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Ms. Bonnie Garcia, 198 West L Street, said the City should liquidate its assets. She said the City should not use grant funds, at the Hutton and Luque Centers, such as using a child care grant person to answer the telephones and to perform the job for employees who are no longer there. She charged embezzlement of funds. Recreation and Human Services Director Anstine informed that four hours out of the work day a child care person is placed on call duty to answer telephones which include child care lines. He said there are no stipulations prohibiting this use. Mrs. Genevieve Ruiz, 952 Illinois, said she would pay $5.00 more to eliminate layoffs. She felt there was a plan afoot to eliminate certain positions, such as her husband's position. Her husband, employed in 1962, was left with 3 workers and she declared that he deserved better consideration. Mr. Wes Van Hofwegen said he was Assistant Business Manager with the IBEW which represented the electrical workers. He congratulated and commended the action taken on Item 4. He echoed Attorney Robinson's comment against privatization and contracting out the work. Unlike Attorney Robinson, he said he was in a position to demand negotiations and bargaining before adoption of further implementation of any other plans. He found the City has placed the cart before the horse by implementing Phase 1 of the fiscal health plan. He asked that there be no furloughs or layoffs before bargaining or there will be legal action. - Mr. Felipe Ibarra, 1286 Pennsylvania Avenue, said layoffs have taken 25 workers from the recreation department and replaced with people who do not know the youth. With these actions, he said Council now needs to be afraid of its youth. He described this to lighting the fuse of a bomb which is about to explode. Programs previously scheduled have been taken away and the youth feel betrayed. Mr. Ibarra expressed appreciation to Messrs Mireles, Paul and Sandoval for showing him how to express himself. Vowing he and his friends would register to vote and together as one they would make a difference. He said the voters will take back the City of Colton. SBPEA General Manager Chris Prato acknowledged the Council's attempt to try and correct the abuses of the past. He found the motion on the floor was very specific as to dollar amounts which did not match up with the intent of the motion. Referring to attachment 2 of the Plan for Fiscal Health, Phase II, specifically $225,558 representing cuts in the general fund and $59,200 cuts in the enterprise funds, he found the amounts did not appear to cover all the cuts listed on attachment II which excluded the refuse cuts in sum of $65,333. Assistant to the City Manager Daryl Parrish indicated that this number was included in $225,558, under general fund. Mr. Prato maintained there is money out there which has not been pursued. He found that as of December of last year there was a proposal for a city-wide assessment for city park maintenance services which would assess about $50 a year per homeowner and would generate $1.3 5 FEB 2 3 1995