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4yF,p,SANT�2 <br />OF <br />N •c uN <br />�-1NNtU <br />Full Name <br />City Council Regular <br />Submit your written <br />comment <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Email (this entry is disclosable <br />if included) <br />City Council Meeting Date <br />Meeting Type <br />Agenda Item Number <br />Comments <br />Meeting - <br />public <br />First Name: Vicki <br />Last Name: LaBarge <br />vickilab@comcast.net <br />Submitted On: <br />Jan 21, 2025, 11:35AM PST <br />January 21, 2025 <br />Regular Meeting at 7 PM <br />15 <br />Mayor Balch, Council Members, and Staff, <br />I attended the first BAC meeting last week, January 16th, and was <br />concerned that the meeting was neither televised nor recorded. For <br />the sake of transparency, it would have been important to do so for <br />the public. Additionally, the public notice about this meeting was <br />insufficient. While it was listed on the website, no notifications were <br />emailed. I only found out about the meeting when I received the <br />email on January 16th about the regular meeting scheduled for <br />January 21st and clicked on the link. It seems it would be difficult to <br />be transparent when no notice goes out to the public. <br />Furthermore, the details behind the budget were lacking. There is <br />over 4 million in non -departmental spending, and when asked for <br />clarification, the Finance Director only gave a couple of examples. It <br />will be extremely difficult for the BAC to come up with <br />recommendations for expense reductions without the line item <br />detail. <br />The presentation of the information was also unclear; expenses and <br />revenues were mixed together without showing the connection <br />between them. For example, it was stated that many library services <br />are funding themselves through the collection of revenue, a chart <br />showing this relationship would have been extremely helpful. <br />I was surprised that the Finance Director did not include any time, <br />nor will provide any time, for revenue enhancement discussions. <br />She stated that it takes a long time to implement revenue -generating <br />programs and that the focus is on the two-year budget at this time. <br />It is difficult to develop a budget based on just expenses and not <br />include revenue generation. <br />I respectfully request that the City Council provide clear direction to <br />staff to send emails to the public providing future dates of BAC <br />