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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 20, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FISCAL <br />YEAR 2015 -16 BUDGET FOR POLICE <br />DEPARTMENT {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1,1 <br />and 5,1} <br />I ` <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />p"•T• M <br />El As Recommended <br />El As Amended <br />El Ordinance on 1®` Reading <br />El Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />El Implementing Resolution <br />El Set Public Hearing For <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution amending and reestablishing the City's basic classification and <br />compensation plan and amending the Fiscal Year 2015 -16 annual budget to add four Police <br />Officer positions and one Police Sergeant position. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment in the amount of $725,869 from recognized prior year <br />revenue and appropriating $725,869 into the Downtown Enhancements account. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On August 4, 2015, the City Council adopted the Downtown Enhancements and Parking <br />Modernization Plan to address the need to modernize parking structures, enhance public <br />amenities, and address deferred maintenance in the Downtown. A component of the plan <br />involves adjusting parking meter rates effective October 1, 2015; parking structure rates will be <br />adjusted upon completion of modernization improvements to the parking structures. These <br />adjustments, calibrated to match market rate values, were designed to fund downtown amenities <br />such as garage and alley improvements, additional police officers, a downtown map and guide, <br />and a downtown and Civic Center shuttle. The City Manager is now requesting the addition of <br />four Police Officer positions to the current annual budget, which will be assigned to the downtown <br />to increase police presence and security measures. The proposed four additional officers are <br />expected to be hired by February 2016. In the interim, additional coverage in the Downtown will <br />be provided beginning November 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016 and will continue in the <br />evening hours after the four additional officers are hired. <br />5513-1 <br />