637 First Street

City of Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Long-Term Financial Policy and Audit

Subcommittee

Regular Meeting Minutes - Draft

Thursday, September 25, 2025

4:00 PM

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

The meeting was called to order by Chair Stapp at 4:00 PM.

3 - Chair Mark Stapp, Caroline Bañuelos, and Jeff Okrepkie

Present:

Also Present: City Manager Maraskeshia Smith, Assistant City Manager Jason

Nutt, Chief Financial Officer Alan Alton, Interim Chief Financial Officer Scott

Wagner, Budget Manager Veronica Conner, HCS Director Megan Basinger,

Deputy Director Recreation Jeff Tibbetts, ASO Kate Goldfine, ASO Jacqui

Hamann, HCS Manager Kelli Kuykendall.

2. PUBLIC COMMENTS NON-AGENDA MATTERS

None.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

3.1

Meeting Minutes

Regular Meeting Minutes - LTFPA - 8-14-2025 - draft

Attachments:

Approved as submitted.

4. SCHEDULED ITEMS

4.1

GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL UPDATE

Presenter: Scott Wagner, Interim Chief Financial Officer

Purpose: A presentation by the CFO on the preliminary, unaudited

financial results for fiscal year 2024-25. This briefing will include a

summary of performance across major revenue and expenditure

categories and preview of the information being brought to the City

Council on 10/21/2025.

Recommendation: Information

Presentation (Uploaded 9-26-25)

Attachments:

The committee discussed the presentation.

Janice spoke on a non agenda related matter and offered

appreciation on the presentation and the steps being taken moving

forward.

received and filed

4.2

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL

UPDATE

Presenter: Megan Basinger, Director of Housing and Community

Services

Purpose: The Housing and Community Services Department will

present a performance review to the Committee, comparing the Fiscal

Year 2024-25 budget against actual results. The review will detail

staffing allocations, costs for services and supplies, and fee revenues.

This is the first in a series of departmental reviews, with others to be

scheduled for later meetings.

Recommendation: Information

Presentation (Uploaded 9-26-25)

Attachments:

The committee discussed the presentation.

Janice spoke on employee longevity, City Hall infrastructure and IT

efficiencies.

received and filed

5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

Members and Staff discussed future agenda items to include a

Facilities Discussion and a CalPERS Presentation. Future meetings

will include department budget presentations.

6. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned by Chair Stapp at 5:55 PM.