DON'T WORRY. IS EVERYONE READY? [00:00:03] IT'S TIME. [INAUDIBLE]. STAND INFRONT OF THE CAMERA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [1) CALL TO ORDER] I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6:00 O'CLOCK. WOULD YOU, [INAUDIBLE], WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? YES. MAYOR REYNA? PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA? PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ? HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR A FLAG SALUTE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER. ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. MADAM CLERK, I HAVE A NOTE HERE TO REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THIS OUT OF ORDER? SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CLOSED SESSION. SO WE STILL NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE BEGINNING. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE ITEM AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IF NEEDED. OKAY. VERY GOOD ITEM FOUR CLOSED SESSION READ TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES FIRST GC SECTION [4) CLOSED SESSION] 54957 A. CONSULTATION WITH CITY MANAGER MR. HURLBERT. WE JUST NEED TO RECESS FOR A CLOSED SESSION. GO AHEAD AND OPEN ANY [INAUDIBLE] COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM AT THIS TIME? SEE NONE. GOOD. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO EMAIL COMMENTS. MAYOR REYNA. OK WE WILL NOW ENTER IN CLOSE SESSION AND RETURN TO REPORT OUT. ARE WE READY TO CONTINUE? YEAH, WE ARE READY TO CONTINUE. MADAM CLERK, [INAUDIBLE] BUT NOT WITH THE ZOOM. I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE. MADAM CLERK, NEXT TIME, JUST GO LIKE THIS. I'M SORRY. WE JUST CAME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. [INAUDIBLE]. ARE WE READY TO CONTINUE? TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE READY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM. ITEM SIX, NEW BUSINESS. [6a. Adopt a Resolution approving the City’s Operation Budget and Capital Improvement Projects for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023. (Perez- Hernandez)] ITEM A ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023. MR. PRESIDENT, ON THIS. I DON'T SEE HIM. [LAUGHTER], [INAUDIDBLE]. HE LEFT.[INAUDIDBLE]. WHERE IS HE? OH,THERE HE OH MY MAN. WE COULDNT SEE YOU. WE COUNLDNT SEE YOU UNDER THE SCREEN. HE WAS HIDING UNDER THE DESK. I WASNT REALLY HIDING. I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A TRACK MEET. I WAS GETTING READY TO DO MY MAIN EVENT. . ALL RIGHT. IS IT JUST ME OR IS IT HOT? IT'S HOT. WE JUST TURNED IT DOWN. [INAUDIBLE], YOU GOT MY MESSAGE LAST WEEK? FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD HAVE SHARED MY STARBURST, BUT I DON'T WANT TO FREAK ANYONE OUT. OK, I THINK WE'RE READY TO START. ALL RIGHT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. PEREZ-HERNANDEZ. WE'RE READY TO BE WOWED. OH, OK. SO THERE IS. I'LL TRY. I'LL TRY MY BEST. WELL, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR. [00:05:02] MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS EVENING WE'LL BE COVERING A HIGH LEVEL SOME ITEMS THAT WERE COVERED THIS PAST WEDNESDAY WITH THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND SOME LITTLE MINOR TWEAKS THAT OCCURRED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, NOT ALARMING, BUT WORTH BRINGING IT UP TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AND ALSO THE PUBLIC. SO AT THE LAST MONDAY WE WENT OVER THE GENERAL FUND AND THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND AT THE VERY END OF THE OF THE PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A 68% ON RESERVES. SO UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO COVER OPERATING EXPENSES BUT THAT ONE FOR THE CURRENT UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND AFTER FURTHER REVIEW THERE WAS A ROUGHLY ABOUT 127,000 THAT DID NOT GET CAPTURED AS REVENUE COMING IN. SO THAT IS WHY IF WE LOOK AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREENSHOT, WE SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED TOTAL EXPENDITURES DROP BY THE 127,000. SO IF WE LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN AND WE SEE THAT THE PERCENTAGE INCREASED FROM. FROM 68% TO 70%. SO WHAT IS HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO THE CITY? THAT MEANS WE HAVE MORE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE THAN WHAT WE DID ON MONDAY BECAUSE OF THOSE $127,000. AND WE LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, WE SEE THE HIGHLIGHT. AND FOR THE 65,000 FOR WATER DISCOUNT SUBSIDIES, IT'S AN IN AND OUT BECAUSE THERE'S MONEY GOING TO BE COMING IN FROM ARPA AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A WE'RE PROJECTING IT TO BE 65,000 PAID OUT TO THE WATER FUND. NOW, THERE IS THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER AT THE MOMENT. IT WILL BE MUCH MORE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF WHAT THAT TRUE COST WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. BUT THAT IS WORTH NOTING THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT OCCURRED TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT NEVERTHELESS, 65,000 COMING IN AND 65,000 GOING OUT. IT'S A NET WASH, ZERO EFFECT ON THE FUND BALANCE. THE ONLY CHANGE IS THE 127 ON THE OPERATING EXPENSES. BEFORE I MOVE ON DO COUNCIL, I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THIS SLIDE. OKAY. OKAY. NOW, AS WE WERE COMPILING THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, THERE WAS ONE LINE ITEM THAT DID STAND OUT. AND IT'S WORTH BREAKING DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER BECAUSE ON THE PLANNING DIVISION, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT JUMP FROM 45 TO 330000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. HOW COULD THAT BE? WELL, THE THE REASON WHY THERE IS THAT JUMP IS IT'S COMPOSED OF THREE PROJECTS, THREE STUDIES THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WILL BE THE HOUSING ELEMENT FOR $150,000 IMPACT STUDIES FOR 50,000 AND CDBG COVID ASSISTANCE, 100,000. THE FIRST THREE ARE REIMBURSABLE, SO THERE IS NO IMPACT ON THOSE. SO THE TRUE GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE PLANNING DIVISION IS 30,000. ONCE WE ONCE WE PEEL BACK THE ONION AND WE GET TO SEE WHAT IS WHAT MAKES UP THOSE 330. SO IT'S NOT ALARMING. WHY THAT SIGNIFICANT JUMP? WHO REIMBURSES US FOR THE 300,000. SO FOR THE CDBG COVID ASSISTANCE, THAT IS THROUGH SELF-HELP PROGRAM, THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR PARTNERED WITH SELF-HELP FOR ASSISTANCE TO OFFER UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS. THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS THE LEAD, THE MICROPHONE SO IT CAN BE RECORDED. [00:10:01] THANK YOU. SO BOTH THE CDBG AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND THE CITY DID APPLY FOR ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO FOR CDBG CORONAVIRUS MONEY TO PROVIDE THESE SUBSIDIES, UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH SELF HELP. WE BUILD FOR THAT QUARTERLY. EVERY QUARTER THE CITY WILL SUBMIT BILLING TO RECEIVE THAT MONEY AND I BELIEVE THE LAST REPORT, THE SELF HELP PROVIDED FOR US, WE'VE ASSISTED A LITTLE OVER 50 FAMILIES AND PROVIDED OVER $58,000 OF ASSISTANCE ALREADY TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU'RE PROBABLY WANTING TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY IS THERE? I BELIEVE IT'S JUST A LITTLE UNDER 500,000, SO THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY THERE TO ASSIST OUR LOCAL FAMILIES. SELF HELP IS TRYING TO REACH OUT, GET THE WORD OUT, LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THIS MONEY TO TO ASSIST. SO THIS COMING YEAR, I BELIEVE WE'RE BUDGETING 100,000 IF WE CAN SPEND MORE. GREAT. BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW MANY FAMILIES COME AND APPLY AND QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. AND THEN THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS FUNDED THROUGH LEAP, AND THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THROUGH THE STATE, WHICH PROVIDED LEAP STANDS FOR LOCAL, LOCAL PLANNING GRANTS THAT PROVIDE US ASSISTANCE TO UPDATE OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND OUR GENERAL PLAN TO ALLOW THE PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THIS MONEY CAME DOWN THROUGH THE STATE TO ALL THE CITIES IT WAS ALLOCATED TO ENSURE THAT OUR HOUSING ELEMENTS WERE UPDATED. AND I BELIEVE THAT KERI WILL BE WORKING WITH [INAUDIBLE] WITH THIS PROJECT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. VERY INTERESTING. HOW ARE WE LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS MONEY IS ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM? YOU SAID YOU'VE SPENT ABOUT $50,000. CORRECT. SO WE SPENT $50,000 IN ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS AND JUST FOR UTILITIES. BUT THEY CAN ALSO APPLY FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE AND UTILITIES FOR ELECTRICITY OR GAS. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, IS NOT ONLY ARE WE CONTACT, ARE WE SENDING FLIERS THROUGH OUR UTILITY BILLS, WE ALSO PROVIDE A COPY OR MORE. FRONT AND BACK, ENGLISH AND SPANISH EDUCATE THE CUSTOMERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE TAKING IN THE PAYMENTS. WE SEE THAT BALANCE. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS NEW PROGRAM? AND I BELIEVE YOU QUALIFY UNDER THESE SCENARIOS. BUT HERE'S THE APPLICATION. LET'S FILL IT OUT AND LET'S SUBMIT IT TO SELF HELP. AND ALSO WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALSO LAST WEEK, SELF-HELP CONTACTED US BECAUSE THEY FREED UP ON A LOT OF THE THE BULK OF THEIR WORK THAT THEY HAD. SO THEY'RE WANTING A LIST FROM THE CITY SO THEY CAN ALSO CONTACT THEM BY PHONE AS WELL. SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON CONTACTING RESIDENTS AND THAT HAVE A PAST DUE BALANCE ON THEIR ACCOUNT TO ASSIST THEM. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE APPLYING FOR WATER AND SEWER UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THIS IS ANOTHER FORM OF ASSISTANCE THAT WE FIRST NEED TO APPLY THE WATER PORTION OF THE UTILITY BILL FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY COVID. THEN THE SECOND ROUND IS THE SEWER BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE STATE BROKE UP THE FUNDING AND ANY REMAINING AMOUNT IS WHAT SELF HELP AND THE CDBG ASSISTANCE, THE CDBG ASSISTANCE FUND COMES IN AND THEY PICK UP THE REMAINING AMOUNT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO NOT WANT IS TO START DOUBLE DIPPING AND RESULT IN RESIDENTS HAVING CREDIT BALANCES IN THEIR ACCOUNTS. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS IT DOES VERY THOROUGHLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND AT WEDNESDAY EVENING WORKSHOP, COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ DID BRING UP A VERY VALID QUESTION REGARDING WISER, SIGNIFICANT DROP BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS 2020, 2021 ACTUALS AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO [00:15:03] END OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND WHAT OUR UPCOMING YEAR IS. AND THERE ARE TWO SIGNIFICANT DRIVERS, AND ONE OF THEM IS THE DEPRECIATION OF OUR ASSETS OR THEIR VEHICLES OR. BUILDINGS, BUT MAINLY JUST OUR FLEET. AND THAT ENTRY HAPPENS ON JUNE 30TH. ONCE THE YEAR CLOSES, THEN WE ARE ABLE TO GENERATE WHAT THE ANNUAL DEPRECIATION FOR ALL THOSE ASSETS ONCE THEY REACH THEIR USEFUL LIFE. THEN AT THAT POINT, THEY'RE IN ACCOUNTING TERMS, THEY'RE NOT WORTH ANYTHING. THEY'RE ALMOST SCRAP METAL. AND JUST HISTORICALLY, IT'S BEEN AROUND. 500,000 580,000. BUT SLOWLY IT'S GOING TO START DIPPING AS ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ACIDS FOR THE WASTEWATER START CONTINUE TO AGE AS THE YEARS PROGRESS. AND THE SECOND ITEM WILL JUST THROW OUT JUST PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF A TOTALING 122,000. SO. THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. SO THE DEPRECIATION IS LISTED IN THE OPERATING COST? YES, THAT'S AN OPERATING COST. OKAY. AND SO WE HIGHLIGHTED THE SANITATION SYSTEM BECAUSE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. AND THAT WAS MY ERROR. SO THERE WAS AS WE DISCUSSED WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY EVENING, THERE WAS GOING TO BE THE PURCHASE OF TWO OF THE SANITATION TRUCKS THAT SHOULD BE ARRIVING IN MID-JULY, AUGUST. AND BUT I FAILED TO MOVE 175,000 TO THE 23-24 FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S WHAT THAT CHANGE IS. IT'S JUST WHEN WE REVIEW THE CIP SUMMARY BY SOURCE, THAT'S THE MAIN CHANGE THAT IS OCCURRING. NOT A MAJOR CHANGE. IT JUST NEEDED TO REFLECT IN THE RIGHT FISCAL YEAR. SO YOU ADDED 125,000 OR DEDUCTED? NO, I DEDUCTED 375 FROM THE COLUMN LABELED 2020 DASH 23 AND MOVED IT TO 2023, 2024 JUST MOVED IT OVER ONE FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE BASED ON THE TRENDS, HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN FOR THE STEEL AND PUTTING TOGETHER THESE TRUCKS IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR. SO WE CAN REASONABLY ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS THIRD TRUCK THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO I THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO DEFER THESE FUNDS TO THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. AND IF THINGS DO CHANGE, I'M CERTAIN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WOULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND