Resolution - No. 2023-62RESOLUTION NO. 2023-62
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING AN
AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR
2023-2024
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XIII B of the California Constitution and California
Government Code section 7910, the City Council must, by resolution, establish its
appropriations limit and make other necessary determinations for the following fiscal year
at a regularly scheduled meeting or a noticed special meeting; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XIII B, as amended, and California Government
Code provisions implementing Article XIII B, the total annual appropriations limit must be
calculated by adjusting the prior year's appropriations limit for changes in the cost of living
and population growth; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8(e) of Article XIII B, to determine the change in
the cost of living, the City may select, by a recorded vote of the City Council, either (a)
the percentage change in California per capita personal income from the preceding year,
or (b) the percentage change in the local assessment roll from the preceding year due to
the addition of non-residential new construction in the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8(f) of Article XIII B and Section 7901(b) of the
California Government Code, the City may, by a recorded vote of the City Council, choose
to use the percentage change in population within the City or within the County of Los
Angeles to determine the change in population; and
WHEREAS, Section 7910 of the California Government Code requires that the
City make the documentation used in the determination of the appropriations limit publicly
available at least fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting; and
WHEREAS, at a regularly scheduled meeting on June 6, 2023, the City Council
established the appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in the amount of
$246,886,703 through the adoption of Resolution No. 2023-50; and
WHEREAS, the Finance Department has identified an error in the calculation of
the appropriations limit for Fiscal Years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; and
WHEREAS, the City Council established an amended appropriations limit for
Fiscal Year 2022-2023 through the adoption of Resolution No. 2023-61; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the appropriations limit for Fiscal
Year 2023-2024; and
WHEREAS, the documentation used to calculate the amended limit was made
available for public inspection at least fifteen (15) days prior to July 18, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS;
SECTION 1. The amended appropriations limit for the City of West Covina for
Fiscal Year 2023-2024 is established in the amount of $246,689,528.
SECTION 2. The City Council, by recorded vote of the City Council in adopting this
Resolution, selects and determines that, for purposes of establishing the amended
appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, "change in the cost of living" shall be the
percentage change in California per capita income from the preceding year in accordance
with Article XIII B, Section 8(e)(1)(A) of the California Constitution.
SECTION 3. The City Council, by recorded vote of the City Council in adopting this
Resolution, selects and determines that, for purposes of establishing the amended
appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, "change in population" shall be the
population increase for the City of West Covina in accordance with Section 8(f) of Article
XIII B of the California Constitution and Section 7901(b) of the California Government
Code.
SECTION 4. Resolution No. 2023-50 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall
enter the same in the book of original resolutions and it shall become effective
immediately.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of July, 2023.
APPROVED -AS TO FORM
Thom6s P. buarte
asario Diaz
Mayor
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Lisa Sherrick
City Attorney Assistant City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2023-62 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 18th day of July, 2023, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Diaz, Cantos, Lopez-Viado, Tabatabai, Wu
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Lisa Sherrick
Assistant City Clerk