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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Crime Control And Prevention District - 05/18/2016 Minutes Crime Control and Prevention District Wednesday May 18,2016 City Hall,6t"Floor Conference Room Members Present Zelner Houchin Judy Loverde Raymond Lara Jesse Olivares R. Scott Leeton Joan Veith The meeting was called to order to Mr. Leeton at 2:33 pm. A motion was made by Ms.Veith and second by Mr.Lara to approve the minutes from April 20,2016. The motion carried 6/0. Chief Markle announced this week as Police Memorial Week and we held a ceremony this past Monday to pay tribute to officers who have died in the line of duty. We promoted two officers to a Captain level and two officers to Lieutenant level. • Violent crime statistics show a decrease of 6.62%year to date and non-violent crime shows a decrease of 5.22%year to date compared to last year's year to date • The murder rate is 8 compared to 5 for last year. There was no City Auditor Report. Constance Sanchez gave the financial report for the 6 months ending March 31,2016. • 40.39%of the total budget expended/Fund balance end of March 31,2016 is$5,141,121.64. • Annual revenue collected compared to previous year actual is at 88.97%vs 89.41%for last year. Becky Perrin,Asst.Director of Parks and Recreation brought a handbook so everyone could see what their program offers. She will bring it back for several meetings so everyone has a chance to review it. • 26 violations for April • 1 urine analysis Audrie Reyes gave the graffiti update of 349 work orders. There were two arrests:Fernando Cavazos and Damion De La Rosa for the month. There are also two taggers that are a couple in their 30's. A motion was made by Joan Veith and second by Raymond Lara for the Crime Control Board to give authority for Randy to act on behalf of the board to utilize the Crime Control logo for printing flyers. The motion carried 6/0. A motion was made by Mr.Houchin and second by Ms. Loverde for November 4',2016 to be designated as Police Appreciation Day by wearing blue to show appreciation. Mr. Houchin retracted his motion to change the date to October 25'x'and 2'by Judy Loverde; motion passed 6/0. FY2017 revised budget is not a balanced budget.The Board asked for staff to bring recommendations for budget reductions for next year to balance the budget. The proposals are: 1) Eliminate Trainee Intern Program=$86,056 2) Eliminate the 5 cadets/Academy=$84,164 3) Reduce the number of replacement police vehicles from 6 to 4=$78,000 4) Reduce 1 Juvenile City Marshall Position and assorted supplies=$73,695 5) Total reductions FY 2017 is$321,915 Remaining balance of funds will be taken from the fund balance. The meeting was adjourned by Mr. Leeton at 3:57p.m.