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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO OUR NOVEMBER 15TH CITY COUNCIL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD MEETING.
UM, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.
AND I KNOW IN THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SOME I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY HAD SOME KIDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL, KIDS FROM EDAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL, AND FOR SURE, UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU IN YOUR GOVERNMENT CLASS.
SO WE'LL NOW, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, RYAN HUTCHINSON, IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT, MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY, AS YOU SEE, IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
SHE'S DONE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.
SHE IS BACK AT A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS, UH, FOR OR MODIFICATIONS ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.
MR. MAYOR, THERE'S NO CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND THAT IS A PRESENTATION OF THE 2 20 23 SAFEST CITIES RANKING.
UM, CAPTAIN SMITH, OUR, OUR POLICE CHIEF, AND OUR LIEUTENANT ALLISON, UH, FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT CITY RANCH CUCAMONGA, UH, WAS AGAIN INCLUDED IN THE WALLET HUB'S ANNUAL SAFEST CITIES ANALYSIS.
SO WALLET HUB RECENTLY RELEASED THE RANKINGS OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN AMERICA.
OF THAT, THEY RESEARCHED 182 TOTAL CITIES.
AMONG THESE CITIES WERE 150 OF THE MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN THE US ACCORDING TO WALLET HUB STUDIES.
UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKED 51ST OVERALL OUT OF 182.
AND TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT TO THAT, LAST YEAR, UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKED 64 AND THIS YEAR, 51 OVERALL, UH, THE ANALYSIS WAS INCLUDED, WAS HOME AND COMMUNITY SAFETY, NATURAL DISASTER RISK, AND FINANCIAL SAFETY.
OUT OF THAT, RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLACED FOURTH IN CALIFORNIA, SECOND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND FIRST IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.
OUT OF THAT, WE WILL FOCUS ON HOME AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.
SO RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKED NUMBER 18 IN THIS CATEGORY.
THIS CATEGORY, THEY LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS OUTTA THE THREE TOTAL CATEGORIES.
OUT OF THIS, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES THEY LOOKED AT.
IT'S ASSAULTS PER CAPITA WAS A BIG THING.
THEY LOOKED AT THEFTS PER CAPITA, AND THEY ALSO ANALYZED LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES PER CAPITA DID ANALYSIS OF OUR STAFFING LEVELS.
THEY ALSO LOOKED AT FIRE STAFFING LEVELS AS WELL AS EMTS AND PARAMEDICS.
THEY LOOKED AT THE OVERALL PERCEPTION OF SAFETY FROM THE COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, AS WELL AS TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES PER CAPITA.
A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF THE PD AND THE STAFFING LEVELS.
I HAVE 143 SWORN STAFF FROM PATROL DEPUTIES TO CAPTAIN.
I HAVE UP TO 30 DEPUTIES PER SHIFT, DEPENDING ON THE DAY AND TIME, AS WELL AS SIX SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
OF THAT, WE HAVE 43 ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WHICH ASSIST IN PATROL OR ASSIST PATROL AND SUPPORT PATROL FUNCTIONS.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
SINCE 2017, WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN OVERALL CALLS FOR SERVICE BETWEEN, UH, 2021 AND 2022.
THERE'S A 10% DECREASE IN OUR OVERALL CALLS.
WE KIND OF RELATE THIS TO, UH, COVID AND EVEN PRIOR TO COVID, WE SAW A DECREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE.
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OVERALL PROACTIVITY IN THE CITY FOR THE STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE HAVE.AND THESE FOLKS DO A GREAT JOB.
I'M GONNA HAVE LIEUTENANT ALLISON TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE THE CITY OF RANCHO.
SO WITHIN THE CITY, WE HAVE SEVERAL SPECIALIZED TEAMS TO ADDRESS, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS AND VARIOUS OTHER, UH, FACTORS THAT WE DEAL WITH.
ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE IS THE, UH, MULTIPLE ENFORCEMENT TEAM, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF ONE SERGEANT, ONE DETECTIVE, FIVE DEPUTIES.