ADDRESS IT. [INAUDIBLE] THE AMOUNT ON THE TOTAL ON THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT PROJECT TOTAL DOES NOT CHANGE, ITS THE SAME? THANK YOU. AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY UPDATES. BUT I DID CATCH A HOW THE MAYOR RESPONDED AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE EXERCISE WITH THE CIP'S. AND THERE WAS A PORTION WHERE THE MAYOR YOU POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS 80% COMPLETE. AND YES. AND THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP, IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT WE PRESENT OUR CIP. AND THAT IS THOSE HIGHLIGHTS ARE WE WERE TO COMPARE PRIOR YEARS CIP BOOK AND OUR CURRENT CIP. IT'S MORE TRANSPARENT BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT A PROJECT, WHO'S THE LEAD ON THAT PROJECT? IF WE WERE TO COMPARE PRIORS BUDGET TO THE ONE THAT IS BEFORE YOU. NOW IT HAS WHO THE PROJECT LEADER WILL BE FOR ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT. IF THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUALS WORKING ON THE SAME PROJECT, WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR STAFF, JUST TRANSPARENCY. AND THE OTHER ITEM IS PROJECT STATUS. WE KNOW SOME PROJECTS ARE NOT GOING TO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE OFF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S STUDIES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. THERE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE SUBMITTED, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR APPROVAL. BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT'S STILL A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STATE WHERE DO WE WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AT IN THE PROCESS. [00:20:08] AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THIS PROJECT HAS LAPSED OVER TWO YEARS. WELL, THIS IS A PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION THAT WE ARE. AND AS PROJECTS PROGRESSED, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE COUNCIL AND STAFF TO BE AWARE OF. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE NOTICE THAT 80%. SO JUST PUTTING THAT UP, I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING AND SAY, WHY WOULD WHY WOULD I NOT CHOOSE THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN IT IS ALREADY 80%? ABSOLUTELY. AND UNFORTUNATELY THE SLIDE WOULDN'T COVER MORE AREA. BUT SO WHEN WE BREAK IT DOWN, THERE'S A SECTION THAT WE EVEN WE TOOK IT AN EVEN FURTHER STEP AND [INAUDIBLE] TO DATE. WELL GREAT WE'RE 80% IN THIS PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT. THE PROJECT IS 500,000, BUT HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT YEAR TO DATE? AND I THINK WHAT'S WORTH NOTING FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL AND FOR STAFF. SO I'LL MOVE ON. JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT'S 198,538. THERE YOU GO. IT IS A LITTLE MOVING TARGET BECAUSE THERE'S INVOICES COMING IN TO TAIL END. BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE JUST PLAYING THE ACTIVITY. GREAT JOB. OKAY. AND THE NEXT THREE SLIDES THIS WEEKEND I CAME ACROSS, THEY CALLED IT THE TRIPLE CROWN. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS, BUT I GUESS THERE IS SUCH A THING AND I WOULDN'T HAVE CALLED IT THAT MYSELF. USUALLY IN HORSE RACING. OH, IT IS HORSE RACING. YES. OH, OKAY. WELL, I GUESS I HAVE ONE IN THE MUNICIPAL FINANCE WORLD AND AWARDS. AND SO WE ONLY PRESENTED ONE TO THE COUNCIL WHICH WAS THE GFOA AWARD THAT THE CITY OF WASCO ATTAINED FOR THEIR VERY FIRST TIME. AND NOT ONLY THE WASCO RECEIVED THE GFOA, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO IN CANADA. BUT WE ALSO SUBMITTED OUR OPERATING AND OUR CAPITAL BOOK TO THE SECOND HIGHEST, THE SECOND TIER OF MUNICIPAL FINANCE, THAT'S THE CFO. AND WE RECEIVED THE OPERATING BUDGET OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR OUR OPERATING BUDGET, THE ONE THAT WE'RE UP TO IN THE FISCAL YEAR. AND. AND LASTLY WAS WE ALSO RECEIVED THE CAPITAL THE CAPITAL BUDGET EXCELLENCE AWARD. SO WE RECEIVED THE AWARD ALSO ON OUR CIP. AND NOW THEY'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION TO REVIEW FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE FORMS THAT THE CITY OF WASCO IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF BEING TRANSPARENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS FOCUS ON, NOT ONLY BEING TRANSPARENT, BUT ALSO MAKING PRESENTING