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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
City Council
Tuesday,April 15, 2025
1. CITY COUNCIL/SPECIAL MEETING -CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Mayor Giudice called the special meeting to order at 4:01 p.m., which was legally noticed on
April 10, 2025.
All Council Present: Gerard Giudice, Mayor
Emily Sanborn, Vice Mayor
Susan H. Adams, Councilmember
Jackie Elward, Councilmember
Samantha Rodriguez, Councilmember
Staff present: City Manager Piedra, Assistant City Attorney Burdick, Director of Public
Works Garrett, Director of Finance Howze, Human Resources Director Cannon, Director
of Community Services Bagley, Director of Development Services Giudice, City Clerk
Lopez Cuevas, Accounting Supervisor Piotrkowski, Finance Manager Ortega De Valencia,
Senior Analyst Hopley, ERP Business Analyst Rosales, Senior Accounting Technician
Dillingham, Senior HR Analyst Rankin, Accountant Reddy, Accountant Campos, Deputy
Chief Johnson, Operations Manager General Services Bunte, Accounting Supervisor
Newzell, Management Analyst McGunagle, Information Systems Operations Manager
Cotter, and Assistant City Clerk Machado.
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
3. BUDGET STUDY SESSION#1 FOR REVIEW OF BUDGET FY25-26
a. General Fund Overview
City Manager Piedra and Director of Finance Howze provided an overview of the
General Fund.
Mayor Giudice declared a recess at 5:47 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 6:02 p.m.
b. Casino Funds Special Revenue Funds
i. Mitigation
ii. Supplemental
iii. Neighborhood Upgrade
iv. JEPA (Joint Exercise Powers Agreement)
City Manager Piedra and Director of Finance Howze provided an overview of the
Casino Funds Special Revenue Funds.
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c. Other Funds Overview
Director of Finance Howze provided an overview of the Other Funds.
d. Administration
i. City Council
City Manager Piedra presented the Council's reaffirmed multi-year goals and
priorities for the next fiscal year.
ii. City Attorney
iii. City Manager
City Manager Piedra presented the accomplishments and goals of the City
Manager's Office.
iv. City Clerk
City Clerk Lopez Cuevas presented the accomplishments and goals of the City
Clerk's Office.
v. Economic Development
City Manager Piedra presented the Economic Development accomplishments
and goals.
vi. Communications
City Manager Piedra presented the Communications accomplishments and
goals.
e. Finance
Director of Finance Howze presented the Finance accomplishments and goals.
f. Non-Departmental
g. Human Resources
i. Retiree Medical
ii. Workers' Compensation
iii. General Liability
Human Resources Director Cannon presented the Human Resources accomplishments
and goals.
h. Development Services
i. Homelessness
ii. Housing Successor Agency
Director of Development Services Giudice presented the Development Services
accomplishments and goals.
City Manager Piedra provided a summary of today's budget session and presented revenue
enhancements.
ACTION: By consensus (none opposed), Council directed staff to move forward
with considering a sales tax increase as a revenue enhancement and
present additional information and comparable to other cities prior to
considering a Transient Occupancy Tax increase and business license
fees.
ACTION: By Consensus (none opposed), the Rohnert Park City Council agreed to
adjourn and continue the Joint Special Meeting to 3:00 p.m., on
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 3 p.m.
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4. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Giudice adjourned the meeting at 7:54 p.m.
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