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Council Member Derrick asked Ms. Neel what the total operating budget is for <br />the City. Ms. Neel stated, that with assumptions built in as presented, the total <br />operating budget is $258,714,410. <br />Council Member Derrick asked how we reduced personnel by $1.8M. Ms. Neel <br />stated this is anticipated by salary savings and vacancies. <br />Council Member Derrick asked about vacancies funded at 75% and what this <br />means. Mayor Hughson stated this means they are only funded 75% of the <br />year. <br />Council Member Derrick asked what year is projected for a future bond? Ms. <br />Moyer stated they were initially thinking 2022, but the final determination has <br />not been made. Council Member Derrick wants to make sure there is no reason <br />to push this out further and wants to allow Council enough time to review and <br />give their approval. <br />Mr. Lumbreras commented on the potential bond election and state we do not <br />want to have a conversation on a bond election while we still have projects that <br />are not completed. Staff has been working hard to get projects shovel ready <br />and CIP has been re worked and if a project needs to go he will approve it and <br />will make sure the expectations of council are being met and not in a rushed <br />mode. Nothing will be brought forward until we are ready and we are at a point to <br />have all elements lined up. <br />Council Member Derrick asked about pursuing alternative funding and if we <br />are still down a grant position? Ms. Reyes stated that we do have a grant <br />writer, but we did lose our grant compliance manager. <br />Mayor Hughson confirmed that the Revised CIP numbers are the numbers <br />previously noted as "lean" for FY21. <br />Council Member Baker asked staff about an email that was sent from Linda <br />Coker and how much of the efforts were removed regarding Historic <br />Preservation and how much have been removed from our budget. <br />Shannon Mattingly, Director of Planning and Development Services said <br />nothing was removed. Commissioner training is still funded and she asked the <br />chair of the Historic Preservation Commission if they could provide a list of <br />the types of training they would like to attend. One concern was staffing and <br />we have made a shift to reduce the case load of Alison Brake and she is mostly <br />doing historic preservation. She is currently receiving additional training. <br />City of San Marcos <br />