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Councilmember Thorne reiterated that the City Council will go into a planning process after the budget process to look at pension reforms and establish objectives for the future. WORKSHOP A. Presentation of the 2011/12 FY-2012/13 FY Two Year Department Operating Budgets City Manager Fialho reported that on May 17, 2011 staff presented an overview of the Budget. Today's presentation will be given on individual departments and on June 21st an overview of the City's CIP will be given. He noted there are no General Fund contributions going into the CIP; the City still has a $10.9 million CIP and over a 4-year period a $36.6 million capital strategy for the entire City that involves street maintenance, parks, water and sewer maintenance and streets. Councilmember Sullivan questioned and confirmed with Mr. Fialho that meetings to review pension reform objectives are proposed to be scheduled sometime in the July/August timeframe. Director of Finance Wagner gave a presentation on the City's Operating Budget, stating the City's strategy has been to balance the budget and avoid noticeable impacts to service levels. This has been done by consolidating and reorganizing departments and making operational changes, and she provided an overview of budget projections through 2013. In addressing Mr. Mosser's comments, Ms. Wagner explained that for the current year budget year of 2010/11 the City is within $100,000 of budget projections. Recognizing there are many foreclosures, banks are still required to make property tax payments. At some time there will be an assessed valuation adjustment, but the City has a diversified tax base and therefore has been able to remain balanced. She commented that reduced revenues were almost all in sales tax; they are recovering slowly and staff tracks projections. Ms. Wagner continued her presentation describing various means by which the City balanced its budget and discussed General Fund expenditures by category and by department. The following Department Budgets were presented: Operations Services: Director of Operations Services Daniel Smith provided an overview of the composition, core services, operational staffing and coordination of contract services within the Operations Services Department. Police: Police Chief Dave Spiller gave a presentation of the Police Department's core services which he said are centered on preservation of public order, calls for service standards, training and staff development, and support functions within the community. He reviewed a breakdown of departmental budget percentages. Fire: Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Chief Jim Miguel gave an introduction of their purpose, and overview of primary responsibilities and operations. He presented the department's organizational chart and an overview of shared services by each city. Library Services: Director of Library Services Julie Farnsworth gave a presentation on Library operations, and described staffing levels within divisions, materials, services, and supplies and presented a comparison of sister libraries and the value of the library to the community. City Council Minutes Page 4 of 5 June 7, 2011