UH, THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS THE, UH, FELONY CASELOAD FOLLOW-UP, UH, LOCATING AND ARRESTING OFFENDERS, UM, ON VIOLENT CRIMES AND NARCOTICS RELATED OFFENSES.
UH, WE HAVE OUR SOLUTIONS ORIENTED POLICING TEAM, WHICH IS ADDRESSED AS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT'S, UH, ONE SERGEANT, ONE DETECTIVE, SIX DEPUTIES.
UH, THEY ENGAGE IN HOMELESS OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, UH, MASSAGE PARLOR AND LIQUOR, UH, LICENSING AND COMPLIANCE, AS WELL AS, UH, ADMINISTERING OUR ACTIVE SHOOTER SURVIVAL TRAINING, WHICH IS CONDUCTED AT BOTH OUR SCHOOL SITES AS WELL AS BUSINESSES AND CITY, UM, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR RETAIL THEFT TEAM AT VICTORIA GARDENS.
IT'S ONE SERGEANT, ONE CORPORAL, AND 12 DEPUTIES.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME PREVENTION AND RETAIL THEFT INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MALL, AS WELL AS ALONG THE, UH, RETAIL CORRIDORS HERE IN THE CITY.
FOOTHILL BOULEVARD FOURTH STREET, OUR MAJOR RETAIL CENTERS.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR MALL STAFF DO IS THEY FACILITATE OUR REGIONAL RESPONSE TO, UH, RETAIL THEFT.
WELL, WE ARE THE HUB FOR WHAT WE REFER TO AS IE.
ORCA, THE INLAND EMPIRE ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME ASSOCIATION, AND THAT IS THE REGIONAL HUB ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EXTENDING IN ACROSS THE STATE WHERE RETAIL THEFT INVESTIGATORS, UH, GATHER TO SHARE INFORMATION, CRIME TRENDS, INFORMATION WHERE WE'RE SEEING THESE ORGANIZED RINGS STRIKE UP AND DOWN THE STATE.
UH, OUR ACTIVE SHOOTER TEAM, UH, THEY TEACH AT SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
UH, PRESENTATIONS ARE GEARED FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE GEARED TOWARDS STUDENTS.
UH, IT'S BASICALLY HANDS-ON IN-PERSON TRAINING ON NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT, HOW TO RESPOND, UM, AND FIRST AID CAPR OPTIONS.
AND WE ALSO PROVIDE THAT TRAINING TO BOTH OUR LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, UH, WITH TWO MAJOR TRAINING SESSIONS THAT ARE MULTI-DAY COORDINATED EVENTS HERE WITHIN THE CITY AT VARIOUS SITES.
UM, OUR CANINE UNIT, WE'RE GOING ON OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HAVING, UH, SCENT HOUNDS.
UH, THEY TRACK OUR FELONY SUSPECTS AND OR CRITICAL MISSING PEOPLE.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE CANINE KNICKS AND CANINE KIVA.
UH, WE HAVE A THIRD CANINE HERE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'RE TRAINING MORON'S NEWEST DOG.
SO, SO WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE TRY TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, HERE'S SOME OF, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE DO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
MOST RECENTLY, OVER THE SUMMERTIME, WE HAD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
UH, WE HAVE COFFEE WITH A COP AT MULTIPLE, UH, COFFEE SHOPS WITHIN THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD RECENTLY THE WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY, WHICH IS ALSO VERY FUN FOR THE KIDS AND FOR US TO BE OUT THERE WITH THEM.
COMING UP IN DECEMBER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SHOP WITH THE COP, UH, HEROES FOR HELPERS AT TARGET ON DECEMBER 3RD.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, STUFF A BUS STUFF, A, UH, SHERIFF'S BUS AT WALMART ON DECEMBER 6TH AND DECEMBER 7TH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET AS MANY FOLKS TO STUFF A BUS WITH PRESENCE, AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO ARROWHEAD, UH, REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND ISSUE THOSE PRESENTS TO KIDS WHO ARE, UH, HOSPITALIZED DURING THE, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON.
