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customer waiting time for services, and allowing streets to w deteriorate further. If not sufficient, the City would have to dig deeper and cut safety services and leave residents to wonder why it will take so long for police and fire to respond. If there is a plan, she asked for "the City" to shareit. If"there was -no.= lan P , tl she -suggested it ,.was . in ._the beast interest of... the City to keep the Utility Tax in place. Mr. Steve Anderson, Colton, said the furloughs mentioned, and crises the City is in, were all scare tactics of the liberal tax and spender crowd and it was his belief that the City would not buy it. He said he had sent out a mailer and had received responses from many people. Most notably, he talked to Father McNally of the Immaculate Conception Church, who could not be Present this evening and said Mr. Anderson could speak for him on this issue and his words were .we just can't trust you with this money, Mr. Anderson said that $2.1 million was anticipated from the tax and that his request for a list, breaking downwhatwas appropri- ated and actually -spent, had not been provided by Finance Direc- tor Anna Vega, as promised. He declared this money was not used for the debt, as pointed out by Mayor Fulp, and it had not been used in good faith. He said it was unfounded to say the City was in crisis as the City was waiting for an audit to present the fiscal picture_ If justification for the tax was �r suggested that their support was Presented:, he door a pp possible; but decried a back approach for the tax. He questioned how many of the employ- ees actually lived in Colton --a subject which was part of cam- paign issues along with the massive overtime of the Fire Depart- ment. He declared this tax illegal, as pointed out by case law, and he demanded rebates. He expressed disappointment with District Five's representative for not presenting the subject of rebates. He suggested methods for rebates. He said he pastored a church and raised a family in this community and was not rich. He said that Father McNally pa,stored people, as a priest. Mr. Anderson complained about the five-minute limit to speak and asked what ordinance allowed it. Mayor Fulp declared Mr. Anderson's remarks directed to Councilmember Bennett as inappropriate. He informed that the 5 i minute limit rule was part of the Ru -les and Decorum Procedure as adopted by City Council in 1986. City Attorney Biggs confirmed adoption on December 16, 1986 and identified the rule as D-4 whichshequoted. Ms. Joanne Knowles, Highland, said she was an employee of the Citand felt Y compelled to p .speak,. especially after Mr. Anderson's speech, As -a 17 -year employee, she recalled that Christmas of 1994 was one of the worst as the City faced a crisis and had to r lay-off 85 employees. She said there was a major crisis which 9 MAR 0 5 t99