City Council
Regular MeetingFresno, CA · June 5, 2018
Minutes
City of Fresno 2600 Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93721
www.fresno.gov
Meeting Minutes - Final
City Council
President - Esmeralda Z. Soria
Vice President - Steve Brandau
Councilmembers:
Oliver L. Baines, III, Paul Caprioglio, Luis Chavez,
Garry Bredefeld, Clinton J. Olivier
City Manager - Wilma Quan-Schecter
City Attorney - Douglas T. Sloan
City Clerk - Yvonne Spence, MMC
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 10:00 AM Council Chambers
Budget Hearings - "Commencing on June 5, 2018, the budget hearings will
be considered one continuous meeting."
The City Council met in the budget hearing sessions in the Council Chamber, City
Hall on the date and time written above.
10:10 A.M. ROLL CALL
Councilmember Baines was absent during roll call and joined the meeting
at 10:24 A.M.
Present: 6 - President Esmeralda Z. Soria
Vice President Steve Brandau
Councilmember Oliver L. Baines III
Councilmember Paul Caprioglio
Councilmember Luis Chavez
Councilmember Garry Bredefeld
Absent: 1 - Councilmember Clinton Olivier
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
BUDGET HEARINGS
ID18-0711 General Fund Overview by Budget and Management Studies
Division
Budget Manager Fierro discussed the budget hearing procedures and
presented an overview of the General Fund Overview for the Council.
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No member of the public addressed Council regarding the General Fund
Overview.
There was discussion regarding a decline in sales tax, sales of real
property, other revenue and obsolete items. Councilmembers further
discussed unclaimed property, additional pay period fund and 10% of the
General Fund that goes to debt servicing.
Councilmember Caprioglio directed budget staff to identify where the
revenue from the "Other Revenues" on page A-85 is plugged into the
budget.
ID18-0712 Police Department
Budget Manager Fierro presented an overview of the Police Department for
the Council.
Councilmembers and Chief Dyer discussed recruitment, number of positions
in the Police Department, Community Service Officers (SCO's), the 911
operator shortage and the resources spent on the homeless.
No member of the public addressed Council regarding Police Department.
Maribel Escareno an Emergency Operator spoke about how the council can
support the dispatch center in the future.
Further discussion regarding a public safety tax, it won’t happen in
November. Council asked what types of things being discussed today are
being funded by a public safety tax. Assistant City Manager Sumpter
responded that these types of things are the kind of things that would be
funded. If passed in November, an expenditure plan would be bought to
council for approval. Council Vice President Brandau stated if passed in
November the mid-year budget could make the appropriations. Assistant
City Manager Sumpter gave an estimate of $1.5 million dollars to fund the
25 positions in the Fresno Police Department.
Councilmember Chavez motion for the administration to explore adding 12
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Community Service Officers and additional 13 dispatcher. Council President
Soria seconded the motion.
Council President Soria motioned to add a permanent bike unit in the Tower
District. Councilmember Baines seconded the motion.
Council President Soria directed Budget staff to provide the salary
information for entry level Dispatcher.
ID18-0713 Fire Department
Budget Manager Fierro presented an overview of the Police Department for
the Council.
No member of the public addressed Council regarding Fire Department.
Councilmembers and Chief Donis spoke regarding what the ideal situation
would be and what are some of the gaps that need to be closed. Chief
Donis discussed the following number of firefighters on board versus the
population, increased fire calls by 21%, the current firefighter staff is at 5.9
per 1,000 people and the cost of a safety officer including a vehicle is about
$535,000 a year which includes 3 Captains, one for each shift. Further
discussion regarding the average cost of a firefighter is approximately
$130,000-$140,000 and drill school will be in September/October of this
year but will not add additional positions. Chief Donis stated there are 334
sworn positions budgeted and 311 positions are currently filed and went on
to explained the Fire Fleet transfer to the Transportation Department.
Council proceeded to ask what Fire Department's greatest needs are and
how would they be prioritized. Chief Donis replied Safety Officer consisting
of 3 Captains and a vehicle which would cost about $535,000 a year, to split
the water team the Fire Department would need to add three firefighters for
a total of about $450,000 add another company and add another two person
squad. Chief Donis continued to state that there are over 30,000 medical
calls a year that generate a general fee anywhere from $50 to $125 per
medical call in other Cities. City of Fressno generates a general fee of about
$6.00 per call.
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Council discussed the need of a total of 100 firefighters on duty per day
which would require hiring another 75 firefighters which is 25 more people
per shift per day, that there are 23 vacancies which help with the overtime
and asked how many more fire houses would be needed. Council also
stated they would like to include a conversation about whether Fresno Fire
should be responding to paramedic calls and what that looks like and asked
staff what are all of our costs and how can we lower the costs.