SO IT'LL BE A GOOD, UH, A GOOD THING FOR THE KIDS.
WE'RE GONNA BRING CHRISTMAS TO THEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS AND WITH THIS PRESENTATION, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE US AS WELL AS, UM, THEIR PARTNERSHIPS.
BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, WE COULDN'T DO THE JOB THAT WE DO.
SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR, UH, THEIR SUPPORT.
WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ONCE AGAIN BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO US.
IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US.
YOUR PARTNERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS INVOLVED IN KEEPING THIS COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND, AND YOU GUYS AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF THAT.
SO, UH, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY ILLUSTRATED BY ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE HAVE.
SO, UH, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA OR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT LISTED.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DESIRING TO SPEAK.
THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL START AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
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DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WORRYING ABOUT STARTING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER.AND THAT IS, UM, HECTOR MAYORIA.
UH, MY NAME IS HECTOR MAYORGA.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, EXCUSE OR PARDON MY, UH, I'M VERY NERVOUS.
SPEAKING IN PUBLIC, I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE, UH, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THAT ABOUT SAFETY AND EVERYTHING.
BUT, UH, WHAT I'M HERE IS, YOU KNOW, TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, MENTAL ILLNESS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE IS A, A LAW THAT IS GONNA BE INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR.
UM, ACTUALLY ON, UH, DECEMBER, UH, 31ST OF DECEMBER, IT'S GONNA BE IN EFFECT IN LOS ANGELES, UH, ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE.
THIS CARE ACT THAT IS, UH, GOING TO HELP A LOT TO PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR 30 YEARS, UM, AND BEEN SUFFERING FROM, FROM THIS.
UM, I LIVE WITH SOMEBODY WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS AND, UM, THAT CARE ACT I THINK IS GONNA HELP US A LOT.
AND I AM WONDERING WHY IS NOT INTO EFFECT WITH, UM, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
IT IS GONNA BE, UH, INTO EFFECT IN DECEMBER, 2024, WHILE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, RIVERSIDE AND, UH, IN ORANGE COUNTY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE IN EFFECT NEXT MONTH.
WHY RANCH YOU A WHY SAN BERNARDINO HAS TO WAIT ONE WHOLE YEAR FOR US TO SUFFER THIS? I HEARD, YOU KNOW, FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND EVERYTHING, BUT THEY DON'T TALK ANYTHING ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS.
IT'S A GREAT PROBLEM THAT IS, UH, THAT WE HAVE HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THE TWO THINGS.
ONE, UM, WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR STAFF CONNECTS WITH MR. MYORCA, UM, ON SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE OFFER THROUGH HEALTHY RC.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY FOCUSED AROUND, UM, TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THAT REGARD.
THE, UM, I'M CERTAINLY NOT THE EXPERT ON WHY THE STATE CHOSE TO DO THINGS THE WAY IT DID, BUT, UH, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, CARE COURT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND IT REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT ON THE STATE'S PART AS WELL AS COUNTY'S PART.
AND SO, UH, THE STATE RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DO ALL THE COUNTIES AT ONCE, AT THE SAME TIME, JUST LITERALLY LOGISTICALLY TOO BIG OF A LIFT.
SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY BROKE THE COUNTIES UP INTO PHASES AND IT, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY DETERMINED WHO WAS IN FIRST PHASE VERSUS SECOND PHASE AND, AND THAT, BUT THAT'S WHY THEY DID IT.
SO THOSE FIRST COUPLE ONES, I BELIEVE WERE THE ONES THAT, UM, WERE DETERMINED TO HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS PER CAPITA.
UM, SO THEY SORT OF PUT THEM IN THE FIRST WAVE, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BEING IN ANOTHER WAVE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT KIND OF GOT BROKEN UP THAT WAY.
AND DID YOU HAVE, EXCUSE ME, MR. GILLSON, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU COULD GET THIS GEN? MR. YEAH, MIKE PARER.
