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During its October 8, 2026 regular meeting, the Chula Vista Measure A Citizens' Oversight Committee voted unanimously to relocate its quarterly meetings to City Hall Council Chambers and reviewed first-quarter FY 2026-27 financial data showing a healthy near-term reserve alongside projected fiscal deficits beginning in FY 2029.
Meeting Overview
- Agency / Body: City of Chula Vista — Measure A Citizens' Oversight Committee (Regular Meeting)
- Date & Time: October 8, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. PT (called to order at 6:00 p.m.; adjourned at approximately 7:09 p.m. PT)
- Location: Chula Vista Police Department Community Room, 315 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910
- Attendance (Official Post-Agenda Roster): Chair Carbuccia; Committee Members Baiza, Brambila, Estrada, Guillen, Monreal, Nava, Reeves, and Stucky (9 present; Vice Chair Alvarez De Los Cobos absent with excused-absence request on Item 3.2)
Agenda & Key Actions
1. Call to Order & Roll Call (Items 1–2)
Chair Carbuccia called the regular quarterly meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Nine voting members were present, establishing a quorum.
2. Consent Calendar (Items 3.1–3.2)
- Item 3.1 — Approval of Meeting Minutes: Approve minutes of the July 9, 2026 regular meeting.
- Item 3.2 — Excused Absence Requests: Consider requests for excused absences for Member Monreal (July 9, 2026 meeting) and Vice Chair Alvarez De Los Cobos (October 8, 2026 meeting).
- Action / Vote (AI vote tally from audio — pending official minutes verification): Approved unanimously by the nine members present (9–0; Vice Chair Alvarez De Los Cobos absent).
3. General Public Comments (Item 4)
A resident and representative of the Chula Vista Police Foundation (identified in the recording as Ed Prendell) invited committee members and the public to the foundation's Evening With Heroes fundraiser on October 23, 2026, and to the Chula Vista Police Department Open House on October 24, 2026 (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.).
4. Resolution No. 2026-001: Relocation of Regular Meetings to City Hall (Item 5.1)
- Proposal: Adopt Resolution No. 2026-001 changing the committee's regular quarterly meeting schedule from the second Thursday to the first Thursday of the month (January, April, July, and October at 6:00 p.m.) and moving the location from the Police Department Community Room to City Hall, Building A, Council Chambers (276 Fourth Avenue). Note: Because of the New Year's holiday window, the January 2027 regular meeting remains scheduled for January 14, 2027, at 6:00 p.m.
- Discussion: City Clerk staff explained that the City is consolidating board and commission meetings into City Hall Council Chambers following completion of an audio-visual system upgrade so meetings can be broadcast and archived using the Council Chambers system. Committee members discussed the history of holding Measure A meetings inside the Police Department facility and asked whether remote public comment would be enabled; staff clarified that the relocation provides consistent livestreaming and recording in Council Chambers, while the City's in-person public comment policy remains unchanged.
- Action / Vote (AI vote tally from audio — pending official minutes verification): Motion by Member Nava, seconded by Member Stucky, to adopt Resolution No. 2026-001 passed unanimously (9–0; Vice Chair Alvarez De Los Cobos absent).
5. FY 2026-27 First-Quarter Measure A Sales Tax Financial Report (Item 6.1)
Finance Department Fiscal Debt Management Analyst Kontis presented the unaudited FY 2026-27 Quarter 1 Measure A Financial Report (as of September 30, 2026) along with final unaudited year-end figures for FY 2025-26:
- FY 2025-26 Year-End Summary: Measure A revenues totaled $32,879,227 against $29,828,454 in expenditures, leaving an ending fund balance of $31,910,275. Removing the required 15% reserve ($4,757,491) leaves $27,152,785 in available fund balance entering FY 2026-27.
- FY 2026-27 Quarter 1 Update: The revised FY 2026-27 Measure A budget is $39,930,906 (reflecting $31,716,605 in adopted budget plus $8,214,301 in carryover encumbrances and continuing capital projects, including $5,891,203 for fire fleet capital spending). Quarter 1 reflects only July 2026 sales tax receipts ($2,649,735) because of the state's two-month sales tax reporting lag.
- Actuals vs. Encumbrances vs. Requisitions: First-quarter columns reflect $4,917,139 in actual cash expenditures through September 30, 2026, plus $6,193,973 in committed purchase-order encumbrances and $678,348 in pending requisitions (totaling $11,789,460 in combined Q1 activity and commitments).
- Police & Fire Staffing Update: Measure A funds 75.50 FTE positions (48.50 FTE in Police and 27.00 FTE in Fire). As of September 25, 2026, Police reported 5 vacancies among its Measure A-funded positions and Fire reported 0 vacancies among its Measure A-funded positions (with 15 department-wide Fire vacancies currently covered by an ongoing 16-recruit academy).
- Multi-Year Outlook (FY 2029 Deficit Warning): Staff highlighted that once carryover capital commitments and rising CalPERS pension and labor costs are factored in, Measure A expenditures are projected to exceed annual sales tax revenues starting in FY 2029 (an estimated $1.5 million annual shortfall in FY 2029, growing in FY 2030–FY 2031) unless growth rebounds or adjustments are made.
- Action / Vote (AI vote tally from audio — pending official minutes verification): The committee voted unanimously (9–0) to receive and file the FY 2026-27 First-Quarter Financial Report.
Public Fact-Check & Official Sources
1. Official Post-Meeting Agenda & Roster (eScribe): Measure A Citizens' Oversight Committee Post-Agenda — October 8, 2026 — Confirms the 10-member committee roster (Chair Carbuccia, Vice Chair Alvarez De Los Cobos, and Members Baiza, Brambila, Estrada, Guillen, Monreal, Nava, Reeves, and Stucky), Item 3.2 excused-absence requests, Item 5.1 Resolution No. 2026-001, Item 6.1 FY 2026-27 Q1 Financial Report (Staff Report 26-0309), and the next regular meeting date of January 14, 2027, at 6:00 p.m.
2. Livestream Replay: Rumble — Measure A Citizens' Oversight Committee Regular Meeting (Oct 8, 2026).
3. Verification Notes: All vote tallies (9–0) are AI-extracted from the meeting audio and remain pending verification against the City's official post-meeting minutes once published.
AI Disclaimer
This article and summary were drafted with the assistance of artificial intelligence using Chula Vista Live Data's meeting audio recording, transcript, and the official City of Chula Vista agenda packet. All vote tallies from the audio recording are pending human verification against official approved minutes. Readers are encouraged to verify all facts directly through the linked public records and livestream replay above.