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CALL AND NOTICE OF
SPECIAL MEETING
_______________________________________________________________
CITY OF HUNTINGTON PARK
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Park will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at Salt Lake Park Community Center, 6925 Salt Lake Avenue, Huntington Park, CA 90255 Friday, May 16, 2025
All agenda items and reports are available for review in the City Clerk’s Office and www.hpca.gov. Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda (other than writings legally exempt from public disclosure) will be made available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk located at 6550 Miles Avenue, Huntington Park, California 90255 during regular business hours, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday – Thursday, and at the City Hall Council Chambers during the meeting.
Any person who requires a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, in order to participate in the public meeting may request such modification, accommodation, aid or service by contacting the City Clerk’s Office either in person at 6550 Miles Avenue, Huntington Park, California or by telephone at (323) 584-6161. Notification in advance of the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.
PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WHILE THE COUNCIL IS IN SESSION. Thank you.
Arturo Flores
Mayor
Eduardo “Eddie” Martinez Jonathan A. Sanabria
Vice Mayor Council Member
Karina Macias Nancy Martiz Council Member Council Member
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PLEASE NOTE--The numerical order of items on this agenda is for convenience of reference.
Items may be taken out of order upon request of the Mayor or Members of the City Council.
Members of the City Council and the public are reminded that they must preserve order and decorum throughout the Meeting. In that regard, Members of the City Council and the public are advised that any delay or disruption in the proceedings or a refusal to obey the orders of the City Council or the presiding officer constitutes a violation of these rules. • The conduct of City Council meetings is governed by the portion of the California Government Code commonly known as the "Brown Act" and by the Huntington Park City Council Meeting Rules of Procedure.
• The City Council meeting is for conducting the City's business, and members of the audience must obey the rules of decorum set forth by law. This means that each speaker will be permitted to speak for three minutes to address items that are listed on the City Council agenda or topics which are within the jurisdictional authority of the City.
• No profanity, personal attacks, booing, cheering, applauding or other conduct disruptive to the meeting will be permitted. Any person not adhering to the Rules of Procedure or conduct authorized by the Brown Act may be asked to leave the Council Chambers.
• All comments directed to the City Council or to any member of the City Council must be directed to the Mayor (or Chairperson if Mayor is absent).
We ask that you please respect the business nature of this meeting and the order required for the proceedings conducted in the Council Chambers.
PUBLIC COMMENT
For both open and closed session, each speaker will be limited to three minutes per Huntington Park Municipal Code Section 2-1.207. Time limits may not be shared with other speakers and may not accumulate from one period of public comment to another or from one meeting to another. This is the only opportunity for public input except for scheduled public hearing items.
All comments or queries shall be addressed to the Council as a body and not to any specific member thereof. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2(a)(2), the Ralph M. Brown Act, no action or discussion by the City Council shall be undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda, except to briefly provide information, ask for clarification, provide direction to staff, or schedule a matter for a future meeting.
ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO AGENDA
Items of business may be added to the agenda upon a motion adopted by a minimum twothirds vote finding that there is a need to take immediate action and that the need for action came to the attention of the City or Agency subsequent to the agenda being posted. Items may be deleted from the agenda upon the request of staff or Council.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The City of Huntington Park shows replays of City Council Meetings on Local Access Channel 3 and over the Internet at www.hpca.gov. NOTE: Your attendance at thispublic
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meeting may result in the recording and broadcast of your image and/or voice.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Mayor Arturo Flores
Vice Mayor Eduardo “Eddie” Martinez
Council Member Jonathan A. Sanabria
Council Member Karina Macias
Council Member Nancy Martiz
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATION(S)
1. CITY OF HUNTINGTON PARK COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOP
PUBLIC COMMENT
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(a) Members of the public will have an opportunity to address the City Council on items listed on this agenda. For items on this agenda each speaker will be limited to three minutes per Huntington Park Municipal Code Section 2-1.207. Time limits may not be shared with other speakers and may not accumulate from one period of public comment to another or from one meeting to another.
STAFF RESPONSE
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION
NONE
CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
CONSENT CALENDAR
NONE
SPECIAL AGENDA
NONE
END OF SPECIAL AGENDA
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
Council Member Nancy Martiz
Council Member Karina Macias
Council Member Jonathan A. Sanabria
Vice Mayor Eduardo “Eddie” Martinez
Mayor Arturo Flores
ADJOURNMENT
The City of Huntington Park City Council will adjourn the meeting to a Regular Meeting on Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00 P.M.