UM, RIGHT THERE, UM, MIKE CAN CONNECT WITH MR. MAYORCA.
SIR, IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA STAY FOR THE MEETING, THAT'S FINE, BUT IF YOU WANNA GO OUT IN THE FOER, WE'VE GOT A GENTLEMAN THAT CAN DISCUSS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE AVAILABLE HERE IN THE CITY.
SO IF YOU WANNA DO THAT NOW OR IF YOU WANNA WAIT TILL THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING, EITHER WAY, IT'S UP TO YOU.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS THIS EVENING.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
CONSENT CALENDARS EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD THEY SO DESIRE.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
DO WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN SCOTT, ABSTAINING FROM ITEM D THREE? SO MOVED.
MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH THOSE.
PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE AND MAYOR PRO 10 KENNEDY, ABSENT.
THERE ARE NO CONSENT ORDINANCES THIS EVENING, NOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS OR ADVERTISE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.
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YES, MR. MAYOR.SO WE HAVE, UH, ONE ITEM FOR YOU TONIGHT.
UM, FOR OUR, UM, STAFF REPORT.
NORMALLY WE WOULD BE ASKING, UM, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR NOAH DANIELS TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION, BUT NOAH'S A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER TONIGHT.
UM, SO I WILL BE GIVING IT FOR YOU.
AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INTRODUCE RICK FINCHER, OUR NEW BUDGET, UH, ANALYST TO JOIN US NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND SO HE'S HERE, UH, CO-PILOTING ON THE POWERPOINT AND, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY GETTING EXPOSURE TO THE COUNCIL AND SOME OF THESE FINANCIAL ISSUES.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND START.
SO, UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL UPDATE.
UM, FOR EVERYONE'S REFERENCE, WE TRY AND PROVIDE THE COUNCIL, UM, THREE UPDATES A YEAR, UM, USUALLY A FIRST QUARTER, A MIDYEAR, A THIRD QUARTER, AND THEN A, A, A FINAL WRAP UP.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'VE GOT IN HERE OUR Q1 FINANCIALS.
WE DID A BRIEF EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS, UH, WE HAVE SOME ECONOMIC INDICATORS, AND THEN WE ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE SOME APPROPRIATION CHANGES.
SO, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY AND MORPH THIS INFORMATION IN WAYS THAT MAKE IT, UH, EASIER TO REVIEW, NOAH HELPED PUT TOGETHER THIS, UM, UH, OVERVIEW HERE AND KIND OF TRIES TO SUMMARIZE, UH, EVERYTHING ON ONE SLIDE SLIDE.
SO THE, YOU KNOW, SALES TAX AS USUAL, ONE QUARTER IS JUST NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY TREND, TREND DATA ANALYSIS.
SO WE'LL KNOW MORE AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH Q2.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN STRONG GROWTH ON THE TOT SIDE, SO WE ANTICIPATE SOME OVERALL REVENUE GROWTH ON THAT ONE.
UM, A LOT OF THE REST OF THE STUFF IS ON TRACK.
UM, LIBRARY FUND AND FIRE DISTRICT, UM, REALLY ARE ON TRACK AS FAR AS THEIR REVENUES.
UH, WE ALWAYS SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A MISMATCH BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ALLOCATIONS FOR PERSONNEL BENEFITS THAT WE RECORD AT THE START OF THE YEAR, WHICH MAKES THE EXPENDITURES VERSUS REVENUE LOOK A LITTLE, UM, OFF KILTER UNTIL IT CATCHES UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, AS THE COUNCIL'S AWARE, WE'VE GOT FIRE STATION 1 78, UM, WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO.
AND PART OF THAT IS WE HAVE A LIBRARY KIOSK GOING UP THERE, UM, THAT THE LIBRARY IS HELPING TO FUND, WHICH WILL EXTEND OUR 24 7 LIBRARY.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE, UH, DOWN IN DISTRICT TWO, AND THIS BRINGS ANOTHER ONE UP ABOVE FOOTHILL AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.
