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Submitted On: <br />Dec 12, 2025, 12:26PM PST <br />City Council Regular Meeting - <br />Submit your written public <br />comment <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Full Name <br />Email (this entry is disclosable if <br />included) <br />Meeting type Regular Meeting - 7 pm <br />Agenda Item Number 2 & 10-12 <br />Comments Pleasanton residents deserve honesty and transparency about what is <br />happening in our city. <br />Over the past year, the City warned of a major budget crisis. We were told <br />service cuts were unavoidable and that union employees had to accept 0% <br />raises. After the sales tax increase failed, the City immediately began cutting: <br />Library hours and full-day closures <br />Programs and services, with significantly <br />increased costs for residents for programs that weren’t cut <br />Staff positions <br />Vacant roles left unfilled <br />Remaining workers stretched thinner than ever <br />Residents were told: “There’s no money.” <br />Union employees were told: “There’s no money — take 0%.” <br />City union employees even heard emotional statements from leadership about <br />how heartbreaking these cuts were, and how the City had “no choice.” <br />But almost immediately after union employees accepted a 0% raise, the City <br />Manager proposed Toto receive a 3.5% increase—on top of an already high <br />salary and prior substantial increases. The City is also proposing: <br />Another 3% or 3.5% raise for the Management and City Attorney <br />classifications <br />Salary range increases for 12 management classifications to “align with <br />market averages”