THE INFORMATION USER FRIENDLY. AND IF AT ANY POINT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO DO SO, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REFINE AND FINE TUNE THESE FIGURES TO MAKE THEM MORE TRANSPARENT AND EASIER TO DIGEST A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION. BUT BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THAT DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.GROUP EFFORT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE IT TRULY DOES TAKE A WHOLE CITY TO BRING ALL THESE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER AND PROJECT FIVE YEARS. WHAT ARE THE NEEDS FOR THE CITY? AND FOR THE RESIDENTS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT PLUS AND SOME . MARK OF A GOOD LEADER RECOGNIZING THOSE THAT WORK AROUND HIM. THE CITY MANAGER. I COMMEND HIM FOR THAT. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF CREDIT TO GO AROUND. THANK YOU ALL. AND LASTLY, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I ADDED CLIPPY FOR OUR CITY CLERK. OF COURSE. OKAY. I WAS ALWAYS FOND OF IT. YES, ME TOO. I LIKE EINSTEIN, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE EYEBROWS WOULD GO UP AND DOWN. [00:25:01] [LAUGHTER]. YES, THEY WOULD COME UP RANDOMLY. JUMP AND LAY DOWN. YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME ON THIS ITEM? DO WE HAVE ANY E MAIL COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO EMAIL COMMENTS MAYOR. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES? NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. MEMBER LYNCH? NO COMMENTS SIR. MEMBER MARTINEZ? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AGAIN, ISRAEL. NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. MEMBER GARCIA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY, VERY GOOD WORK TO EVERYBODY, THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE BEST BUDGETS THAT I'VE SEEN AND I'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND THIS IS FANTASTIC. SO I HAVE NO DOUBT WE'LL BE SEEING THREE MORE AWARDS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. GOOD WORK, EVERYBODY. THE FACT THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THIS THREE AWARDS JUST SPEAKS OF THE LEVEL OF QUALITY OF WORK THAT YOU ARE PUTTING OUT, YOU AND YOUR STAFF. THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE MADE THIS BUDGET SO EASY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AND SO TRANSPARENT, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I THINK THEY ARE GREAT AND IT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF YOU AND SPEAKS HIGHLY OF YOUR STAFF. AND SO I COMMEND YOU HIGHLY FOR ALL OF IT. YOU DESERVE A LOT OF RECOGNITION, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR STAFF. I'M VERY THANKFUL. FOR THE RECORD, LET'S RECOGNIZE HOW LONG THIS PROCESS WAS ON PAGE 16. FOR THE RECORD, ANYONE WATCHING AT HOME, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS BEGAN IN MARCH. AND SO THAT'S ALSO THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO PARTICIPATED ALONG THE WAY. THIS REALLY IS A PRODUCT AND DELIVERY OF A VISION THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE YEARS TO COME BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CLOUDS THAT WE'VE REMOVED OVER THE CITY AND THIS BUDGET. NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE MORE. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING IN. SO JUST SORRY AGAIN, BUT FINAL COMMENTS. JUST EXCITING. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET. OH, EXCELLENT. THERE YOU GO. THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION. THERE IS A SECOND THEN. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ALSO ECHO THE KIND OF THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT THE STAFF THAT WORKED MORE THAN WILL EVER ADMIT ON THIS NIGHT AND DAY FOR A LONG TIME. AND IT IS A BIG EFFORT. ON YOUR MOTION TO ADOPT. IF YOU COULD ALSO INCLUDE SUBJECT TO MINOR TYPOS ADDITIONS. THERE ARE SOME DEPARTMENTAL NARRATIVES THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT BEFORE YOU. THIS IS A COMPLETE MATHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET, BUT THE BUDGET BOOK WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL DATA IN IT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S RECOGNIZED IN THE MOTION TO ADOPT. YOU CAN ADD THOSE WORDS SO I DON'T REPEAT THEM TO TO MY MOTION. I DO WANT TO STATE, THOUGH, THAT THIS IS A BALANCED BUDGET. