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Budget Public Hearings
Printer-friendly versionA Special Meeting was held on Thursday, May 26th, kicking off the first of what will be a few budget hearings for the City's 2011-12 budget. City Manager Clay Holstine started off the evening stating that he hopes this year's budget to be the start of where the traditonal way of doing budgeting is turned on its head. Specifically, he spoke of moving the City's budgeting process to be more outcome or values-based. Stuart Schillinger, Administrative Services Director for the City of Brisbane, gave a Powerpoint presentation which included:
- An overview of the City's values (Involved, Informed, Fiscally-Conservative, Environmentally-Progressive, Safe, and Caring)
- Where cost-savings were realized amongst the departments, whether through employees leaving through attrition or creative ways they thought to do their jobs differently with no impact to the community
- Forecasted revenues and expenditures of the City, and
- A four-year financial forecast
Afterwards, Stuart walked the Councilmembers through the various sections of the budget. Starting on June 6th, departments will be presenting their 2011-12 budgets to the City Council. Fire, Police, and Parks & Recreation will be presenting their budgets on June 6th, with the rest of the departments - Community Development, Marina, Aquatics, Public Works, City Manager, Administrative Services, City Clerk, and City Attorney - presenting their budgets on June 13th. Budget hearings will be taking place in the Community Meeting Room located at City Hall - 50 Park Place - starting at 7:30pm. You can also tune in on Ch. 27 and via the City's website, where the meeting will be streaming live, as well as replayed on subsequent days. Check the Brisbane Ch. 27 broadcast schedule for details. For any budget-related questions, please contact Stuart Schillinger at (415) 508-2151 or schillinger@ci.brisbane.ca.us.
Important Reminder
Printer-friendly versionThe earthquake was centered 81 miles east of Sendai, Japan, a city of more than a million residents; the depth was approximately 20 miles.
Imagine a similar seismic event just west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Remember, the Bay Area sits on the same Pacific Ring of Fire, home to approximately 90 percent of the world's earthquakes and 80 percent of the world's largest earthquakes.
Are you ready?
The 7th annual Disaster Preparedness Day is set for 10am-2pm, Saturday, June 11, at the San Mateo Event Center.
That day also is the first day of the 2011 San Mateo County Fair at the same place.
Anyone arriving BEFORE 11am gets free parking and free admission to the fair that day.
Please see the PDF flier for more details. The Brisbane Office of Emergency Services (OES) and our Community Emergency Volunteers (CEVs) will also be participating in the event.
Hope you can make it to this important and FREE event!
A Taste of Government
Printer-friendly versionThis past Monday, the 2nd grade and 2nd/3rd grade combo classes from Brisbane Elementary School (BES) took a walk down to City Hall for a guided tour of the all departments, winding up and down hallways and meeting the staff behind the services provided to them and their families. This was to supplement their Government curriculum they had been studying. Both classes convened in-between tours to get an overview of the kinds of services the City provides, and how decisions in their community are made. Fittingly, Councilwoman Richardson was present to talk about the election process, the different committees and commissions that report to the City Council, and even took questions from students. Becca Waldo, completing her student teaching requirement with second grade teacher Ms. Jacobson, had the index cards on-hand where students had pre-written their questions on. Good thing a step-stool was not too far away. We thank Ms. Jacobson and Ms. Shereda for bringing their classes down; this was a great experience for us at City Hall, as well!
Recap of Police Outreach Event
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Community Forum
Printer-friendly versionOn Tuesday, May 31st at 7:00pm, a special meeting of the 2 x 2 City of Brisbane and the Brisbane School District Subcommittees will be convening together in the Community Meeting Room, located in Brisbane City Hall - 50 Park Place, Brisbane. All community members in South San Francisco, Daly City, and Brisbane within the Brisbane School District are invited to attend. The meeting will cover the status of the District, discussions of budget issues, Q&A, and publicize on-going fundraising efforts.
If you are unable to attend in-person, the Community Forum will be telecast live on Ch. 27, and streamed live on the City's website, here. The video will be available for playback on the City's website, as well as the Brisbane School District's website, in the days following Tuesday night's meeting. Stay tuned for updates.
For more information on the Community Forum, please call the Brisbane School District at (415) 467-0550 or City Hall at (415) 508-2114.