SO, AND SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, I LIKE, IT'S A, IT'S A NICE GRAPHIC WAY, UM, TO KIND OF SEE, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH 25% OF THE YEAR EXPENDED.
THAT'S SORT OF THAT, UH, MEDIUM BLUE, LIGHT BLUE SHADING THERE, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW, UM, REVENUES COMPARE TO EXPENDITURES.
UM, OVERALL, AGAIN, AS I NOTED, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BECAUSE OF PERSONNEL STOP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, UM, REVENUES ARE RIGHT ON TRACK WITH WHERE WE WANNA BE, AND YOU SEE THE SAME PATTERN ON THE LIBRARY SIDE OF STUFF AND FIRES RIGHT ON TRACK WITH WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
SO, AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS.
SO, UM, AS WE START KIND OF FUNNELING DOWN FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO UH, MORE MEDIUM LEVELS, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE DONE AN ANALYSIS BY DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHAT THEIR ADOPTED BUDGET WAS, IF WE'VE MADE REVISIONS, WHAT THOSE REVISIONS WERE, AND THEN YEAR TO DATE, WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET EXPENDED.
AND THEN THAT LAST COLUMN, UH, IS PRIOR YEAR TO DATE.
AND SO IT, IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BENCHMARK TO COMPARE.
AND, AND AS YOU GO DOWN, YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST PICKING OUT BUILDING AND SAFETY AS THE THIRD ONE, YOU KNOW, YEAR TO DATE AND THE PRIOR YEAR TO DATE ARE BOTH RIGHT ON TRACK WITH EACH OTHER, UM, ALLOTTING FOR DIFFERENCES IN SALARIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO OVERALL, WE ARE RIGHT ABOUT WHERE WE WANNA BE.
TOTAL DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT 35%, AND THAT'S JUST ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD BE TRACKING, UM, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, A LITTLE MORE DETAILED ON THE LIBRARY, UM, SIDE OF STUFF.
UM, LIBRARY HAS SOME MORE CONTRACTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY, UM, SET MONEY ASIDE FOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ON THE O AND M SIDE AND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, A HIGHER LEVEL OF EXPENDITURES THERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECTS WHEN WE HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECT, ALL THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE, UM, WHEN WE OPEN THE, UH, UM, THE PROJECT AND GET GOING WITH ALL THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
SO LIBRARY IS WHERE WE WANNA BE
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ALLOWING FOR THE TYPE OF PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON.SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE, WE HAVE THE FIRE DISTRICT EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS.
FIRE DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF CAPITAL PROJECTS ONGOING.
THE FIRE STATION WAS STARTED IN A PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT FIRE'S BUDGET, IT TRACKS A LITTLE TRUER TO, UM, WHERE YOU WOULD THINK IN INTUITIVELY IT WOULD BE FOR A QUARTER.
OVERALL, THEY'RE AT ABOUT 27, UH, PERCENT EXPENDED.
AGAIN, A LITTLE HIGHER IN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF SOME CONTRACTS AND SOME THINGS WE DO.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS JUST DEPEND ON WHEN THINGS COME DUE AND, AND WHEN THEY GET PAID.
BUT, UH, OVERALL, AGAIN, FIRE TRACKING WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE.
SO MOVING ON, WE, WE ALWAYS TRY TO PUT TOGETHER SOME INDICATORS FOR YOU.
UH, UNEMPLOYMENT IS ONE OF THOSE RATES WE TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND, UM, RANCHOS ALWAYS RUNNING, UM, MUCH LOWER THAN THE COUNTY THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THE CASE.
UM, IT SOMEWHAT TRACKS THE COUNTY CURVE, BUT NOT EXACTLY, YOU CAN SEE SOME DIFFERENT, UH, VARIATIONS AND STUFF THERE.
IN THIS CASE, I THINK WHAT'S, UM, A LITTLE OF A LITTLE MORE NOTE IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT TREND, UM, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN TRENDING UPWARD MORE THAN WE HAVE.
WE ACTUALLY DECLINED A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE FLAT.
