MINUTES
Special Meeting of the San Marcos City Council
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023
VALLEY OF DISCOVERY
1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jones called the City Council Meeting to order at 2:00 PM.
ROLL CALL:
PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: JONES, JENKINS, MUSGROVE, NUÑEZ, SANNELLA ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No requests to speak.
STANDARDS OF COVERAGE & FISCAL OUTLOOK WORKSHOP – PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION CITY MANAGER BENDER AND FIRE CHIEF BARRON provided a report regarding the standards of coverage and fiscal outlook workshop.
CITY COUNCIL STANDARDS OF COVERAGE DISCUSSION INCLUDED: clarification of San Marcos fire department unit numbers, calls for service within and outside city boundaries and district; dispatch response and call times, dispatch levels of service alpha through echo; fire department travel times and routes; clarification of factors of coverage include traffic, travel time, topography, build out and station locations; new station location and staffing needs; wall times of personnel at emergency rooms; EMS work vs wait times; types of calls for service for basic or advanced life saving personnel; reserve units available; ongoing operation and maintenance of a fifth fire station and rollout time frame for adding personnel to truck or engine companies.
The City Council, by consensus, directed staff to begin the process of locating and planning the development of a fifth fire station and rollout time frame for adding a sixth BLS ambulance and personnel to the truck.
CITY COUNCIL FISCAL OUTLOOK DISCUSSION INCLUDED: clarification of property tax percentages and allocations, CalPERS unfunded liability payments and rate of return assumptions, increase of park, trail and facility inventories, unhoused costs to the city, clarification of the current student resource officer funding and allocation, development and operating costs of a fifth fire station, revenue generation through hotel and sales tax increases, staffing levels changes in the last decade, development fees review and updates, sales tax measure polling and timeframe, and current and projected revenues.
The City Council, by consensus, directed staff to begin the process of pursuing long-term plans and recommendations for ongoing fiscal sustainability with options to be presented in the Spring for City Council consideration.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Jones adjourned the meeting at 4:40 PM.
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REBECCA D. JONES, MAYOR
CITY OF SAN MARCOS
ATTEST:
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PHILLIP SCOLLICK, CITY CLERK
CITY OF SAN MARCOS
Special City Council
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