Councilmember Bredefeld motioned to include a Safety Officer position
comprised of three Captains and one vehicle for approximately $535,000
per year and to also split the Water Team with the addition of three
firefighters (one per shift) for approximately $450,000. Council President
Soria seconded the motion.
Councilmember Bredefeld directed City Manager Quan-Schecter to
research what other cities are doing and find out what their costs are per
calls and asked if there is an industry standard and how do we compare.
Council President Soria directed staff to return during the June 11, 2018
Budget Hearing to provide an overview of the mode and structure for the
ideal Fire Department for Fresno (staffing / equipment needs and revenue
sources, etc.) .
Council Vice President Brandau directed staff to return during the June 11,
2018 Budget Hearing to discuss the best locations for paramedic squads
and whether the Department should be responding to paramedic calls and
the costs involved.
ID18-0714 Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services
(“PARCS”)
Budget Manager Fierro presented an overview of the PARCs Department for
the Council.
No member of the public addressed Council regarding PARCs Department.
Council asked staff to discuss what the Department would like in terms of
staffing and resources. Director Neloms responded he would like to see
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parks maintenance improve and would like a Parks Supervisor I/II in the
amount of $80,000 and $96,000 which includes benefits but does not
include equipment. Director Neloms continued to state he would like to see
two additional laborer and one electrician, more youth and trade programs,
Park Ranger program and housing for more children programs.
Council discussed the Parks Ranger program and asked how they function
with law enforcement. Director Neloms replied that Park Rangers are not
armed they are used to report issues and keep the parks safe, they also
serve as security officers at public events, open and close gates and
restroom. Park Rangers also have radios to communicate with the Police
and also have their own car.
Council discussed paid internship with Parks and stated Council would like
to see the paid summer program continue and grow. Director Neloms stated
he would like 53 FTEs and maintenance tools, riding mowers, weed eaters
and basic landscape equipment.
Councilmember Caprioglio directed City Manager Quan-Schecter to check
with Department of Public Utilities to see if pumps and purple recycled
water pipes will be along the backside of Granite Park along Dakota for
Granite Park Purple Pipe (recycled water).
Council President Soria directed staff to provide an estimate for planned
maintenance needs (staff and equipment).
Council President Soria directed staff to provide pre-recession budget
figures and provide analysis as to trends.
ID18-0715 Finance Department
Budget Manager Fierro presented an overview of the Finance Department
for the Council.
No member of the public addressed Council regarding Finance Department.
Council discussed leave payoff at termination and 2018 personal
contingency and if it has been expended and asked Director Lima if he had
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a wish list for more resources. Director Lima stated there is adequate
funding for staff and resources.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 10:00 A.M.
ID18-0716 Department of Public Utilities
ID18-0717 Information Services Department
ID18-0718 Personnel Services Department
ID18-0719 Convention Center
Monday, June 11, 2018 - 10:00 A.M.
ID18-0720 Public Works Department
ID18-0721 Airports Department
ID18-0722 Development and Resources Management (“DARM”)
Department
ID18-0723 General City Purpose
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 10:00 A.M.
ID18-0724 City Clerk’s Office
ID18-0725 City Attorney’s Office
ID18-0726 Transportation Department (FAX)
ID18-0727 City Council Offices
ID18-0728 Mayor and City Manager’s Office
ADJOURNMENT
City Council adjourned at 3:35 P.M.
UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS
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TUESDAY - JUNE 19, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
VOTE ON MOTIONS
THURSDAY - JUNE 21, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
VOTE ON FINAL BUDGET
THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
RESERVED IF NEEDED FOR FINAL BUDGET VOTE
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Agenda
City of Fresno
2600 Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93721
www.fresno.gov
Meeting Agenda - Final
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
10:00 AM
Budget Hearings - "Commencing on June 5, 2018, the budget
hearings will be considered one continuous meeting."
Council Chambers
City Council
President - Esmeralda Z. Soria
Vice President - Steve Brandau
Councilmembers:
Oliver L. Baines, III, Paul Caprioglio, Luis Chavez, Garry Bredefeld, Clinton J.
Olivier
City Manager - Wilma Quan-Schecter
City Attorney - Douglas T. Sloan
City Clerk - Yvonne Spence, MMC
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 5, 2018
The Fresno City Council welcomes you to City Council Chambers, located in City
Hall, 2nd Floor, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, California 93721.
The City of Fresno’s goal is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
in all respects. The meeting room is physically accessible. If, as an attendee or
participant at the meeting, you need additional accommodations such as
interpreters, signers, assistive listening devices, or the services of a translator,
please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (559) 621-7650 or clerk@fresno.gov. To
ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 48 hours prior to
the meeting. The agenda and related staff reports are available at www.fresno.gov,
as well as in the Office of the City Clerk.