UM, AND SO THE COUNTY'S ACTUALLY ABOVE WHERE THEY WERE BACK IN MAY AND JUNE, WHEREAS WE'RE BASICALLY EQUAL, UM, TO WHERE WE WERE BACK THEN.
SO WE DO SEE UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASING A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT LET ME PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE.
REALLY ANYTHING BELOW 5% IS CONSIDERED FULL EMPLOYMENT.
WE'RE DOWN IN THE 3.6% RANGE, UM, 3.7.
SO WE'RE WELL BELOW, UH, FULL EMPLOYMENT AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE LOTS OF, UH, BUSINESSES IN RANCHO LOOKING TO HIRE, UH, PERSONNEL.
SO, SO MOVING ON, YOU CAN, THIS, THIS TRACKS THE LABOR FORCE AND UM, IT REALLY JUST, UM, SHOWS YOU, UH, PARTICULARLY HOW IN RANCHO HOW TIGHT THE LABOR FORCE IS.
AND, UH, THIS IS WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF COMPETITION, UM, FOR THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE OUT THERE AND VACANCIES TAKE LONGER TO FILL.
UM, SO I KNOW, UM, SOMETIMES THERE'S A THOUGHT THAT IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET PEOPLE TO FILL JOBS.
I WISH THAT WERE THE CASE THESE DAYS.
THEY HAVE LOTS OF CHOICES AND, UM, PEOPLE I THINK ARE MUCH MORE SELECTIVE ABOUT WHERE THEY WORK AND THEY, UM, ARE MUCH MORE MOBILE, UM, THAN PERHAPS THEY USED TO BE IN THAT REGARD.
BUT, UM, IT DOES GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE TRACK VERSUS THE, THE TOTAL LABOR FORCE.
SO WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT, UH, CPI IS DOING NOW.
THIS IS FOR THE RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO, ONTARIO METRO AREA.
UM, AND SO, UH, THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT MIGHT BE IN AN INDIVIDUAL AREA, BUT THIS IS HOW CPI GETS TRACKED AS AT THE METRO AREA.
YOU CAN SEE WE WERE DOWN AS LOW AS 3.4.
WE TOOK A JUMP BACK UP TO 4.87.
BUT, UH, BASED ON SOME OF THE DATA THAT'S BEING REPORTED FOR OCTOBER, WHICH IT'S TOO SOON TO HAVE ALL THESE NUMBERS CALCULATED, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE'RE SEEING A DROP AGAIN.
UM, CORE INFLATION, PARTICULARLY ON, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UM, UH, WHAT IT COSTS FOR HOUSING IN THAT IS SOFTENING.
AND, UH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS COMING BACK DOWN.
YOU CAN SEE THOUGH, WE ARE WELL BELOW THE LEVELS WE'VE BEEN AT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'RE BACK INTO THE, UM, LEVELS WE WERE AT IN EARLY 2021.
UM, OF COURSE THE FED WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT COME DOWN, UM, BELOW THAT 3% RANGE AND GET INTO THE 2% RANGE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, IN SOME WAYS, UH, MUCH LIKE RUNNING UPHILL, THE STEEPER THE HILL GETS, THE HARDER YOU YOU GO AND THE LONGER IT TAKES FOR THAT LAST LITTLE BIT.
AND, UH, IN THIS CASE IT'S, IT'S SORT OF THE OPPOSITE.
THE MORE YOU TRY TO DRIVE IT DOWN, THAT LAST PERCENT IS GONNA BE HARDER THAN THE FIRST COUPLE PERCENT ALL ADDED TOGETHER WERE.
SO, IT IT'S SQUEEZING THAT, THAT LAST, UM, UH, STUFF OUT OF THE ECONOMY THAT CAN BE REALLY CHALLENGING.
SO IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE, UM, SALE AND SALES AND VALUE HISTORY, UH, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE REALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE IMPACTS, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE SALE OF DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO THE MEDIAN PRICE IS, IS HIGH, HONESTLY.
UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT EVEN WITH BASICALLY WHERE IT'S PEAKS HAVE BEEN, UM, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
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AND HIGHER THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.AND WITH INTEREST RATES BEING AS HIGH AS THEY ARE, IT IS DRIVING SALES DOWN.
SO IT IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT DRIVING THE PRICE DOWN AS I THINK MANY PEOPLE WERE HOPING IT WOULD BE.
UM, INSTEAD WHAT YOU HAVE IS SIMPLY A LOWER VOLUME OF SALES OVERALL.
UM, NEW HOME BUILDERS HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, DIFFERENT LINES OF CREDIT FOR INTEREST RATES FOR BUYERS.
AND SO THE, THE PRICE OF INTEREST RATES ON A NEW HOME IS ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF PERCENT LOWER THAN IT IS ON AN EXISTING HOME THAT'S BEING RESOLD, THAT IS FURTHER EXACERBATING THIS TREND, UM, AND CAUSING PEOPLE TO, UM, IT'S MAKING, UM, UH, A LOT OF THESE HOME SALES UNAFFORDABLE FOR MANY PEOPLE.
AND SO, UH, WE SEE THAT COMING DOWN.
UH, AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME SOFTENING IN THIS.
THIS IS A RECORD LOW LIKE WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A COUPLE OF DECADES.
UM, SO, UH, IF THE TREND I, UH, CONTINUES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE FED LOOKS TO LOWER INTEREST RATES NEXT YEAR, SOME HAWKS BELIEVE BY AS MUCH AS 275 BASIS POINTS.
I THINK THAT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN.
BUT IF THEY SOFTEN IT BY EVEN 50 TO 75 BASIS POINTS, UH, THEN INTEREST RATES ON HOME, RESALE HOMES WILL GO DOWN AND YOU'LL START TO SEE SALES VOLUME TREND UP SOME MORE.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE TREND THAT I THINK WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE.
SO, UM, THE MARKET IS VERY TOUGH WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A MOVE UP MARKET FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO.
SO, SO SALES TAX AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS A MIXED BAG OF INDICATORS RIGHT NOW.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, INFLATION IS MODERATING.
UM, BUT THE PUBLIC OVERALL, BOTH IN CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTRY ARE WARY THEIR PERCEPTION OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, UM, MAY NOT EXACTLY SQUARE WITH WHAT THE ECONOMY IS ACTUALLY DOING.
UH, BUT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS A, A, A MEASURE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SPEND.
AND SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT METRIC TO KEEP TRACK OF.
OVERALL SALES TAX, UH, FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR IS PROJECTED TO POSSIBLY SLIGHTLY DECLINE FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, THE WILD CARD IS GOING TO BE Q4, UM, UH, OR FOR US IT'S THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, CHRISTMAS QUARTER THAT WE'RE GOING INTO LAST YEAR WAS REALLY A FAIRLY WEAK YEAR.
UM, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS YEAR IS LIKE.
UM, MOST OF WHAT WE'RE HAPPENING IS, OR WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT INCREASED PRICES ARE BUOYING UP THE NUMBER WERE PRICES NOT HIGHER BECAUSE OF INFLATION, YOU'D ACTUALLY SEE MORE OF A DECLINE THERE.
UM, IT'S MASKING SOME OF THE DROP IN VOLUME THAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE FAIRLY STABLE, BUT WE DO EXPECT A SLIGHT DECREASE.
RANCHOS SEGMENT OF THE MARKET, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, IS WHAT'S CALLED GENERAL CONSUMER GOODS.
UM, SO NOT VEHICLES, UM, BUT CLOTHES AND, AND RESTAURANTS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT IS THE AREA THAT PEOPLE OFTEN LOOK TO CUT BACK ON FIRST IF THEY NEED TO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY STOP GOING OUT TO RESTAURANTS AS MUCH, THEY STOP BUYING AS EXPENSIVE A CLOSE AND OTHER ITEMS. UM, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT THE CHRISTMAS HOLDS.
