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To :
San Luis Obispo City Counci l
From :
Jan Howell Marx, City Council Membe r
Re :
Budget (Public Hearing #4 )
Date :
June 15, 2010
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In general I support the budget as proposed and commend staff for all the har d
work that went into it .
However, I cannot support the below four proposed "reductions required to
balance the budget" in 2010-2011 because they are Measure Y Priorities and becaus e
cutting them would have a "Significant Impact" on public safety service . Preservation o f
essential services is also a major city goal, and our fire department is certainly a n
essential service. Firefighter training is not a luxury .
The cuts I do not support are :
21.Reduction in overtime for Emergency response personnel t o
attend mandated training (D-27) 9500
22.Reduction in Education and Training 200 0
23.Reduction in training aids (D-28) 150 0
25.Reduce Special Assignment Engineer training (D-29) 2250 0
Because the following cut would eliminate the CERT program, I also will not b e
supporting :
26.Eliminate Public Education Co-ordinator (D-30) 640 0
$41,90 0
I plan to move to eliminate the above cuts and ask staff to come back to counci l
with recommendations as to where else to make reductions to balance the budget (unles s
staff has time to prepare recommendations prior to the council meeting ..
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JUN 15 201 0
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