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CITY COUNCIL
BUDGET WORKSHOP
MINUTES
Thursday, March 16, 2023
100 Civic Center Plaza, Lompoc, CA
The Workshop will be broadcast live on Comcast Channel 23 and on the radio at KPEG 100.9 FM
Or video livestreamed via this link:
https://www.cityoflompoc.com/government/committees-boards/city-council/live-webcast Or internet radio via this link:
https://www.cityoflompoc.com/government/departments/utilities/media-center/kpeg-radio If you choose not to attend in-person but wish to make a comment during oral communications or on a specific agenda item, you may call (805) 875-8201 before the close of public comment on the agenda item. You will be provided 3 minutes for your comment.
Alternatively, you may submit comments via email to [email protected] not later than 4:00pm on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
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The general Oral Communications periods are reserved for persons desiring to address the Lompoc City Council on any subject within the jurisdiction of the City Council.
Closed Session and Consent Calendar Oral Communications periods are limited to the subjects of the closed session/consent calendar agenda items.
OPEN SESSION – 6:30 P.M. – Council Chamber
Council Members Present: Jeremy Ball, Gilda Cordova, Dirk Starbuck, Victor Vega, and Mayor Jenelle Osborne.
Staff Present: City Manager Dean Albro, City Clerk Stacey Haddon, and Management Services Director Christie Donnelly.
Others Present: Patricia (Last name unknown).
Mayor Osborne led the Pledge of Allegiance.
NEW BUSINESS:
City Manager Dean Albro provided a brief introduction.
1. City Council Visioning and Goal Setting for the Fiscal Year 2023/2025 Budget Cycle.
Management Services Director Christie Donnelly gave a power point presentation which provided the final results of the resident input survey on the City’s budget and help provide a framework for the Council to begin its goal setting for the 2023-2025 budget cycle.
Council discussed the information and thanked Staff for their work on this matter.
Public Comment:
1. Patricia (Last Name Unknown), requested body cameras be a priority for the Council during this budget.
Council continued to discuss this matter at great length, including the current homelessness in and around the City; the stability of the bank of the Santa Ynez River; clean up and the maintenance of the clean up of the River; the rehabilitation of Ryon Park; increased efforts to clean and beautify the City for citizens, visitors, and to attract businesses to the City; the economic vitality and long term fiscal health of the City; providing increased opportunities for the areas youth, staffing and equipment provisions for public safety, which would include body cameras for police; and being able to bring workforce and executive housing to the City.
BREAK: At 7:25.M. Mayor Osborne announced a break. At
7:37 P.M., the meeting reconvened with all Council
Members present.
Council worked to detail its goals for the upcoming 2023/2025 Budget Cycle. After a full discussion, Council identified the following list as the top goals - Effective Public Safety - Economic Vitality - Enhanced Quality of Life - Long-term Fiscal Health. 03/16/2023 Budget Workshop Minutes Page 3 of 3
NEW BUSINESS: (cont’d)
ACTION: Motion/Second: Mayor Osborne/Ball. By a 5-0 vote, Council directed Staff to setup the next Budget Workshop to be held on May 9, 2023 at 6:30 P.M. in the Council Chamber; and to use this drafted list of Council Budget Goals, which include some priorities, to move forward with the 2023/2025 Budget; the drafted list of goals is as follows:
Effective Public Safety
• Homelessness
Economic Vitality
• Homelessness
• Increase business-friendly practices
• Housing
Enhanced Quality of Life
• Clean up Lompoc
• Maintain Parks
• Homelessness
• Housing
Long-term Fiscal Health
• Invest in infrastructure
• Homelessness
• Housing
ADJOURNMENT: At 8:38 P.M. Mayor Osborne adjourned the Lompoc City Council to a Regular Meeting on March 21, 2023 at 6:30 P.M., in City of Lompoc Council Chamber.
Approved by Council action on April 18, 2023: /Stacey Haddon/ Stacey Haddon, City Clerk