HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-19-2000 Agenda Item 5.CSARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY NO.: ~2~ AGENDA ITEM: ~ •
MEETING DATE: January 19, 2000 CITY MANAGER: o,,~~~1%
ORIGINATING DEPT.: City Manager PREPARED BY:
SUBJECT: Public Hearing on use of COPS (Citizen's Options for Public Safety)
Funds in FY 99/00
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
1. Conduct the required public hearing.
2. Move to approve the recommended use of the FY 99/00 COPS allocation as noted in the
report.
REPORT SUMMARY:
As a result of the State Legislature's reauthorization of the COPS funding program for FY 99/00,
the City Council must conduct a public hearing before allocating the funds to specific uses.
Further, the statutes pertaining to the COPS program require consideration of a recommendation
for uses of the funding by the City's Chief of Police (in Saratoga's case, the Sheriff). The
funding request from the Sheriff for FY 99/00 recommends that we continue the allocation of
COPS funds to those activities initiated in FY 98/99 (see Attachment 1).
In FY 99/00, Saratoga will receive $69,394 in COPS funding. Both the Public Safety
Commission, which reviewed this matter at their January 8"' retreat, and staff concur with the
Sheriff that the most productive uses for COPS funding are: 1) funding a full-time Public Safety
Officer (PSO) on a contractual basis to supplement the City's code enforcement and lower level
law enforcement law activities; 2) funding the additional .2 FTE authorized for the City's
Community Services Officer (CSO) to further enhance the City's code enforcement and public
safety service activities; and 3) partially funding a swing shift traffic unit currently providing 40
hours of service per week (increased in FY 98/99 from the previous 24 hours per week, or an
extra 4 hours per day for four days).
FISCAL IMPACTS:
In FY 99/00 COPS funds will continue to cover the full costs for the Public Safety Officer and
the increase in hours for the Community Services Officer, and partially cover the costs of
maintaining the full-time swing shift traffic unit. The additional costs for the traffic unit not
covered by COPS funds (a total of $11,569) are budgeted for in Activity 2015 (Police Services).
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
Some or all of the funding recommendations would not be approved and alternative-funding
recommendations would have to be developed and approved at a future public hearing.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
1. The Public hearing could be postponed or continued.
2. The Council could decide not to approve the funding recommendations and request that
alternative recommendations be developed.
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
The COPS funding plan will be submitted to the District Attorney.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Notice of the public hearing was published in the Saratoga News. Also, the Public Safety
Commission was separately notified of the Public Hearing.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Written recommendation from the Sheriffs Department for uses of the FY 99/00 COPS
funding.
2. COPS Funding Worksheet.
County of Santa Clara
Office of the Sheriff
55 West Younger Avenue
San Jose, California 95110-1721
(408) 299-2101
Laurie Smith
Sheriff
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Larry Perlin, City Manager -City of Saratoga
FROM: Captain Jeff L. Miles, West Valley Divisio , C,
SUBJECT: 1999-2000 COPS Expenditure Reccomendation
DATE: January 6, 2000
It is the recommendation of the Sheriff's Office that the 1999-2000 COPS Expenditures be used to
continue the funding for existing programs. These expenditures would include:
1) Continued funding (100%) for a full time Saratoga Public Safety Officer, and,
2) Continued funding (budget supplement) for the swing shift traffic enforcement hours.
These programs have proven to be effective and serve to the benefit the community.
Board of Supervisors: Donald F. Gage, Blanca Alvarado, Pete McHugh, James T. Beall, Jr., S. Joseph Simitian
County Executive: Richard Wittenberg
City of Saratoga
COPS Funding Worksheet
Beginning Balance 7-1-99 $ 15,633
FY 99/00 Revenues $ 69,394
FY 99/00 Expenditures
Public Safety Officer $ 41,100
.20 FTE CSO $ 12,455
Increase Traffic Officer $ 30,940
Prior Year Allocations $ 532
Ending Balance $0