UM, BUT WE PROJECTED PRETTY CONSERVATIVELY FOR THIS YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT SHORT KNOWING, UM, WHERE THE OVERALL, UM, AIM OF THE FED WAS IN TERMS OF SOFTENING THE ECONOMY.
AND SO IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LAST SLIDE, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME APPROPRIATIONS, UM, WE NEED SOME MORE MONEY FOR TREE REMOVAL.
UM, THE WIND CONTINUES TO BLOW AND TREES CONTINUE TO NEED TO BE REMOVED.
SO WE'VE GOT A NEED FOR SOME THERE.
WE DID SEE OUR, UM, INSURANCE PREMIUMS INCREASE.
CALIFORNIA IS WHAT'S CALLED A VERY HARD MARKET RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR INSURANCE.
AND THAT IS AT ALL LEVELS AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY AFFECTING PUBLIC AGENCIES.
UH, WE DID TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SOFTENING MARKET, IF YOU WILL, FOR VEHICLE PURCHASES, PARTICULARLY ON THE EV SIDE.
AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SNAP UP A COUPLE OF F-150 EVS AND UM, UH, TWO ON THE CITY SIDE, ONE ON THE FIRE SIDE AND THEN A COUPLE OF CHEVY BOLT EVS.
WE PICKED THESE UP, UM, AT DISCOUNTED PRICES.
UH, AND SO WE ACTUALLY ACCELERATED SOME VEHICLE PURCHASES THAT PROBABLY WOULD'VE TAKEN US MAYBE THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO DO.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO ROLL IT INTO ONE
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AND, UH, AND SAVE SOME CONSIDERABLE FUNDS IN THE PROCESS.AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CHANGES, WHICH WE ALWAYS DO.
UM, BUILDING WILL TELL YOU THAT ALTHOUGH OUR ACTIVITY AT THE LARGE LEVEL, MEANING BIG TRACKS, BIG COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IS DOWN, UM, WE ARE STILL SEEING A TREND OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT MAKES SENSE.
IF YOU CAN'T BUY A NEW HOUSE, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU PUT MONEY INTO YOUR EXISTING HOUSE AND YOU REMODEL IT AND YOU FIX IT UP.
SO WE ARE SEEING, UM, SOME STRONG ACTIVITY ON THE, UM, OWNER BUILDER OR SMALL HOME SIDE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KEEPING PLAN CHECK AND INSPECTION SERVICES HIGH.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH VOLUME EVEN IF, UM, THE PERMIT SIZES ARE SMALLER.
UM, FIRE FUND HAD SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR SOME OF THEIR STUFF.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT SOME MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND APPRAISAL STUFF.
SO THAT IS OVERALL THE, UM, APPROPRIATIONS WE NEED.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER, JOHN, EXCELLENT REPORT.
I I THINK WE ALL REALLY ENJOYED THE, THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS WRITTEN THAT SUPPORTS THE, THE INFORMATION.
UM, FOR THE AUDIENCE INFORMATION WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT FIRST QUARTER, THAT'S ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS.
IT STARTS JULY AND IN FIRST QUARTER ENDS IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER, UH, NOT FIRST QUARTER OF THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
SO IT'S UH, FROM JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE DO THAT EVERY QUARTER.
UM, SO WE'LL GET ANOTHER REPORT ABOUT A FEW MONTHS INTO, UH, THE SECOND QUARTER, UM, INTO THE THIRD QUARTER.
WE WILL END UP, UM, GETTING A REPORT ABOUT THAT TOO.
SO, SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS, UM, UH, UM, RIGHT, RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT AND APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO, UM, RECEIVE AND FILE THE FIRST QUARTERLY FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 AND APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT OR APPROPRIATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE REPORT.
SO MOVED A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH THOSE PRESENT.
UM, COUNCIL BUSINESS, ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY INTERAGENCY UPDATES? SEEING NONE.
ARE THERE ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS? NO REPORTS TONIGHT.
UH, ARE THERE ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT AGENDA MEETING, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELD ON DECEMBER 6TH, THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF DECEMBER? UM, SEEING NONE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING.