City Councilman Mike Siminski, who was hospitalized with Legionnaires' disease last month, will return to work Tuesday, in time to hear a consultant report on public safety financing.

No information has been released about the report. The council hired consultants to determine whether there is community support for additional financing to support police and fire services.

Siminski returned home on Aug. 7 from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital after being treated for Legionnaires' Disease, but was admitted to Lompoc Hospital a couple days later because of persistent internal bleeding.

He said the bleeding, which kept him in the hospital a week, apparently was caused by ulcers due to stress. It has stopped now, he said Friday.

“I felt so weak here at home, I just said, ‘Hey, something's wrong.”

Siminski, who attended the memorial service Friday from longtime businessman Don Willis, said he is eager to return to work.

The council will have some catching up to do on work missed while Siminski was in the hospital.

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Because of his absence, the council delayed consideration of an annexation request by Plains Exploration & Production (PXP).

The Houston-based company wants to annex 804 acres that is three miles north of the city. The company wants to build 960 homes on 213 acres. No date has been set for consideration of the annexation request.

Siminski said he also wants the council to reconsider the increased fees that were levied against developers who choose not to include affordable units in their projects, an action that the council took while he was absent.

He said the higher fees will cost construction jobs and discourage developers from building.

The City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 100 Civic Center Plaza.