I, Eduardo Sarmiento, hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted at City of Huntington Park City Hall and made available at www.hpca.gov not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting. Dated this 15th day of May 2025.
Eduardo Sarmiento, City Clerk
Municipal Budget Presentation
Community Meeting | May 16, 2025
MUNICIPAL BUDGET
WHAT IS A MUNICIPAL BUDGET
A municipal budget is a legally adopted financial plan that details a city's projected revenue and expenses for a specific fiscal year. It outlines how public funds will be allocated to provide essential services, as well as address the community's needs
PRIORITIES
COMMUNITY’S NEEDS
LIMITS
PROCESS
It is an outline of policy priorities and goals of the elected councilmembers It establishes funding levels and spending limits for the City’s services and ensures departments do not overspend their budgets.
The budgeting process is an annual cycle in which the City prepares revenue estimates and the spending plan.
Basics of a Municipal
Budget
OVERVIEW
Cities provide services including public safety, police, parks and recs, street maintenance, sewers, water, and receive different revenues to pay for the services
GUIDELINES
There are strict legal guidelines for collecting and using the revenue available to cities in the State of California. This is based on the State Constitution, and State Statue.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
VOTERS
Options to local officials to manage their finances and raise revenues are limited.
Voters have placed restrictions as well as protections on the state constitution. Both have acted to limit and withdraw financial powers and resources from cities.
LIMITATIONS
Property Taxes may not be increased except with a two-third vote to fund a general obligation bond. Voter approval is required prior to enacting increasing or extending any type of local tax,
3 REVENUES
PROPERTY TAXES
All cities in California receive
property taxes and are distributed
according to state law
SERVICE CHARGES
This includes utility rates,
regulatory, development fees,
user fees, and others.
SALES AND USE TAXES
Sales tax is assessed as a
percentage of the amount
purchased.
REVENUES FROM
OTHER GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES
This includes gas tax, motor
vehicle license fee, public safety
sales tax, state mandate
reimbursement, federal and state
grants.
4 RENT FOR USE OF
PUBLIC PROPERTY
FINES, AND OTHER
PENALTIES
Rents, concessions and franchise
fees
Traffic violations, fines for civil
violations of local ordinances.
• Budget Creation and Monitoring
• Financial Reporting and Accounting
• Capital Financing and Debt Management
• Cash Management and Investments
• Local Agency Financial Policies and Procedures
• Purchasing and Contracting Practices
• Long-Term Financial Planning
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KEY ELEMENTS OF A BUDGET
HOW IS A BUDGET BUILT?
City of Huntington Park
ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET
All data included in today’s presentation was obtained from the current Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Operating Budget
7 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART REVENUES EXPENDITURES
• The operating budget of the city of Huntington Park includes citywide, fund-specific, in addition to department-by-department information.
• Each fund included in the budget is a separate operation with the purpose of recording all costs associated (expenditures and revenues) with implementing and achieving specific goals and objectives.
• The City's use of Fund Accounting is one basic requirements of generally accepted accounting principles for government.
City Organizational Chart
8 Citizens
City Council
City Attorney City Manager Boards &
Commissions
City Clerk Community
Development
Comms &
Community
Relations
Finance Human
Resources
Parks &
Recreations
Public
Works
Records
Elections
General
Liability
Building &
Safety
Code
Enforcement
Economic
Development
Planning
Housing
Comms.
Community
Relations
Crisis
Management
Media
Relations
Police
Risk
Management
(Workers’
Compensation
Cash
Management
& Treasury
Revenue
Collection
Treasury
Information
Technology
Budget
Accounting &
Financial
Reporting
Building
Maintenance
Engineering
Fleet
Maintenance
Parks
Maintenance
Water & Sewer
Street
Maintenance
CIP
Admin.
Investigation
Patrol
Operations
Support
Services
Cultural Arts
Recreation &
Admin.
Sports
Benefits
Admin.
