The Folsom City Council met on June 11, 2024, at 6:30 PM in City Council Chambers. The meeting featured a proclamation for LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the City Manager’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 Third Quarter Financial Report, and a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating and Capital Budgets. After extensive discussion and public comment, the council continued the budget adoption to its next meeting to allow further deliberation on amendments.
Good evening, everybody. I'm gonna call to order the regular meeting of the Folsom City Council for June 11th, 2024. Madam Clerk, will you please call the role? Council members Rodriguez here, Roarba, Aquino, Chalum Chirla and Kozlovsky. Also here, and if everybody will please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. My Pledge of Algonch. And to the Republic Richards, one nation. All right, we're gonna start the evening off with business from the floor. This is the opportunity for members of the public to address the city council on items that are not already on the agenda. Do we have any speakers? You do. Your first speaker this evening is going to be the group Summer for Hope. And that group will be followed by Alma Redhead. So come on down, girls. Summer of Oh, I like that. Right there. No. The podium. One day you will be here. I I I assure you. Yes. All right, you each get 20 seconds. That's awesome. Thank you so much for giving us this wonderful opportunity. Summer for Hope started off as a fun venture, but everything changed with one question. What is the purpose of the venture? That's when we stumbled upon the story of a girl named Ashley who had chronic health conditions and decided to help dedicate our initiative to a good cause. Last year we donated $600 to the Children's Miracle Network through our bracelet and kitchen sales and helped people like her and others through their very difficult situation. This year we are focused on the Folsom Zoo, where amazing animals need our help. Throughout the years, we have made incredible memories at our local zoo. It has come to our attention that recently the Folsom Zoo has been running out of funding and donations. So we immediately took action. We can't stand by and see these awesome animals lose their wonderful home. Our goal is to donate $1,000 to the Folsom Zoo this year. But we do not have a lot of funding for our material. So we donate, so we use a percentage of our sales to buy materials, as we already bought over $300 worth of materials. With each purchase, you directly contribute. You directly contribute to the well-being of the animals. Every dollar we make counts toward a better and more prosperous life for them. Let's ensure a brighter future for the Folsom Zoo and more. Join us in making a difference for a better community. One purchase at a time. Mother Teresa said, it's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving. Thank you, and you and we hope you support our cause. Ladies, ladies, ladies. We don't normally uh ask questions of people in this part of the meeting, but uh what is what is it that you're making and you're selling? So we make um high quality handmade jewelry. So all of we create seed bead bracelets and um he she bracelets and also necklaces and inklets, etc. Okay, so for the millions of people that are watching this meeting at home, how can they get a hold of you to purchase one of these homemade or uh custom pieces of jewelry? So usually we go door to door and do sales directly to the customers' homes, and that way we can like give them whatever orders they want.