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-Is it wise to utilize one time officer vacancy savings as justification for entering into a contract that will result <br />in perpetual expense? <br />-How exactly will providing raises improve safety, prevent -homelessness, and support our parks? Is it solely <br />because we believe that by offering higher salary, we will result in increased hiring results? —Each time that <br />we have given raises previously, have we seen a spike in hiring success? <br />-If the last time that the police received raises was January 1, 2018 why would we have a July 1, 2018 <br />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 were implemented? <br />-Since the city's payroll system is antiquated, is allocating 288 hours of payroll/HR staff time solely to <br />determine retroactive pay for officers an appropriate use of city 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 />-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 officers ? If so , how will <br />that impact the vacancy savings and what would be the remaining balance? <br />SAPD Turnover Questions: <br />-Will these raises actually result in some officers wanting to retire earlier than they may 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 />-How many police officers quit since 2013? <br />-How many police officers got fired since 2013? <br />-How many police officers have left to another police agency over the past 5 years? <br />Measure X (1.5% sales tax) questions: <br />-Before the city council spends any of these funds it should move towards approving the oversight <br />committee, creating a public and transparent process that is co-authored by the community since the majority <br />of the members of this council were not in favor of Measure X. <br />-Does Measure X have and sunset or end date? <br />- If so, when do we stop collecting these funds? <br />-Is it appropriate for the city council to allocate measure x funds which start on April 1st for retroactive <br />increases? <br />