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Committee accepts Port Hueneme Measure U 2023–24 revenue and expense report
Summary
A Port Hueneme committee reviewed unaudited Measure U financials for fiscal year 2023–24 and voted unanimously to accept a report showing roughly $3.29 million in revenues and matching expenditures, with major spending on public safety, streets and parks.
A Port Hueneme committee voted unanimously to accept the Measure U revenue and expenditure report for fiscal year 2023–24, the committee heard. The staff presentation described the figures as unaudited and said a formal audit is expected in February.
The report showed Measure U revenue just under $3.3 million and total expenditures of about $3.291 million that the staff said matched the revenue for the year. Staff broke the spending down to roughly $2.2 million for public safety, $640,000 for streets and maintenance, and $386,000 for parks and recreation.
"We're spending about 70% of these funds on the police department this year, and I think the money's been well spent," the chair said, citing traffic enforcement improvements as visible results. Staff detailed public safety purchases covered by Measure U: a sergeant and several officer positions, communications staff and dispatchers, a CAD software upgrade, patrol equipment and what staff described as a "bola wrap," a taser-like device intended as a safer subduing tool.
Staff told the committee the city tracks owned assets in a fixed-asset ledger, leases vehicles through Enterprise and capitalizes items costing more than $5,000. The streets and maintenance allocation includes staff equivalents, equipment rental and materials, small tools and a $9,000 capital purchase described by staff as a battery backup; staff later clarified the backup is for traffic signals and said it will provide additional detail on request.
Parks and recreation spending included salaries and benefits for recreation staff and ocean-safety supervisors, special-event costs (Touch-a-Truck, Easter events), museum supplies and recreation vehicles. Staff said more than $2 million in Measure U funds previously allocated to the park project will continue to be spent on that site and that the committee will receive a detailed allocation-and-expenditure report at the next meeting.
A committee member, who serves on the museum committee, reported that a porta-potty donated to the museum was destroyed by fire about two months earlier; the donation was worth roughly $2,600. Committee members and staff discussed that the donated unit was not ADA-compliant and that a permanent, accessible solution or a shared facility should be considered in future budgets. Charles, a committee member, summarized the portable restroom's purpose: "It is a rental over the summer to accompany the ocean lifeguard program," and staff confirmed it provides changing space and segregated access for lifeguard personnel.
A committee member moved to accept the fiscal year 2023–24 Measure U revenue and expense report; another committee member seconded the motion and the committee voted unanimously to approve it. The chair announced the motion passed unanimously. Staff said the next two meetings will focus on preparing the two-year budget proposals for 2025–27 before taking recommendations to the city council.
The committee closed the meeting at about 5:30 p.m. with no further public comments.
