NOTICE AND AGENDA
CITY OF UNION CITY
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
Monday, August 21, 2023
5:00 PM
Council Chamber
34009 Alvarado Niles Road Union City, CA 94587
1. CALL TO ORDER
1.a. Roll Call
2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Comments limited to items on the Special Meeting Agenda
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
3.a. Resolution Approving The Mayor’s Appointment Of Two Councilmembers To An Ad Hoc Subcommittee To Evaluate
And Provide Recommendations On The Placement Of
Potential Revenue Measures On A 2024 Election Ballot
4. ADJOURNMENT
/s/ Carol Dutra-Vernaci
Carol Dutra Vernaci
Mayor
Agenda Item
ATTACHMENTS:
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Resolution Resolution
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY APPROVING THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT TO THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE
TO EVALUATE AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PLACEMENT OF POTENTIAL REVENUE MEASURES ON A 2024 ELECTION BALLOT
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a five-year strategic plan in September 2019 and updated in 2021 and 2023 that established as Goal A, Financial Stability and Sustainability, and included a policy to “foster fiscal health through long-term planning, cost control, heightened efficiency, increased revenue and cost recovery;” and
WHEREAS, Goal A, Strategy 1 states “Develop a comprehensive fiscal sustainability model to address the General Fund’s long-term structural deficit;” and WHEREAS, a revised Strategic Plan Strategy was identified at the 2023 Strategic Plan Workshop to “Pursue the placement of a voter-approved revenue measure on a ballot to address the funding gap between revenues and expenditures for fundamental public safety and other city services;” and
WHEREAS, Union City has relied upon voter approved measures to provide fundamental servicesin the community, including, but not limited to, public safety, street and park maintenance, senior services, and youth violence prevention programs; and WHEREAS, rising costs of supplies, equipment, contracts, and employee salaries and retirement obligations, are projected to drain the General Fund by 2028 to the minimum reserve fund balance of twenty percent of its annual operating expenditures; and WHEREAS, the City Council has prudently adopted Financial Principles to maintain a minimum of twenty percent General Fund reserve; and
WHEREAS, the loss of General Fund revenues threatens funding that support ongoing public safety and other services for the community; and WHEREAS, maintaining public safety and community services is a priority of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 6194-23, the City Council previously approved the Mayor’s appointments of herself and Vice Mayor Singh to an Ad Hoc Subcommittee (the “Committee”) to evaluate, analyze, and recommend to the City Council possible voter-approved revenue measures to be placed on a future ballot to protect fund City services; and WHEREAS, since that appointment, Vice Mayor Singh is no longer available to serve on the Committee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to approve the Mayor’s appointment of a Councilmember to serve on the Committee.
Resolution No.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby approves the Mayor’s appointment of _____________ to an Ad Hoc Subcommittee to evaluate and provide recommendations on the placement of potential tax measures on the ballot in 2024.