Health & Fitness
Upcoming CIty Council Meeting and CItywide Town Halls
On July 5, the Council will select a recruiting firm for a new city manager, and vote on a resolution that the Council pay the employee contribution into their pensions.
At the Tuesday, July 5 City Council meeting, we will discuss how the state budget impacts San Leandro, select a recruiting firm for a new city manager, and vote on a resolution that the City Council pay their employee contribution into their pension.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the City Council chambers at City Hall.
Paying Into Our Pensions
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Council members are eligible to receive pension benefits as part of our compensation. While the total cost of these benefits is small, a fraction of our budget, paying our portion of our pensions is an important symbolic action.
Currently, unlike most cities in Alameda County, San Leandro taxpayers pay 100% of employee pensions as part of the city staff's negotiated compensation. For our city to achieve a long-term, sustainable budget, as well as ensure pensions for all employees in the future, we must ask our employees to work with us in sharing these costs.
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Town Hall Meetings
I am committed to our city government operating in a transparent manner, responsive to the needs of our community — a goal that is shared by the entire council. Together, we're conducting Town Hall meetings for all council districts. These will recur on an annual basis.
We just completed a successful Town Hall meeting for Council Districts 3 and 4, and earlier in the year had a well-attended meeting for Council Districts 1 and 2. A Town Hall for Council Districts 5 and 6 will likely occur in September. Details will be posted on the city website as well as on my Facebook page
In addition,we recently conducted a Coffee with the Mayor focused on our Chinese-speaking community and will be conducting one for our Spanish-speaking community this Fall.
Town Hall meetings are an important tool to bring City Hall to our neighborhoods, directly answering your questions in person. You can watch a video of the latest meeting at http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/014001.html. It starts at the end of my introduction and covers reports from the Police Chief and traffic department. My budget summary is at the 1:29 min. mark of the video.
