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CITY COUNCIL City of Colton 650N. La Cadpna Drive Colton, Ca. 92324 CASH FLOW Many of us I including the CITY Council, look for guidance from our neighboring cities, and we find that most of then are having problems with cash flow and are short of funds. Some cities are planning to raise utility fees. _license fees, increase building fees, etc. Because of all thes' are having a difficult time. e fees5 many people and businesses LENDERS began foreclosure proceedings on almost 12-5000,homes in San Bernardino County, 1.993• During a council meeting, one of the department heads recommended that we purchase some extra . equipment for repair jobs in the city. It was stated that this special equipment will CUT the middle man and save the city a great deal of money. However, we have been notified that the city may be short of funds, and In order to continue business, we may have to borrow several million dollars. This tells all of us that we are having some very serious problems: 1. Will the taxpayers and businesses be burdened with higher utility bills and extra assessrents? 2. Are we hiring people we don't need? 3- Should we return the city employees to a 5 day 40 hour week? A study was done in San Francisco by Barney Olmstead: NEW _WAYS TO WORK., Of all the new scheduling, the COMPRESSED 4 day ten hour plan is the one that most often failedg resulting in less service and less production. The 4l10 work plan will be in place for 2 years. CITY HALL will be .shut tight 106 Fridays in a row. CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION section 17: Worktime of mechanics of public works MAY NOT exceed 8 hours a day. Eight hours labor constitutes a legal day -.s work in all cases. This article was in THE SUN -Voice of the People -Jan. 21, 1994. It was written by Gene-Pensiero: Chester Stranczek is the Mayor of the Village of Crestwood , Illinois. He has PRIVATE CONTRACTORS perform as many public services as possible. He scrapped the bloated PUBLIC WORKS AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTS. The city has only a small full time police force- but 1+0 part time officers PATROL THE STREETS. Because they run their city like a business, the citizens of Crestwood received a 26% rebate on their taxes last year. I The City of Colton made a great deal of progress in 1993. We are confident that with some necessary changes and working together, 1994 will be an outstanding year!