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carpentry - all for $9.00 an hour. Mr. James Lopez, 162 E. K Street, said that with a wife and one and a half kids, it will be hard to get by on a small check. Mr. Charles Jackson asked, from 258 lots in Rancho Mediterranea, how many lots had been sold, actual titles transferred since the day the City bought the property, representing money in the bank. He said the plan does not address overtime pay. He found one department had spent $2 1/2 million and that same department is still receiving overtime. The Police Department and Fire Department have each given 110% of the effort to the community from 1990 to the present. The citizens of Colton were satisfied with the level of service provided in 1990 prior to the overtime and the community is satisfied with the current level of service. Mr. Jackson wondered why this service cost $1,000,000 extra. He said these services should be realigned --back to where they were two to three years ago --not lose service but save a lot of money. He based his findings on 100 years of total service provided by experienced firefighters. Mrs. Libby Vallejo, 800 Valencia Drive, expressed concern about bankruptcy in the City. She said she had lived in Colton for 25 years and worked for the school district for 22 years. She found the layoffs drastic but they had to happen. She did not want to see cuts in the Paramedics, Fire Department and Police Department which she declared were the best in the State. Mr. Chris Gallegos, 7245 Devon, Highland, spoke against layoffs to the Sanitation Division. He believed there was money to be made in refuse "or Edco, Jack's and BFI would not be here." He said that with layoffs the talent pool will never come back. Mr. Al Vallejo, 800 Valencia, said Councilmembers needed to determine where they are going and what they are going to do after implementation of Phases I and II. They must address certain issues and points. On assessing blame, he said we are all to blame. He found elected officials make promises they cannot keep or they don't intend to keep. He said the reality is that it cannot be business as usual. Council should run the City as a business. Employees need support and encouragement not apathy. He believed City Council needed to address the issues: What is essential. What are the things we can do without - essential vs. non-essential - and reduce or eliminate. The City needs leadership. It needs direction and it takes team effort. City Council needs to be realistic as to its status because cuts alone are not going to do it. City Council must be willing to bite the bullet. The City needs organization. Mr. John Longfield heard there was an agreement by officials for a 10% pay cut. He noted some employees have suffered 100% cut. He suggested that City Officials go to 30% cut and department heads to 50% cut. Mr. Dave Lodarski, Union Representative for Colton Firefighters, Local 7 FEB 2 8 1995