637 First Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95404City of Santa Rosa
Long-Term Financial Policy and Audit
Subcommittee
Special Meeting Minutes - Draft
4:00 PMThursday, January 25, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The Meeting was called to order by Acting Chair MacDonald at 4:01 pm
Also present in-person:
Alan Alton, Chief Financial Officer
Teresa Stricker, City Attorney
Attending via Zoom:
Maraskeshia Smith, City Manager
Jason Nutt, Assistant City Manager
Daryel Dunston, Assistant City Manager
Pam Lorence, ASO - Police
Megan Basinger - Director - Housing and Community Services Mark Stapp, and Dianna MacDonaldPresent: 2 -
Chair Natalie RogersAbsent: 1 -
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS
There were no public comments
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3.1 Regular Meeting Minutes
4. SCHEDULED ITEMS
4.1 FY 2024 Quarterly Budget Review - Second Quarter
Veronica Conner, Budget and Financial Analysis Manager presented a quarterly look at budget performance, primarily focused on the General Fund.
City of Santa Rosa
Special Meeting Minutes
January 25, 2024Long-Term Financial Policy and
Audit Subcommittee
Special Meeting Minutes - Draft
The Committee discussed the presentation.
Public Comment:
Student - appreciated the effort and time put into the meeting.
Would like to see clarification as to where unspent money's go at the end of a fiscal year.
Person - wanted more information specific to a breakdown of housing costs as related to homeless services. Topic was added to future agenda items
5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
- Next meeting scheduled, February 8, 2024 will be cancelled.
Meeting to be replaced with March 14 meeting at 3:30pm. Note this meeting time is 30 minutes earlier than the regular meeting schedule of 4:00pm.
- Clarify a breakdown of costs for temporary housing, including tax implications.
- Discuss/analyze in-house vs. external services. Target date March or April
- Bennett Valley Golf Course follow up, including debt servicing to date. Target date March.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by Acting Chair MacDonald at 4:53 pm APPROVED: ________________________
Shelley McClure, Recording Secretary