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Redding City Council, Special Meeting
Budget Workshop No. 2
Civic Center Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA 96001
March 13, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
The Special Meeting was called to order at 2:03 p.m. by Mayor Jack Munns with the following Council Members present: Tenessa Audette, Dr. Paul Dhanuka, Mike Littau, and Erin Resner.
Also present were: City Attorney Christian M. Curtis, City Manager Barry Tippin, Assistant City Manager S teve Bade, Director of Finance/City Treasurer Gregory Robinett, City Clerk Sharlene Tipton, and Executive Assistant Erin Barnhart.
City of Redding Budget Workshop No. 2.
3.1. Presentation regarding the current City of Redding budget and d evelopment of the budget for fiscal years 2025-2027.
City Manager Tippin and City Treasurer/Director of Finance Robinett each highlighted the Report to the Redding City Council (staff report ) and provided a PowerPoi nt presentation, both incorporated herein by reference.
Mr. Tippin explained that the workshops are structured to allow the Council to have an open dialog regarding the goals they wish to achieve. He noted that the purpose of this workshop is to rev iew the previous direction received from the City Council at the initial Budget Workshop , and to provide further direction regarding additional cost saving measures.
Mr. Tippin and Mr. Robinett highlighted several potential budget development modifications for Council’s review.
Joshua Johnson asked Council to: (1) consider modest increases when determining the City’s fee schedule structure for Development Services as it could impact potential projects and revenue from developers; and (2) implement or utilize automated receipt of the Transient Occupancy Tax from third party short-term rentals such as VRBO and Airbnb, and opined that it could potentially bring in 25 -50 percent of what is spent on marketing dollars.
Redding Chamber of Commerce President Todd Jones advised the Council that the Redding Tourism and Marketing subsidized by the City of Redding would have to significantly modify the marketing efforts with the $350,000 reduced tourism budget, however, they are willing to do whatever is needed for the good of the City.
A robust discussion amongst the Council occurred regarding the proposed reduction of $480,000 to the Police Department with Council Member Audette adamantly opposed.
A discussion amongst the Council ensued. A consensus of the Council directed staff to move forward with the revenue assumptions and modifications presented by staff as outlined in the PowerPoint presentation, with some increases to fees, but not so much as to make it a financial hardship for residents.
Mr. Tippin and Mr. Robinett noted that there will be a follow up meeting for biennial budget refinement to be held on April 17, 2025.
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Munns declared the meeting adjourned at the hour of 4:01 p.m.
APPROVED:
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Jack Munns, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sharlene Tipton, City Clerk