Classificatio
n/Compensa
tion
Employee
Relations
Recruitment
ONE-YEAR BUDGET PROCESS
• Budget Calendar is
Distributed,
• Training on Entering
Budget,
• Salary Cost Estimates
Entry
• Review Preliminary Budget
with Department Heads
• Prepare Gann Spending
Limit and Appropriations
Limit
2025 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
2025 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
• Proposed Budget and staff
report for City Council
Agenda
• FINAL ADOPTION of FY City
Budget
9 • Revenue (all funds)
Estimates Entered
• Departments Complete
Budget Entering
• Departments Submit
Budget Narratives
• Meetings with City
Manager’s Office –
Review of Department
Requests
• Enter Budget Changes
per/Meetings w/Depts.
• Fund Balance Analysis
• Assemble “Preliminary”
Budget document for
City Manager Review
Council Budget Public Hearing
• Prepare “Adopted”
Budget Document with
Changes from Council
• Post Final Adopted
Budget for the FY
10 CITY FUNDS REVENUES - $93,931,680 – FY 2024/2025
The City revenues are composed of a
series of governmental funds that
included the General Fund, Special
Revenue Funds, Internal Service Fund,
Enterprise and Fiduciary funds.
Besides the General Fund, the rest of
the other funds accumulate resources
and expenditures that are restricted to
the specific purpose of each individual
fund.
Some of these funds account for
federal grants, state resources, County
funding special assignment such as
street lighting and Capital Project
Funds.
11 GENERAL FUND - $47,160,900 - FY 2024/2025
PROPERTY TAXES
3.78%
SALES TAX
32.40%
UTILITY USERS' TAX
13.59%
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE FEES
17.60%
LICENSES AND PERMITS
2.02%
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEES
2.27%
BUSINESS LICENSE
4.03%
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL REVENUE
0.97%
CHARGES FOR SERVICES
2.57%
PARKS AND RECREATION FEES
0.44%
FINES AND FORFEITURES
5.06%
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
0.18%
INVESTMENT AND RENTAL INCOME
4.76% TRANSFERS IN
6.76%
FRANCHISE FEE
3.31%
TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
0.26%
The City's General Fund accounts
for all the general revenues of the
city such as fees, code and
parking citations, property taxes,
sales tax, transient occupancy tax
and utility user tax.
These funds are allocated by the
City Council for various citywide
services, events, and projects.
22.03%
0.10%
0.01%
0.02%
3.07%
22.90%
5.18%
3.61%
7.55%
2.71%
0.14%
1.58%
0.17%
0.09%
0.72%
0.28%
0.04%
0.02%
5.72%
1.22%
10.39%
5.14%
0.07%
0.16%
0.01%
5.64%
1.45%
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%
A M E R I C A N R E S C U E P L A N A C T
S P E C I A L E V E N T S C O N T R I B U T I O N S
S P E C I A L R E V E N U E D N A I D
C R O S S W A L K S A F E T Y
M E A S U R E M
E M P L O Y E E S ' R E T I R E M E N T
S A L E S T A X - T R A N S I T P R O P O S I T I O N A
S A L E S T A X - T R A N S I T P R O P O S I T I O N C
S T A T E G A S O L I N E T A X
M E A S U R E R
O F F I C E O F T R A F F I C & S A F E T Y
C A L C O P S
A I R Q U A L I T Y I M P R O V E M E N T T R U S T
O F F I C E O F C R I M I N A L J U S T I C E
P O L I C E F O R F E I T U R E
H O M E L A N D S E C U R I T Y F U N D
A R T I N P U B L I C P L A C E S
B U L L E T P R O O F V E S T G R A N T
C O M M U N I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T B L O C K G R A N T
C A L H O M E
H U D H O M E P R O G R A M
H O M E A R P G R A N T
S O L I D W A S T E R E C Y C L E G R A N T
P E D / B I K E P A T H
P U B L I C F I N A N C I N G A U T H O R I T Y
S T R E E T L I G H T & L A N D S C A P E A S S E S S M E N T
C I T Y W I D E C I P
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - $34,500,780 – FY 2024/25
The Special Revenue Fund is composed of a
series of governmental funds that are restricted
and have a specific purpose, here are some
examples:
American Rescue Plan: This revenue was
derived from a one-time grant to help cities
manage the economic impacts of the Covid-19
pandemic.
Housing Program Fund: The revenues in these
funds can only be used to pay for specific
housing related programs.
