staff:
Brian Villalobos, City Manager
Kristen Petersen, Assistant City Manager and Director of Administrative Services Craig Hensley, Director of Community Development
Manuel Enriquez, Director of Parks and Recreation
Larry Breceda, Director of Public Safety Services
Thai Viet Phan, City Attorney
Frances Jimenez, Interim City Clerk
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
A. Special Meeting Notice
2. BUDGET OVERVIEW
a) City Manager Remarks
b) Budget Process
3. ORAL COMMUNICATION - ITEMS LISTED ON THIS AGENDA
Any person wishing to speak on any items listed on this special meeting agenda, may do so at this time. The opportunity to speak is on a first come, first served basis. Each person may speak once for no more than 3 minutes for all Oral Communications at City Council May 5, 2025 Page | 2
this time. Public comments may be submitted by emailing [email protected], prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Under the Brown Act, members of the City Council and staff can respond only with a brief reply to issues raised in Oral Communications, and no action on such matters may take place at this meeting.
4. BUDGET DISCUSSION
a) General Funds
b) Other City Funds
A. Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget Highlights
Recommended Action: Receive and File the budget highlights and discuss and direct staff as neeeded for the preparation of the 2025/26 Budget document that will be brought back for Council action on June 11th.
5. DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF ON FY 2025-26 BUDGET
6. ADJOURNMENT
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing Agenda was posted at the following locations: City Hall – 1600 Huntington Drive, Duarte Public Safety Department – 1042 Huntington Drive, Duarte Library – 1301 Buena Vista Street, and the City of Duarte website (www.accessduarte.com) not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2.
Dated this 1st of May 2025.
Frances Jimenez
Interim City Clerk