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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL
HELD
August 31, 1983
The adjourned regular meeting of the Cypress City Council was called to order at 7:30 a.m.,
Mayor Pro Tern Partin presiding:
PRESENT: Councilmembers Coronado, Kanel, Mullen and Partin
ABSENT: Mayor Lacayo
Also in attendance were Darrell Essex, City Manager; Diana Needham representing Senator
Paul Carpenter; and Doris Allen, Assemblywoman from the 71st District, accompanied by
staff member Lou McNeeley.
In response to the City Council's concern regarding proposals to cut local subventions, Diana
Needham indicated that Senator Carpenter was supportive of returning the $607 million in
subventions to local government and suspending the deflator for 1983-84.
Assemblywoman Allen assured the Council that the proposal to cut local subventions and
replace them by giving local government the authority to impose a local sales tax is a dead
issue and that AB 1235 (Frazee) would appropriate $607 million in subventions to local
government and suspend the deflator foe 1983-84. Under this proposal there would be no
reverse bailout.
Assemblywoman Allen further stated that the long-term solution for local government
funding would not be concluded in 1983-84 but would be the subject of discussion following
the submittal of the report to the Governor by the Governor's Task Force on Local
Government Funding.
The City Council expressed appreciatic~ for the support of both Senator Carpenter and
Assemblywoman Allen on this local funding issue and indicated their support in working on
the long-term solution for local government financing.
It was moved by Councilman Kanel, seconded by Councilman Mullen and unanimously carried
by those members present to adjourn the meeting at 8:55 a.m.
ATTEST:
DARRE-I'.I]-I~S~EX, O~[~Y CLERK
--~CYPRESS