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Submitte d O n: Jan 21, 2025, 11:35AM P S T C ity C ouncil Regular M eeting - Submit y our w r itten public comment City of Pleasanton Full Na me F irs t Na me : Vicki La s t Na me : LaB a r ge E ma il (this e ntry is dis c lo s a ble if inc lude d)vickilab@ comcas t.net C ity C o unc il Me e ting Da te Janua r y 21, 2025 Me e ting Type Regular Meeting at 7 P M Age nda Ite m Numbe r 15 C o mme nts Mayor B alch, C o uncil Membe r s , and S taff, I attended the fir s t B AC meeting las t wee k, Ja nuar y 16th, and was co ncer ned that the m eeting was neithe r tele vis ed no r r ecor ded. For the s ake of tr ans par ency, it would have been impo r tant to do s o for the public. Additiona lly, the public notice abo ut this meeting was ins ufficient. While it was lis ted on the webs ite, no notifications wer e e ma iled. I o nly fo und out about the meeting when I r ece ived the e ma il on Januar y 16th about the r egular m eeting s cheduled for Janua r y 21s t and clicked on the link. It s ee ms it wo uld be difficult to be tr ans par ent when no notice go es o ut to the public. Fur ther m or e, the details behind the budge t we r e lacking. The r e is o ver 4 m illion in no n-depar tme nta l s pending, and when as ked fo r clar ification, the Finance Dir ecto r only gave a co uple o f examples . It will be extr em ely difficult for the B AC to co m e up with r eco mmendations for expens e r eductions without the line item deta il. T he pr es entation of the infor m ation wa s a ls o unclear ; e xpens es and r eve nues we r e mixed together without s howing the conne ction between them . For example, it was s ta ted that ma ny libr a r y s er vices a r e funding them s elves thr ough the colle ction of r evenue, a char t s howing this r elations hip wo uld have be en extr emely helpful. I was s ur pr is ed that the Fina nce Dir ector did no t include any time, no r will pr ovide any tim e, for r eve nue enhancem ent dis cus s ions . S he s tate d that it take s a long tim e to im plement r evenue -ge ner ating pr o gr am s a nd tha t the focus is on the two -ye ar budget a t this time. It is difficult to develo p a budget bas ed on jus t expens es and no t include r evenue gener ation. I r e s pectfully r eques t that the C ity C ouncil pr ovide clear dir e ction to s taff to s end emails to the public pr o viding futur e da tes of B AC