The Council meeting can be viewed live on Comcast Channel 96 and AT&T Channel
99 from 9:00 a.m. and is re-played beginning at 8:00 p.m.. The meeting can also be
viewed online at https://fresno.legistar.com.
PROCESS: For each matter considered by the Council there will first be a staff
presentation followed by a presentation from the involved individuals, if present.
Testimony from those in attendance will then be taken. All testimony will be limited to
three minutes per person. If you would like to speak fill out a Speaker Request Form
available from the City Clerk’s Office and in the Council Chambers. The three lights
on the podium next to the microphone will indicate the amount of time remaining for
the speaker.
The green light on the podium will be turned on when the speaker begins. The yellow
light will come on with one minute remaining. The speaker should be completing the
testimony by the time the red light comes on and tones sound, indicating that time
has expired. A countdown of time remaining to speak is also displayed on the large
screen behind the Council dais.
No documents shall be accepted for Council review unless they are submitted to the
City Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the Council Agenda item being heard.
Following is a general schedule of items for Council consideration and action. The
City Council may consider and act on an agenda item in any order it deems
appropriate. Actual timed items may be heard later but not before the time set on
agenda. Persons interested in an item listed on the agenda are advised to be present
throughout the meeting to ensure their presence when the item is called.
AGENDA ITEMS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (***) ARE SUBJECT TO MAYORAL
VETO OR RECONSIDERATION
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El Consejo de la Ciudad de Fresno da la bienvenida al City Council Chambers,
ubicado en la Alcaldía (City Hall), do piso, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, California
93721.
El objetivo de la Ciudad de Fresno es cumplir con la Ley de Americanos con
Discapacidades (ADA) en todo aspecto. La sala para juntas es físicamente accesible.
Si usted, como asistente o participante de la junta, necesita acomodaciones
adicionales coma intérpretes, lenguaje de señas, aparatos auditivos, o los servicios
de un traductor, por favor comuníquese con la Oficina del Secretario Municipal
llamando al (559) 621-7650 o al clerk@fresno.gov. Para asegurarse de la
disponibilidad, se le recomienda llamar y hacer su petición por lo menos 48 horas
antes de la junta. La agenda y los reportes de personal correspondientes están
disponibles en el www.fresno.gov, o en la Oficina del Secretario Municipal.
Las juntas del Municipio se pueden ver en el Canal 96 de Comcast y el Canal 99 de
AT&T a las 9:00 a.m. y otra vez empezando a las 8:00 p.m. La junta también se
puede ver en el internet en el https://fresno.legistar.com
PROCESO: Por cada asunto que escuche el Consejo Municipal, habrá una
presentación del personal seguida por una presentación de los individuos
involucrados, si están presentes. El testimonio de los presentes se escuchará
entonces. Todo testimonio se limitará a tres minutos por persona. Si usted desea
hablar, Ilene la hoja para pedir hablar disponibles en la oficina del Secretario
Municipal y en la Sala Consistorial. Las tres luces en el atril junto al micrófono
indicarán cuanto tiempo le queda al orador.
La luz verde en el atril se prenderá cuando el orador comience. La luz amarilia se
prenderá cuando quede un minuto. El orador debería estar concluyendo su
testimonio cuando la luz roja prenda y ci sonido indique que se acabo su tiempo. La
cantidad del tiempo que queda también aparecerá en la pantalla grande atrás del
Consejo Municipal.
No se aceptarán documentos para que repase el Consejo Municipal a menos que se
sometan al Secretario Municipal por lo menos 24 horas antes de que se escuche la
Agenda del Consejo Municipal.
Este es el horario general de temas para la consideración y acción del Consejo
Municipal. El consejo Municipal pudiera considerar y tomar acción en un artículo de
la Agenda en el orden que considere adecuado. Artículos con una hora fijada se
pueden escuchar después de la hora indicada pero no antes de la hora indicada en
la agenda. Se les recomienda a las personas que estén interesadas en un artículo de
la agenda, que estén presentes durante toda la junta para asegurar su presencia
cuando se presente ese artículo.
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LOS ARTICULOS MARCADOS CON TRES ASTERISCOS (***) ESTAN SUJETOS A UN
VETO POR PARTE DEL ALCALDE O UNA RECONSIDERACION
Tso Fresno City Council tos txais koj rau City Council Chambers, nyob rau hauv City
Hall, 2nd Floor, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, California 93721.
Lub hom phiaj ntawm nroog Fresno yuav ua kom tau txhua yam raw li txoj cai
American with Disabilities Act (ADA) kom fwm txhua tus. Lub rooj sab laj txhua tus
yuav tsum muaj feem koom kom tau, txawm yog cov tuaj koom, cov muaj feem rau
lub rooj sab laj, yuav tsum kom muaj kev pab rau sawv daws xws li txhais lus, piav
tes, tej twj mloog pob ntseg los yog ib tug txhais lus, thov hu rau Office of the City
Clerk ntawm (559) 621-7650 los sis clerk@fresno.gov. Yuav kom paub tseeb tias
npaj tau rau koj, koj yuav tsum tau hais ua ntej 48 xuab moos ntawm lub rooj sab laj.
