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requirements; that they expected to have some firm information from Shell prior to the next Council meeting; that it was expected that the City would receive some preference over cer- tain other cities in that the City had been their customer for several years; that he had communicated with the City of Long Beach and learned that they had the capability of refining 20,000 gallons of gasoline per day and were considering doing so, and that it was his suggestion that the City be put on their list of prospective purchasers; that the City tanks had been filled and that when the current contract expired on June 30, there would be one month's supply on hand. In response to a question from Councilman Griset regarding the public interest insofar as emergency vehicles were concerned, he further stated that there were certain Federal guidelines but there had been no enforcement of them; that there were some investigations currently underway which might result in enforcement. ~ Councilman Markel inquired as to whether or not the various departments were bearing down in an effort to economize on gasoline. The City Manager stated that he had appointed a task force of department heads to consider various alternatives in the event the gasoline shortage became more serious; that the patrol fleet of the Police Department consumed the most gasoline; and that both the Police Department and the Fire Department would take priority over other departments in the use of fuel. (CA 89 G) PROPOSED REORGANIZATION The City Manager referred OF POLICE DEPARTMENT to the Police Department Organizational and Man- power Distribution Study - 1973, which had been distributed to Council on May 7, 1973, and stated that the Department had not proposed any major reorgani- zation plan for at least fifteen years; that the Department's crime solution rate was running about 40% which was almost double the national average, and spoke highly of their effec- tiveness and competency, despite a continuing increase in the crime rate; and that the fiscal amounts necessary to implement the proposed reorganization were incorporated into the proposed budget for 1973-74. Police Chief Davis gave an oral presentation on the proposed reorganization explaining many of the graphs and charts con- tained in the study. Chief Davis stated that the City had obtained the study from the Commission on Peace Officer Stan- dards and Training at no cost; that similar studies cost as much as $30,000.00; that the proposed reorganization gave the department the proper building base for future population growth. (CA 47) RECESS Councilmen present. At 4:45 P.M., a recess was declared. The meeting reconvened at 5:00 P.M. with the same CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 192 JUNE 4, 1973