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-How many votes does the city council need to appropriate funds for this contract? <br />How are we paying for this contract? Vacancy savings, measure x? If so, does the city <br />not plan on filling the police officer funded vacancies(61)and (50)unfunded vacancies ? <br />How does this contract help the SAPID retain or recruit police officers? <br />-If the city council does not get the majority vote (5 votes) to authorize the expenditures <br />for this agreed upon contract what happens with the tentative agreement? <br />Recommended Action/ Staff Report Questions: <br />Is this a staff recommended action? <br />Is this a city council directed action ? <br />Would the city council be giving this directive if Measure X failed ? <br />How many raises has the POA received since 2011? <br />Are these raises only for 3 years ? <br />The figures in the staff report only project out the costs of these raises through the <br />20/21 fiscal year. Has staff put together what the on-going costs are of these raises <br />beyond 6/30/21 including pension costs and compared those to the deficit projections <br />previously provided during prior budget meetings? <br />Is it wise to utilize one time officer vacancy savings as justification for entering into a <br />contract that will result in perpetual expense? <br />How exactly will providing raises improve safety, prevent -homelessness, and support <br />our parks? Is it solely because we believe that by offering higher salary, we will result in <br />increased hiring results? Each time that we have given raises previously, have we seen <br />a spike in hiring success? <br />If the last time that the police received raises was January 1, 2018 why would we have <br />a July 1, 2018 retroactive raise period? <br />If the city moves into insolvency, will our current officer pensions be at risk? <br />How many other bargaining units have received raises since the last police union raises <br />were implemented? <br />Since the city's payroll system is antiquated, is allocating 288 hours of payroll/HR staff <br />time solely to determine retroactive pay for officers an appropriate use of city <br />resources? <br />Police Vacancies: <br />How many funded police positions do we have in the current budget? <br />How many unfunded police positions do we have in the current budget? <br />Currently how does the police department pay for the exceeded over -time budget ? <br />vacancy savings -the police department currently uses the vacancy salary savings to <br />fund the exceeded over -time budget. <br />What is the current budget for the police officer vacancies? <br />How many police officers will we hire by June 30, 2019, that are in the pipeline? <br />Have any adjustments been requested to fund non -sworn police officers or police <br />officers ? <br />If so , how will that impact the vacancy savings and what would be the remaining <br />balance? <br />SAPID Turnover Questions: <br />Will these raises actually result in some officers wanting to retire earlier than they may <br />otherwise had planned? <br />How many police new hires has the city had in the past 5 years? <br />How many police officer retirements has the city had since 2013? <br />