Daim ntawv kom tswj thiab tej ntaub ntawv cov ua dej num yuav coj los ceeb tshaj
muaj nyob rau ntawm www.fresno.gov, los sis ntawm Office of the City Clerk.
Council lub rooj sab laj saib pom rau hauv Comcast tshooj 96 thiab AT&T tshooj 99
thaum 9:00 teev sauv ntxoov thiab rov tso tawm thaum 8:00 teev tsaus ntuj. Lub
rooj sab Iaj kuj saib tau online at https://fresno.legistar.com.
TXUAS NTXIV: Txhua nqe laj txheej yuav tau pom zoo los ntawm cov council ua ntej
thiab yuav tau muaj ib tug staff los cej luam dhau ntawd cov uas muaj feem cuam
mam los cej luam ib tug zuj zus, yog tuaj nyob rau ntawd. Dhau ntawd yuav tso rau
sawv daw los tawrn suab, ib leeg twg yuav los tawm suab tsuas pub peb(3) nas this
xwb. Yog koj xav los tawm suab, mus sau rau daim ntawv (Speaker Request Form)
muaj nyob rau hauv City Clerk's Office thiab nyob rau huav Council Chambers. muaj
peb(3) lub teeb nyob rau ntawm lub podium uas puab rau ntawm lub (microphone)
qhia tias tus neeg hais lus muaj sij haum ntev Ii cas xwb.
Lub teeb ntsuab ntawm lub podium yuav cig thaum tus hais lus pib hais. Lub teeb
daj yuav cig thaum tshuav ib(1) nas this. Tus hais lus yuav tsum hais kom tas rau
thaum lub teeb liab cig thiab lub tswb nrov, qhia tias sij haum tas lawm. lb qhov ntxiv
nyob rau saum daim (screen) loj loj dai rau tom cov council nrob qaurn yuav pom lub
sij hawm dhia qis zuj zus los mus.
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Cov council yuav tsis txais ib yam ntaub ntawv los saib ntxiv tshwj tsis yog twb
muab xa rau City Clerk 24 teev thiab muab tso rau hauv daim kom tswj ua ntej
council yuav los mloog tej xwm txheej.
Dhau ntawd yuav muab sij hawm rau cov council los soj ntsuam thiab ua tes dej
num, Coy tswv zos (City Council) yuav los ntsuam xyuas thiab leg raws tej nqe hauv
daim kom tswj yog pom tias yam twg yuav tsim nyog. Mam muab lub sij hawm los
xyuas raws tej txheej txheem tom qab tiam si yuav tsis yog ua ntej raws Ii daim kom
tswj tau teev tseg. Cov uas txaus siab rau tei laj txheej uas tau teev tseg rau hauv
daim kom tswj, xav kom nyob kom dhau lub rooj sab laj kom thaum hu txog nws thiaj
nyob rau ntawd
YOG QHOV MUAJ PEB LUB HNUB QUB (***) NYOB RAU HAUV DAIM KOM TSWJ
YUAV RAUG MAYORAL VETO LOS SIS ROV SOJ NTSUAM DUA
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BUDGET HEARINGS-"Commencing on June 5, 2018, the budget hearings will be
considered one continuous meeting."
The City Council met in the budget hearing sessions in the Council Chamber, City
Hall on the date and time written above.
10:10 A.M. ROLL CALL
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
BUDGET HEARINGS
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 10:00 A.M.
ID18-0711 General Fund Overview by Budget and Management Studies
Division
ID18-0712 Police Department
ID18-0713 Fire Department
ID18-0714 Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services
(“PARCS”)
ID18-0715 Finance Department
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 10:00 A.M.
ID18-0716 Department of Public Utilities
ID18-0717 Information Services Department
ID18-0718 Personnel Services Department
ID18-0719 Convention Center
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Monday, June 11, 2018 - 10:00 A.M.
ID18-0720 Public Works Department
ID18-0721 Airports Department
ID18-0722 Development and Resources Management (“DARM”)
Department
ID18-0723 General City Purpose
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 10:00 A.M.
ID18-0724 City Clerk’s Office
ID18-0725 City Attorney’s Office
ID18-0726 Transportation Department (FAX)
ID18-0727 City Council Offices
ID18-0728 Mayor and City Manager’s Office
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS
TUESDAY - JUNE 19, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
VOTE ON MOTIONS
THURSDAY - JUNE 21, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
VOTE ON FINAL BUDGET
THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
RESERVED IF NEEDED FOR FINAL BUDGET VOTE
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