Council agenda: Budget Amendment No. 6, $200 million utilities bonds and two top administrator appointments up for action
June 9, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
The June 9 formal meeting agenda, covering the Council, Redevelopment Agency and Local Building Authority, lists action on Budget Amendment No. 6, up to $200 million in utilities revenue bonds and the chief administrative and information officer appointments, plus hearings on a storm sewer ordinance and 13 grant applications. No minutes are posted, so results are not recorded here.
From the agenda; results are added when minutes are posted. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item F.1 · City code
Storm sewer system ordinance amendments
Pending
Public hearing on amendments to the storm sewer ordinance so the City better meets changing federal and state stormwater quality rules, with changes to City enforcement. Council action was tentatively set for July 7.
Item F.2 · Public safety
Grant application: Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program, fiscal year 2020
Pending
Public comment on a Police Department application, in partnership with the Fire Department, Emergency Management and IMS, for funding used only to prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus. Staff recommended closing the hearing and referring it to a future consent agenda.
- GrantAmount not given
Item F.3 · Public safety
Grant application: Assistance to Firefighters Grant, supplemental PPE
Pending
Public comment on a Fire Department request to be reimbursed for disposable protective supplies bought for the COVID-19 response, including masks, gloves, isolation gowns, respirators and filters, and coveralls.
- GrantAmount not given
Item F.4-F.5 · Other
Grant applications: Justice Court technology, security and training account (iPads and headsets)
Pending
Public comment on two Justice Court applications: 10 iPads to distribute instructions and support video hearings in place of paper copies, and 10 headsets for video hearings because the current supply is inadequate.
- GrantAmount not given
Item F.6 · Other
Grant application: Global Ideas for U.S. Solutions, health, equity and climate change
Pending
Public comment on a Department of Sustainability application to fund two and a half years of salary and benefits for a new project manager and three months for a fellow from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, to identify strategies on health equity and climate change using mobile technology and digital platforms.
- GrantAmount not given
Item F.7-F.11 · Parks
Grant applications: Summer 2020 supplemental YouthCity grants
Pending
Public comment on five Division of Youth and Family Services applications supporting COVID-19-era summer programming at YouthCity Central City, Fairmont Park, Liberty Park, Sorenson Campus and Ottinger Hall.
- GrantAmount not given
Item F.12 · Other
Grant application: Small grant to improve children's health and reduce disparities
Pending
Public comment on a Department of Sustainability application supporting the new Resident Food Equity program, which seeks a more equitable community food system through engagement with marginalized and vulnerable communities and policy recommendations for the City.
- GrantAmount not given
Item F.13 · Other
Grant application: Arts and Transportation Rapid Response Grant
Pending
Public comment on an application from Community and Neighborhoods and the Division of Transportation, with Art and Culture and the Arts Council, to fund a stipend for an artist to create public art projects that address pandemic-related transportation challenges.
- GrantAmount not given
Item H.1 · Budget
Budget Amendment No. 6 for fiscal year 2019-20
Pending
The Council was to consider adopting the amendment, which includes $2 million for earthquake repairs to City buildings and $1.5 million from the Volkswagen settlement for 11 diesel trucks, and might also consider funding for public safety overtime and emergency response costs to date.
- Budget$2.00 million
- Budget$1.50 million
Item I.1-I.2 · Appointment
Advice and consent: Chief Administrative Officer Lisa Shaffer and Chief Information Officer Aaron Bentley
Pending
The Council was to consider approving the appointments of Lisa Shaffer as Chief Administrative Officer and Aaron Bentley as Chief Information Officer. Staff recommended suspending the rules to consider motions.
Item J.1 · Budget
Public Utilities revenue bonds, Series 2020
Pending
The Council was to consider authorizing not more than $200 million in Public Utilities revenue bonds for water, sewer and storm water capital improvements, plus a supplemental indenture, bond purchase agreement and related documents.
- Bond$200.0 million
Item K.1 · Budget
Setting hearings on Capital Improvement Program project funding
Pending
On consent, the Council was to set July 14 and Aug. 11, 2020 hearings on project funding allocations in the Capital Improvement Program, with action tentatively set for Aug. 18.
Item B.1, D.1 · Budget
Local Building Authority and Redevelopment Agency fiscal year 2020-21 budgets
Pending
The Local Building Authority and Redevelopment Agency boards were to consider adopting their final fiscal year 2020-21 budgets.