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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Crime Control And Prevention District - 05/17/2000 A) MINUTES CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT MAY 17, 2000 - 2 : 30 P.M. BASEMENT CITY HALL - TRAINING ROOM 19,LO212223 .? t2.1 Members Present: ^eLe) ,r r 400 Leon Loeb j �'� 1 N W. L. Hermis ,'r FC o John Heldenfels, Jr. ` pcFC�ARys �w Danny Mora << / Larry Baker 0 68L99vc•ti� Isaac Valencia Jeanette Bazar Others Present: Cmdr. B. Smith Asst. Chief Villagomez Steve Zastrow, Legal Advisor Tony Cisneros, Parks & Rec. Dan Whitworth, Parks & Rec. Mariah Boone, Juvenile Assessment Ctr. Rudy Garza, Budget Jorge Cruz-Aedo, Finance David R. Garcia, City Manager Paige Dinn The meeting was called to order by President Loeb. The April 19, 2000, minutes were approved. Mr. Cruz-Aedo presented the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance ending April 30, 2000. He said that the report was coordinated with the Police Department to make certain there were no exceptions. Mr. Loeb said that Cmdr. Smith would present comments on the 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 budgets. Cmdr. Smith said he would like to combine this discussion with the next item on the agenda, which is the joint City Council meeting. He said preparations are underway for the joint City Council meeting to be held on May 30, 2000, and a discussion needs to occur on trying to come up with a plan that allows the Board to bring the projected expenditures in line with the revenues by the end of year five. He said the original goal of the Crime Control District is to enhance public safety with positive impact upon the community. He presented a tentative document to the Board and emphasized that there is no firm staff recommendation for the Board or City Council on exactly where the cuts should occur. Cmdr. Smith told the Board that a few of the options they need to consider consists of a $1. 4 million deficit projected for year six. One option would be to reduce the number of officers hired under the plan from 50 to 40 which would mean not hiring the last 10 officers in the year 2002 . Another possibility for cutting expenditures is totally eliminating the School/Police Partnership 1 SCANNED +r' program, support personnel, and cutting some funds from the Juvenile Assessment Center. He said there are other options, one being to totally eliminate the Juvenile Assessment Center and going back to using the Corona facility. Another option is to totally eliminate the support personnel amounting to 25 but this . will still require some cuts in the Juvenile Assessment Center. Mr. Loeb said he believes that at the next meeting the Board should address the magnitude of these savings so the Board can think in terms of one-time projects that can be performed during that period which will diminish the impact. Cmdr. Smith said that he has to get a firm recommendation for the Board then the Board can proceed with some projection on it. Mr. Loeb wondered whether getting the Citizens Advisory Councils started would show the public that the District's dollars are at work in the neighborhoods. Cmdr. Smith told the Board that three officers have been chosen for the Directed Patrol Program and within a few months five additional officers would be selected. Mr. Hermis said he would prefer to see the amount of officers reduced rather than to reduce any amount from the Juvenile Assessment Center. Mr. Baker asked Cmdr. Smith whether the security at the Juvenile Assessment Center could be cut. Cmdr. Smith told him that under the current budget plan it would be the first to be cut. Mr. Loeb said he believes that one major source that the Board has in front of them is whether the Juvenile Assessment Center remains as an identifiable operation or whether those functions are accomplished some other way. Mr. Valencia expressed his idea of possibly outsourcing some of its functions but not to lose sight that there is a positive to the District's program, which is the Juvenile Assessment Center. Ms. Bazar said she feels that there are other contributors trying to make the Assessment Center a success, therefore there should be a higher priority in making it a success. The Board continued the discussion of options with the possibility of holding another meeting on May 26, 2000. Cmdr. Smith said the final approval of the 2000/2001 budget is scheduled to be on the City Council agenda for June 13, 2000. Mr. Loeb introduced Paige Dinn who is a member of the Commission of Children and Youth. She said that Florida is the only other state that can compare to Corpus Christi 's Juvenile Assessment Center. She said the Coastal Bend Alliance for Youths has funds that can be used for evaluation of this program so the Board can use that specific data to report to the public. She said she believes the Assessment Center is a cooperative and successful project and she would hate to see the program changed. Cmdr. Smith had Mr. Loeb sign the CCISD intergovernmental contract and request for funding that amounted to $84,860, which the Board unanimously approved. Cmdr. Smith gave a brief report on Directed Patrol Program and Citizens Advisory Councils. Mr. Loeb said he would like Cmdr. 2 `r Smith to come up with the geographic coverage expansion fcar the Citizens Advisory Councils for the joint meeting on May 30t " . Mr. Garcia said Cmdr. Smith presented the Board with some of the preparatory issues facing them before the joint meeting with the City Council. He said the Board is going to have to make some difficult policy decisions to balance the budget. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:28 p.m. 3 Yi