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MINUTES OF APRIL 21, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SAN GABRIEL CITY COUNCIL
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Menchaca called the special meeting of the San Gabriel City Council to order at 5:32 P.M. on Monday, April 21, 2025, in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 425 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, California, 91776.
ROLL CALL
Council Members Present:
Council Members Absent:
Staff Members Present:
1. PUBLIC COMMENT - None.
Tony Ding, Jorge Herrera Avila, John Wu, Vice Mayor
Eric Chan, and Mayor Denise Menchaca
None.
City Manager Mark Lazzaretto, Assistant City Attorney
Martin Koczanowicz, Community Services Director
Rebecca Perez, Chief City Clerk Sharon Clark, Fire Chief Steven Wallace; Human Resources/Risk Management
Director Edward Macias, Finance Director William
Kaholokula, Acting Community Development Director
Samantha Tewasart, Acting Public Works Director John
Gonzalez, Police Captain Edwin Brock, and Assistant City Clerk Marilyn Bonus.
2. FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET STUDY SESSION FOR PROPOSED CITY
OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Finance Director Kaholokula and Assistant Finance Director Linda Tang made the presentation.
Discussion included general fund projected surplus; non-inclusion of labor negotiation and Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) adjustments in salary figures; funding Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) contributions and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) expenditures with excess reserve funds; Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) projections; explanation of transfers in and out; Proposition A exchange options; uncertainty in the current political climate; licenses and permits revenue decreases based on historical trend and conservative projections; sales tax details for Measure SG, state sales tax, and state-mandated Public Safety Augmentation Plan (PSAF); potential for the City to capture an additional quarter per cent sales tax via ballot measure when the County's Measure H sunsets; farmers market funding would be allocated separately when more detail is available; enhancing City events; one-time expenditures and grant applications; and grant funding for Smith Park facilities.
3. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:49 P.M.
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