CLEARLAKE, Calif. – This week the Clearlake City Council will hold a midyear budget review and consider a final reading of an ordinance regulating taxis and other for-hire vehicles operating in the city.
The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 11, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The council will meet for a closed session at 5:30 p.m. to discuss a case of existing litigation – RH, a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, Elizabeth Town, and KH, a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, Elizabeth Town, William Hatfield and Judy Hatfield vs. City of Clearlake – before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m.
Items on the consent agenda – usually accepted as a slate on one vote – include a resolution designating the city manager as the authorized agent for the city of Clearlake with the California Emergency Management Agency, and quarterly reports form the public works, police, city clerk and engineering departments.
For the midyear budget review, City Manager Joan Phillipe’s report to the council explained that the city’s two general fund subfunds are projected to have a positive balance of $262,432 at the end of the fiscal year, including an assigned $150,000 risk management reserve.
Phillipe said if the reserve were subtracted from that end-of-year amount, that would leave an available fund balance of $112,432 to start off the next budget year.
“The City thus continues to be in a challenging fiscal position with little financial capacity to withstand unexpected expenditures, a drop in revenues, a disaster, or uninsured losses,” Phillipe wrote.
Her report said the city’s projected revenues have come in approximately $153,100 short due to lower property taxes, lower Pacific Gas and Electric Co. franchise fees, and unrealized reimbursements and building permit fees.
She said the city also has had $150,000 in unbudgeted litigation costs. Due to projected litigation expenses going forward, Phillipe said the city will have to increase its budget in that area.
In other business, the council will consider a second and final reading of an ordinance to regulate taxi cabs and other vehicles for hire, and hold a discussion regarding memorial tree plantings in city parks.
Also on Thursday the council will present proclamations declaring April 2013 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and Donate A Life Month.
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