HomeMy WebLinkAboutBallot Measure PresentationPlacement of 1/2¢
Transaction and Use
Tax for Voter
Consideration
Seal Beach is a
Full Service City
Fiscal Five-Year & What’s Been Done
FORECAST SUMMARY 2025B 2026F 2027F 2028F 2029F
TOTAL REVENUES AND SOURCES 43,984,664 44,750,051 46,037,951 47,279,908 48,528,169
TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND USES 43,950,831 46,232,113 48,042,817 49,651,590 51,266,448
NET OVER/(UNDER) 33,833 (1,482,063) (2,004,866) (2,371,682) (2,738,278)
$1M in Salary and
Benefits Reductions
Reduced Public Safety
Support Services,
Overtime, Equipment
Reduced Street
Maintenance, Landscape
Maintenance
Reduced Support
Services Across All
Departments, Supplies,
Training
Postponed Critical
Infrastructure
Maintenance and Repairs
Maintaining 911 medical emergency response
Maintaining fire response
Maintaining police response
Protecting local drinking water sources
Helping prevent property crimes
Keeping public beaches clean
Keeping public areas clean and safe
Priorities Identified by Residents
Maintaining Emergency Services
•Residents have indicated emergency
medical services are a top priority.
So far this year alone,
approximately 75 percent of all
calls to the Orange County Fire
Authority that serves Seal Beach
have been related to medical
emergencies.
•The City must be able to ensure that
our city has the needed firefighters
and paramedics, and lifesaving
equipment to maintain emergency
response times and save lives.
Maintaining a Safe Community
•Community members have indicated
it is a top priority to keep our
community safe.
•Unfortunately, despite the City’s
best efforts last year, there were
over 700 thefts, burglaries,
robberies, and auto thefts in the
City of Seal Beach - the highest
number in five years. The City must
maintain public safety and
community policing efforts to keep
residents and their property safe.
POLICE PROTECTION OC FIRE AUTHORITY CLEAN BEACHES & PARKS
Maintaining the Basics
The City faces significant financial challenges, giving the City no
choice but to make severe cuts in funding for fire and police
protection, pothole repairs, park maintenance, water and
beach protection and other essential city services if
additional funding is not identified.
Potential Local Sales Tax Measure
•The City Council does not have the authority to
establish or raise taxes, only to put a measure on
the ballot for voter consideration
•All money would stay in Seal Beach to address
local needs
•By law, no funds could be taken away by the State
•Groceries, prescription medicine and other
essential items would be excluded from the sales
tax measure
Recommended Action
Placement of a One-Half Cent (1/2¢ ) Transactions (Sales)
and Use Tax Measure on the November 5, 2024 General
Municipal Election Ballot for Voter Consideration