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT. AND SO MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THIS BALANCED BUDGET. THERE HAS BEEN A SECOND, I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. LYNCH. AND SO, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE BY ROLE CALL? MAYOR REYNA? AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ? AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR REYNA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. [INAUDIBLE]. WITH THE CHANGES MENTIONED, A MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ITEM B ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2023. [6b. Adopt a Resolution approving the Annual Appropriations Limit for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023. (Perez-Hernandez)] MR. PEREZ-HERNANDEZ, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING. THIS IS ALSO A STATE MANDATE. ALL RIGHT. THE CLERK WAS SCROLLING. AND THE PRIMARY PURPOSE BEHIND THE [INAUDIBLE] IS THE STATE SETTING LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH MONEY CAN BE SPENT FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY AND AS WE CAN SEE ON IS IT [00:30:09] THE VERY LAST PAGE, WHICH IS PAGE FOUR OF THE ATTACHMENT? MARIA, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. [INAUDIBLE] THERE YOU GO. YEAH. THOUGH WE ARE FAR BELOW WHAT WE ARE BASED ON THE STATE STANDARDS, WHAT WE NEED TO APPROPRIATE AND SPEND. WE ARE FAR BELOW THAT APPROPRIATION LIMIT. AND AT THIS POINT, STAFF RECOMMENDEDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION LIMIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO 2023. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE NUMBERS? WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT A GRAPH. SEE, WE'RE WAY BELOW. CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT HOW WE ARE WAY BELOW? SO IF WE SCROLL UP. MARIA. SO ON JUNE 2021, WE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022, AND THAT WAS FOR $28 MILLION. IT JUST. YEAH. JUST A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. AND AFTER SOME EXCLUSIONS DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE 22-23 APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT. SO THAT IS ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT OVER $1.8 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. AND THERE ARE SOME EXCLUSIONS, AS WE CAN SEE ON THE BULLET POINTS WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE INTEREST EARNED. WE ALSO HAVE SOME CAPITAL OUTLAY THAT EXCEEDS OVER 100,000. THE STATE REQUIRES THAT THOSE ARE NOT CAPTURED AS PART OF THE GUN LIMIT SO THAT THE TOTAL PROCEEDS IS ACCORDING TO THE NET. THE NET TAX PROCEEDS SUBJECT TO THE LIMIT ARE 6.4. AND THOSE ARE JUST PROJECTS THAT ARE EXCEEDING THE 100,000. AND AS WE CAN SEE IN OUR OUR CIP, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE OVER $1,000,000. I'M NOT SURE IF I NEED TO GO. WELL, I WAS JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE YOU STATED THAT WE ARE WELL BELOW THE LIMIT. SO WHAT IS THE LIMIT? WE ARE 30,000, 30,426,000. SO OUR LIMIT IF YOU SCROLL DOWN. MARIA. THAT'S WHY I WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE. ABSOLUTLEY MEMBERS. FURTHER DOWN TO THE CHART. THERE YOU GO. SO THE LIMIT IS THE THE DARK PURPLE THAT YOU SEE ON THE IMAGE A LITTLE BIT BY A MILLION. BUT THE CAP IS RIGHT NOW. IT HAS REACHED THE 30 MILLION. WHICH IS THE LIGHT PURPLE BAR LINES. AND AS WE CAN SEE, SINCE 2013 TO 2022 TO 2023, IT'S ALWAYS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE CITY HAS THE STAFF HAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE. SO NO, WE'RE NOT OVERSPENDING MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, IF I CAN ADD THERE, THE BLUE LINE IS FORMULAIC. WE DERIVE FROM THE LEGISLATION. SO THE GANN LEGISLATION ITSELF DEFINES ON HOW MUCH THAT NUMBER CAN GROW YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, IT HAS THOSE OPTIONS WHERE YOU CHOOSE THE LOWER OR THE HIGHER OF THESE THESE FORMULAS AND THAT USE TO CALCULATE THE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND SO THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN APPLIED AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE HIGHER OF THE TWO. SO USING THE COST OF LIVING OPTION, IT WAS 7.55%, POPULATION OPTION WAS 0.05. SO THE AND YOU ADD THOSE TOGETHER, YOU GET THE 7.6 OR I GUESS THEY'RE NOT ADDED, THEY'RE MULTIPLIED TO COME OUT TO THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT DETERMINES THAT GROWTH OF THAT BLUE LINE OVER