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City Budget Town Hall Meeting Summary | March 4, 2025 <br /> <br />Budget Areas to Keep Cost # Blue <br />Dots <br />% of <br />Votes <br /># Red <br />Dots <br />% of <br />Votes <br />75%+ Voted to Keep (2 Programs/Services) Total Cost = $1,550,000 <br />Reduce Special Enforcement And <br />Investigation Units* <br />$400,000 5 23% 16 76% <br />Close 1 Pleasanton FIre Station* $1,150,000 8 19% 33 81% <br />50-74%+ Voted to Keep (1 Program/Service) Total Cost = $800,000 <br />Reduce Or Eliminate Alternative <br />Response Unit* <br />$800,000 7 37% 12 63% <br /> <br />**Summary of Dot Vote Comments: <br />● Some questioned the necessity of special police units, SWAT, and non-emergency <br />response staffing. <br />● Others argued that school resource officers (SROs) and crime prevention efforts <br />justify their costs given their effectiveness in improving school safety. <br />● Fire station closures were also criticized, with concerns about the City’s actual fire <br />response needs and comparisons to past incidents in other cities like Los Angeles. <br /> <br />Overview Other Revenue Generating Ideas <br />Activity Instructions: <br />● Do you have thoughts on other budget reductions the City should consider? <br />● Do you have revenue-generating ideas*? Please share them here! <br />Revenue Generating Ideas Other Budget Reduction Ideas <br />Business & Economic Development <br />1. Increase economic development support to generate new <br />ideas <br />2. Ads for Pleasanton businesses at the Alameda county fair, <br />3. Focus on bringing business to Pleasanton- reduce the <br />obstacles. <br /> <br />Grants and Fundraising <br />4. Have a citizen grant research & grant writing committee <br />(offer information to them) <br />5. Fundraising & donor opportunities for arts. <br />6. Look at Revenue not only cost cutting <br />7. Increase sponsorship opportunities <br /> <br />1. Cancel the Gas powered leaf <br />blower ban. It's a waste of <br />Pleasanton resources. <br />2. Pause 10M of Capital Projects <br />3. Why continue to be a full service <br />city? <br /> <br />Reduce Staff Costs: <br />4. Where are cuts to management <br />positions? <br />5. Reduce overtime pay <br />6. Pay cuts & Furloughs <br />7. 10-20% Pay cut until we come to <br />the budget <br />© 2025 CivicMakers LLC www.civicmakers.com 11 <br />Page 36 of 348