The Santa Rosa City Council held a two‑day study session beginning May 9, 2023, to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2023‑24 Operations and Maintenance Budget and Capital Improvement Program Budget. The session covered a citywide overview, General Fund segment, and administrative departments. The regular session that afternoon included proclamations, staff briefings, approval of minutes, unanimous consent items, and public comment on non‑agenda matters.
Good afternoon. I'd like to ask the interpreter currently on the Spanish channel to commence translation of the meeting. It looks like a globe. Interpreter, will you please restate this in Spanish? Welcome Madam Madam City Attorney is coming down. Welcome, Madam City Attorney, and welcome Madam Madam City Manager and fellow council members. Sing a quorum. Madam City Clerk, may you please call the role? Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember Stapp. Here. Councilmember Rogers. Councilmember O'Krepke. Here. Councilmember Fleming. Here. Councilmember Alvarez. Vice Mayor McDonald. Here. Mayor Rogers. Present. Let the record show that all council members are present with the exception of Councilmember Chris Rogers and Councilmember Alvarez. And I would like to through the mayor ask Councilmember Fleming to make the statement regarding participating via AB 2449 remote participation. Yes, thank you. Thank you. Hello. Um I'm requesting to participate remotely for reasons of child care. Can you please read through the statement that was provided regarding participation remotely on members of the public with you in the room over 18 and the additional statement? Uh yes, hold on, let me hold that up the statement, please. Um I request to attend this meeting remotely under AD 2449, applying the just cause for the end in order to provide child care. I will participate both audio and video turned on throughout the meeting. In this room, I am accompanied by nobody over the age of 18. Thank you, Councilmember. Thank you. So we have no closed uh session items today, so we will go on to item three, and that is our study sessions. Um I'd like to remind everyone that public comment will be taken on this item uh tomorrow, May 10th, after all departments have had um their opportunity to make their presentations. So if you would like to make a public comment, please know that it will not be heard until tomorrow. Madam City Manager, take it away. Thank you, Mayor. Item 3.1 is a review of fiscal year 2023-2024 operations and maintenance and capital improvement budget. I'll turn it over to budget director Veronica Connor. Thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor and City Council members. My name is Veronica Connor, and I'm here to introduce our to introduce our fiscal year 2324 budget study session item. Um this is our opportunity to present a deep dive into our fiscal year 2324 proposed budget. We're looking for feedback from council, questions from council before we we return in June with a proposed budget for adoption. So today I'm going to turn it over shortly to both Marakisha Smith and Alan Alton for some opening comments. We'll then come back to me for a citywide budget overview and a general fund budget overview, as well as a staffing summary. And today we're hoping to get through all of our administrative department budgets as well as information technology and housing and community services. And tomorrow we will come back here to go through fire department, police department, planning and economic development, parks and recreation, TBW, water, as well as our capital improvement program.