Community Development Block Grant: The
CDBG Fund is required by Federal Regulations
to accounts for the use of federal grant to
provide housing programs and other public
benefits.
Streetlight & Landscape Funds: Revenues
used to pay for costs associated with the
streetlights, traffic signals, and street trees.
13 ENTERPRISE FUNDS - $4,642,100 – FY 2024/25
Enterprise Funds are used to account for
two kinds of operations. One is an operation
run in a manner like private business
enterprises, where costs and expenses are
financed or recovered primarily through user
charges.
The other type of fund is one which the City
has decided that periodic determination of
revenues earned, expenses incurred, and/or
net income is appropriate for capital
maintenance, public policy, management
control, or accountability.
The City currently operates the Solid Waste,
Sewer, and Water utilities as Enterprise
funds.
14 INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS - $6,361,800 – FY 2024/25
The Internal Service Funds are
used to account for the financing
of goods or services provided by
one department to other
departments of the City on a costreimbursement basis.
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL FUND SPECIAL FUND INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS
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FUNDS
FIDUCIARY
FUNDS
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS
The Annual Operating Budget document includes the following information for each Department:
• Department narratives describing the prior fiscal year achievements and goals/objectives for the opening fiscal year.
• Department budget summaries charts and graphs by type of expenditure, division, and fund
• Division Budget Summary charts outlining expenditures for personnel, operations, contract services, and other notable expenses • Division Sections with division organizational charts, summary of full-time positions, narrative description of the division purpose, division performance measures, budget narratives, budget summary, and detail regrading contractual and professional expenditures.
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KEY ELEMENTS - EXPENDITURES
17 50%
23%
4%
5%
1%
17%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
General Fund
Special Funds
Internal Service Funds
Enterprise Funds
Fiduciary Funds
Capital Improvement
Projects
EXPENDITURES - $93,753,533 – FY 2024/25
18 EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT - $58,805,476 – FY2024/25 The budget for each department
includes the following: Salaries
and benefits, Maintenance and
Operations, and Capital Outlay
(equipment, improvements, and
vehicles)
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NON-DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES
This budget includes all expenditures
not allocated within the budget of any
department.
It covers general services that are
utilized by all departments such as
equipment rental, retired Health
Insurance Premium, Professional
Contractual Services, other equipment,
telephone services, Debt Service,
Software License, Insurance-Liability,
Legal Services, Insurance Benefits, Post
employment benefits, Worker's
Compensation, Risk Management
Premium, Bank Services, Electric and
Gas Charges, and others additional
charges.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
20 ATP CYCLE 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Chesley Park Renovation
City Hall Roof Repair
City-Wide Wi-Fi
CPS and ARS Installation
Cyber Security
Emergency Operation Center
Fire Alarm Systems
Freedom Park Playground
Keller Park – Playground Equipment
Walnut Street ET AL
Litter Abatement CIP 2022
PW Roofs
Randolph Corridor
Resurfacing Tennis/Basketball Courts
Roar Project
Salt Lake Water Quality
Salt Lake Park Playground
Salt Lake Cistern
SB1 Slurry Seal
SB1 Street Enhancement Program
Construction
Slauson Congestion Relief
Tree Plantation Program
Tyler Technologies
Well 15 CIP 2017, 2020-23
Well 16, and Well 17
Wi-Fi Broadway
$15,481,583
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City Council City
Manager City Clerk
Comms &
Community
Relations
Community
Dev.
Human
Resources Finance Parks &Recreation Police PublicWorks
Full-Time 6 4 3 2 12 4 17 20 98 25
Part-Time 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 10 9
0 20
40 60
80 100
120
Number of Employees
TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES = 239
22 MEET THE DEPARTMENT HEADS
Ricardo Reyes
City Manager
Eduardo Sarmiento
City Clerk
Sergio Infanzon
Communications
Louis Morales
Community
Development
Jeff Jones
Finance
Marisol Nieto
HR Risk Manager
Cynthia Norzagaray
Parks and Recs
Gerardo Lopez
Public Works
Cosme Lozano
Chief of Police
23 MEET THE CITY COUNCIL
Arturo Flores
Mayor
Eduardo Martinez
Vice Mayor
Karina Macias
Councilmember
Jonathan Sanabria
Councilmember
Nancy Martiz
Councilmember
SUMMARY
THANK YOU
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