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MINUTES Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Redlands held in the Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street, on February 21, 2024 at 6:30 P.M. Present: Eddie Tejeda, Mayor Paul Barich, Mayor Pro Tempore Denise Davis, Council Member Jenna Guzman -Lowery, Council Member Mario Saucedo, Council Member Staff: Charles M. Duggan, Jr., City Manager; Yvette M. Abich Garcia, City Attorney; Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk; Phillip Doolittle, City Treasurer; Janice McConnell, Assistant City Manager; Chris Boatman, Assistant City Manager; Carl Baker, Public Information Officer; Danielle Garcia, Management Services/Finance Director; Brian Desatnik, Development Services Director; John Harris, Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director; Rich Sessler, Fire Chief; Rachel Tolber, Police Chief; Tabitha Crocker, Facilities and Community Services Director; Robert Meteau, HR/Risk Management Director Mayor Tejeda called the special meeting to order and explained that comments could be presented in -person, via Zoom, via cell phone or landline. He offered the public an opportunity to provide comment on any matter scheduled on this agenda or any matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council which is not already scheduled on this agenda. PUBLIC COMMENT None forthcoming FISCAL YEARS 2025-2026 BUDGET PRIORITIES WORKSHOP City Manager Duggan explained this special meeting was meant to give Council Members an opportunity to rank priority focus areas to aid staff in the development of the next Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026. Staff identified 18 priority focus areas which were provided to each individual Council Member on a ranking form. Council Members were tasked to rank the priority focus areas from 1 to 18, with 1 being the highest priority and 18 being the lowest. Each one submitted their completed ranking forms to the City Manager. Additionally, Council Members had the opportunity to write-in two additional priority areas, with Mayor Tejeda and Council Member Davis each submitting two write-in projects to add to the list. The eighteen priority focus areas were included in the staff report and listed in order of their total aggregate scores, from lowest to highest, as received from each Council Member's individual ranking forms. The list was intended to serve as a guide and starting point for the Council's discussion at the workshop. Additionally, when available, service scores and/or budgetary priority rankings derived from the 2023 Citizen Survey were included with the corresponding item. The four write-in projects were not ranked among the original eighteen items. Special CC_Budget Priorities_February 21, 2024 Page 1