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2016 MARCH 15 REG CC/SARDA/CUA/CPFA/CHA MEETING 3 - <br />City Manager Smith introduced this item for Council discussion: At the February 27, 2016 Budget Workshop as <br />part of your (Council) actions that evening the City Council decided that it wanted to constitute a Budget <br />Oversight Committee to basically have input to the budget process as well as potential other things such as your <br />Ballot Measure that is coming up and things of that nature; the it em is on the Agenda tonight to constitute that <br />committee and do so however you (Council) like; we (staff) have a recommendation if you like, but Council is <br />welcome to constitute that committee however it wishes; once you do, staff will get involved in engaging that <br />committee and making it part of our upcoming process. <br /> <br />Staff Recommendation: Council may want to consider members of your existing (Council) Commission <br />appointment; appoint from within said Commission; this would expedite and engage Commissioner’s in the <br />current budget process. <br /> <br />MPT Suchil invited Councilmembers present to state their ideas/comments in order to direct staff how to <br />proceed: <br /> <br /> Staff encouraged to go through the current Commissions and clean out the Commissions no longer <br />active; <br /> Set up should be similar to how Commissions are set up, appointment by District; <br /> Open (recruitment) as a Commission style Committee; <br /> Consensus: Each appointment will be made by a District Councilmember and term would run concurrent <br />to said Councilmember; <br /> Suggested makeup: Appointment by District Councilmember in addition to a Planning Commissioner <br />and a Utilities Commissioner this will equal a total member of Nine; <br /> Encouraged member of the Committee should be part of the Business Community and School District; <br /> Appointment by Councilmember by District would constitute Brown Act compliance; <br /> Staff will recommend how often Committee will meet and a set time to meet; <br /> <br />City Manager Smith will bring back this item for consideration on the Agenda of April 5, 2016 Council <br />Meeting; and strongly encouraged (Council) to be ready to appoint on that date in order to allow the committee <br />members to have any meaningful input in the budget process which is now in progress. <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> <br />The following community members addressed the Council: Luis Hidalgo; Margarita Gavilanes; Axel & Analy <br />Conde; Christine Irish-Ré; Ashley Jones; and Representative Ashley Jones (Assemblyperson Cheryl Brown/San <br />Bernardino District Office). <br /> <br />CONSENT CALENDAR <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem Suchil presents the Consent Calendar Items 1 through 12. <br /> <br />Councilmembers present selected items for discussion and clarification by staff: MPT Suchil, Item 4. <br /> <br />Motion and Second by CM Navarro/CM González to approve the Consent Calendar Items 1 through 12. <br />Vote: Motion carried Mayor DeLaRosa absent. <br /> <br />(1) Minutes – Approval of Minutes for the City Council Regular Meeting held March 1, 2016, on File in the <br />Office of the City Clerk. <br /> <br />(2) Warrants – Approve voucher numbers 154435 to 154550 dated 02/25/2016 and totaling $951,944.04; <br />voucher numbers 154551 to 154719 dated 03/03/2016 and totaling $2,932,468.08, less voided checks