TIME. NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT OUR REVENUES ACTUALLY ARE. WHAT WE'RE SPENDING REALLY IS THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE VERY SLOW GROWTH IN THE COST OF LIVING, MAYBE DURING A RECESSION OR SOMETHING WOULD CAUSE THAT THOSE BLUE LINES, TO TOP OFF WHERE THEY'RE INTERNAL REVENUES DUE TO SOME EXTRAORDINARY SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, WOULD CAUSE THEM TO RUN INTO THAT. AND THERE ARE THINGS WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU DO THAT. PARDON MY IGNORANCE. [00:35:02] I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS. AND IF I LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE AND I LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE AT THE 30 MILLION LEVEL, AND I'M GOING BY YOUR STATEMENT THAT WE ARE BELOW, BUT OUR APPROPRIATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, 30,426,000. THAT'S THE LIMIT GO AHEAD IS THAT THE LIMIT OF THE APPROPRIATION OR IS THAT HOW MUCH WE HAVE APPROPRIATED? NO, THAT'S THE LIMIT FOR THE STATE. SO FOR US IS 8.1 $8,174,500. THAT'S HOW MUCH OF OUR APPROPRIATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THIS RULE. GOT IT. AND THE BLUE IS THE UPPER LIMIT. AND IF WE HIT THAT, THEN I THINK IN THE MOST EXTREME CASES, YOU HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT AND DECIDE WHETHER THAT MONEY GETS DISTRIBUTED BACK TO THE PUBLIC. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO IF YOU HAVE TO DO THIS FOUR TIMES WHAT WE'RE SPENDING TO EVEN GET CLOSE TO THAT. YES, GOOD SHAPE. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. NOW I UNDERSTAND IT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. THANK YOU. NOW. IS THAT YOUR PRESENTATION? YES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AT THIS TIME OF THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NO EMAIL COMMENTS THERE. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM. PALLARES? NO COMMENT. MEMBER LYNCH? I'D JUST LIKE TO COMMENT AND ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER GARCIA SAID. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB DOING THIS. THAT'S WHY I SAID YOU GUYS. THAT INCLUDES LADIES TOO OK. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. LYNCH? MEMBER GARCIA? [INAUDIBLE] AND MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVE. SECOND, MADAM CLERK HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. WOULD YOU CALL THE BOARD BY ROLL CALL? YES. MAYOR REYNA? AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH? AYE. COUCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ? [INAUDIBLE] MOTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ SECONDED BY COUNSEL MEMBER GARCIA TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. THIS MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ITEM C ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL RESTRICTED GRANT AGREEMENTS AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR WASCO HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION ON SEVENTH STREET. WE MUST HAVE GAVE YOU A WRONG AGENDA. THAT ITEM SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE. MY APOLOGIES. ALL RIGHT, WELL, SCRATCH ITEM C,THAT'S EASILY DONE. YES. MY APOLOGIES. NO, NO. APOLOGY IS NEEDED. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE RECORD. THERE WAS NO ITEM C. THERE WAS, BUT IT GOT MOVED. IT GOT MOVED. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I JUST LOOK AT THE PAPER THAT YOU GAVE ME, SO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. RIGHT? SO THAT IS IT. SURPRISED? [LAUGHTER] LIKE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING? LET HIM GO HOME BEFORE SUNSET FOR ONCE. [INAUDIBLE]. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW THIS WASN'T EASY. GETTING TO THIS POINT IS REAL. I KNOW THE LONG HOURS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF SLEEP THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING AND THE BLOODSHOT EYES OF YOUR SON. OH, GOSH. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, READY FOR THE MID-YEAR. YEAH. LET ME SAY THIS. I APPRECIATE IT ALL. I APPRECIATE IT ALL. AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL THAT YOU'RE ALL VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, YOU, YOUR TEAM, FOR ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD TO GET US TO THIS POINT. SO THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT SEEMS LIKE. I DON'T KNOW. IT SEEMS STRANGE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.