MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA VERNE
Monday, June 6, 2022
1. AnadjournedmeetingoftheLaVerneCityCouncilwascalledtoorderbyMayorHepburnat4:30p.m.
2. Council Members present: Mayor Tim Hepburn Mayor Pro Tem Muir Davis
Council Member Robin Carder
Council Member Wendy Lau
Council Member Rick Crosby
Absent: None.
Advisory personnel present: City Manager Robert Russi Assistant to the City Manager JR Ranells
City Attorney Robert L. Kress
AssistantCity Clerk LupeGaetaEstrella
CommunityDevelopmentDirectorEricScherer
Finance Director Marla Pendleton
Police Chief Colleen Flores
Fire Chief Chris Nigg
Public Works Director Shawn Igoe
3. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Hepburn.
4. 2022- 23 City Budget CityManagerRussireportedthatthepurposeofthisadjournedmeetingwas fortheLaVerneCityCouncilto meetin a studysessionfor Councilto review andconceptuallyapprovethe2022-23budgetandalsotoallowpublicinput.
CityManagerRussipresentedthe2022-23FiscalYearCityBudgetinthe amount of $ 71, 282, 237 with a power point presentation. He reported on some of the proposedchangesto the budgetwhich was addinga new DeputyFire Chief, a newAccountantposition, hiringa grantwriting servicesfirm, the Police Department will be acquiring a new camera license plate reader system, and the repairs to Aquatic Center. He stated that the budget is balanced and the General Fund Reserve is expected to be $ 11. 8 million, the highest level everreachedintheCityof LaVerne. HethankedalltheDepartmentsHeads, especiallyFinanceDirectorPendletonandAccountantUlyssesReynosofor puttinginextrahoursin preparingthebudget.
Presentation of City AssistanttotheCityManagerJRRanellsreportedonthebudgetsforGeneral Departmental Budgets Administration, the City Manager' s Department , ( Includes Personnel & Risk Management, Finance, City Clerk and Information Systems), Budget Sections 2- 3.
Community Development CommunityDevelopmentDirectorSchererreportedontheCommunity Department Budget Development Department Budget, Budget Sections 3-4.
Presentation
Fire Department Budget FireChiefNiggreportedontheFireDepartmentBudget, BudgetSection5.
Presentation
CityCouncilMinutes, adjournedMeeting, Monday, June6, 2022, Page2.
Police Department Budget Police Chief Colleen Flores reported on the Police Department Budget, Presentation Budget Section 6.
Community Services CityManagerRussireportedontheCommunityServicesDepartmentbudget, Department Budget onbehalfofCommunityServicesDirectorYvonneDuranwhowasunableto Presentation attend the meeting, Budget Section 7.
Public Works Department PublicWorksDepartmentDirectorShawnIgoereportedon the PublicWorks Budget Presentation Department( Includes Water, Streets, Fleet Maintenance, Building Maintenance & Parks), Budget Section 8.
Overview of Major Capital PublicWorksDirectorShawnIgoegavean Overviewof MajorCapital Improvements, Capital Improvements, CapitalEquipmentOutlayandSpecialPrograms, Budget Equipment and Special Sections 9- 10.
Programs
Mayor Hepburn called for public comment on this matter.
There were public comments. ( To hear what was said during public comment, pleasevisitthe City's websiteto viewthe archivedCouncilmeeting.) CityManagerRussirespondedtoquestionsaskedduringpubliccomment.
TheCityCouncilthankedalltheDepartmentHeads, especiallytheFinance DepartmentandtheCityManager's leadershipinmanagingandpreparingthe budget. TheCityCouncilconceptuallyapprovedtheLaVerneCitybudget. A Resolutionfor theformalapprovalof theCitybudgetwill be scheduledfor the June 20, 2022, City Council Meeting.
5. Adjournment at 6: 13 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
C. c . C J
Lu eGata Estrella, CMCP
Assistant City Clerk