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South El Monte council directs staff to pursue spending cuts, study outsourcing public-safety services
Summary
At its June 17 meeting the South El Monte City Council voted 3-2 to direct staff to pursue several cost-cutting options including reducing council travel, issuing an RFP for IT services, studying an employee insurance opt-out program, and evaluating elimination or outsourcing of the Public Safety Department and one code-enforcement position.
At its June 17 meeting, the South El Monte City Council directed staff to pursue a set of budget-reduction measures and return with amended numbers, voting 3-2 to move forward.
The council’s instructions — proposed by Mayor Pro Tem Hector Delgado and approved after debate — asked staff to (1) reduce the City Council travel budget, (2) issue a request for proposals for information-technology services, (3) pursue an employee insurance premium/opt-out offer analysis, (4) study elimination or outsourcing of the City’s Public Safety Department, and (5) evaluate eliminating an unfilled code-enforcement position. City staff said they would return with cost estimates and…
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