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Heeding warnings of a $6 million budget deficit this fiscal year that could balloon to $47 million by 2030, Irvine City Councilmembers this week set a timeline for city staffers to return to the dais with a string of proposed solutions.<\/p>\n

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Irvine\u2019s growing population \u2014 40,641 new residents in the last five years, according to a presentation to the council on Tuesday, May 5 \u2014 \u201ccoupled with costs from new facilities, infrastructure and increased demand for public safety and city services,\u201d contributed to the deficit, city officials said. But staffers on Tuesday again called the $6 million a \u201cminor shortfall\u201d and manageable, amounting to a 2% overage of the city\u2019s general fund.<\/p>\n

The city manager alerted councilmembers to the overage in March, and Councilmember James Mai pushed for his colleagues to address the shortage before it could grow. But during a discussion in April, the council deadlocked on patching the budget gap.<\/p>\n

But during this week\u2019s council meeting, councilmembers voted 4-2, with Mayor Larry Agran and Councilmember Melinda Liu opposed, to support Mai\u2019s 10-point checklist of asks for City Manager Sean Crumby and city staff.<\/p>\n

As part of the request, city staff will return to the dais with \u201clong-term budget balancing options before the council considers any new taxes, tax increases or broad fee increases,\u201d Mai said, along with a detailed breakdown of the general fund and expenses, including staffing and labor costs and a \u201cfull inventory of discretionary spending.\u201d<\/p>\n

The City Council instructed staff to return with three plans for closing the long-term budget gap, to be presented in a side-by-side comparison at a future meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s to get answers that many of us have asked. Many of us are questioning how we got here,\u201d Mai said, adding he doesn\u2019t want city staff to feel \u201cmicromanaged.\u201d<\/p>\n

Councilmembers Mai and Kathleen Treseder also reiterated concerns about Crumby briefing the mayor first on the budget problem, and as part of that conversation, Agran asked Crumby to research polling on possible local taxes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI do have in the back of my head,\u201d Treseder said, \u201cis this what the staff is recommending or have they been instructed or influenced to present it in a different way to us?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it does make me wonder: How much of what we are hearing is from the staff or if it\u2019s indirectly from the mayor,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deck that was presented tonight is 100% mine and everything in it I stand behind,\u201d Crumby said Tuesday night, adding the presentation was sent \u201cto the entire council, all at the same moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agran called the remarks \u201cunsupported accusations\u201d that \u201cdetract from what has otherwise been a useful, constructive process.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI do take every opportunity to pose suggestions, ask questions regarding this entire budget matter,\u201d he said, \u201cI would suggest that each and every councilmember avail themselves to every opportunity they have to speak to the city manager, and through the city manager, speak with staff, regarding the budget or any other matters of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the tail end of the meeting, Treseder, supported by Councilmembers William Go and Liu, called for a series of independent audits on city spending, which the council plans to consider next week.<\/p>\n

If approved, audits could detail \u201chow the federal COVID money was spent from 2021 to 2025;\u201d spending on City Hall renovations; the $700,000 toward a proposed gondola project for the Great Park; severance packages offered to city staff; the purchase of the All American Asphalt Plant; and the establishment of the city\u2019s independent library system.<\/p>\n

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