HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Crime Control And Prevention District - 03/21/2001 MINUTES
CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT
MARCH 21, 2001 - 2 : 30 P.M.
BASEMENT TRAINING ROOM - CITY HALL
Members Present :
Leon Loeb
Linda Bridges
John Heldenfels, Jr.
Eddie Gamez
W. L. Hermis
Others Present :
Cmdr. B. Smith
Chief P. Alvarez, Jr.
Pat Eldridge
Steve Zastrow
Mariah Boone, Assessment Center
Dan Whitworth, Park & Rec.
Jorge Cruz-Aedo, Finance
Tony Cisneros, Park & Rec.
Mike Harty, Finance
Mario Tapia, Management & Budget
Mark McDaniel, Management & Budget
Paige Dinn
The meeting was called to order by President Loeb. The minutes
of March 7, 2001, were approved with an amendment being more
specific on the approval of the 50-officer plan including the
Assessment Center.
Mr. Harty gave the Treasurer' s Report . He said he would like to
point out that the revenue received in March but accrued in the
February report amounts to $251, 699, which is $12, 077 more than
the monthly estimate which brings the year to date total to
$30, 000 below the year to date estimate. The Group Insurance
Benefits and Self-Insurance Allocation line items in the
Treasurer' s Report were explained to the Board.
The Board began the discussion on the budget. Mr. Loeb asked
staff to detail the changes from the original base budget in the
proposed 2001/2002 . Cmdr. Smith told the Board that one change
is the addition of $50, 000 for the Citizen Advisory Councils for
one-time projects. The changes adapting the DARE program and
Directed Patrol program were incorporated. Mr. Loeb asked about
the time schedule for the deployment of the last ten officers.
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Cmdr. Smith said the selection process would have to begin now
with a March or April 2002 academy with graduation in six
months. They would be deployed around September or October.
Mr. Loeb asked whether the proposed 2001/2002 budget anticipates
a need in the terms of attrition of support personnel . Cmdr.
Smith said it incorporates the two dispatcher and two crime
scene technician positions. Mr. Loeb asked Chief Alvarez
whether it would be beneficial to the Police Department for the
Board to fund a consultant to suggest how the PD can re-deploy
the remaining support staff. Chief Alvarez told him that he
believes those funds can be better spent somewhere else because
it is known from the IACP study that the PD is understaffed in
that area and the solution is more personnel . Mr. Loeb said the
money for the consultant study is an open invitation for staff
in case they want to present a proposal . He said it can be put
in the budget now or it can be handled as an amendment .
The Board amended the Street Lighting amount from $10, 000 to
$25, 000 and changed the line item to Street Lighting and Other
Expenses . The motion was made to approve column two of the 50-
officer/Juvenile Assessment sheet with the appropriate changes
to police officer and academy costs and deferral of the academy
to April. With the approval of the motion, Mr. Loeb said that
the recommendation would be presented to the City Council on
March 27`h. Ms . Eldridge said information would be prepared for
the City Council packets with the proposals presented to the
Board and the packets are going to include detailed line
itemizations . She said also included will be an impact
statement for the loss of the 25 support personnel . Mr. Loeb
asked that since the Board acted on the 50-Officer/Assessment
Center proposal that it only be included in the packets to the
Council .
Cmdr. Smith reported on the laminating of street signs . Since
January 2001, 78 signs have been laminated and of those 17 have
been re-tagged and they were able to be cleaned with a glass
cleaning solution. He said the Directed Patrol Program is going
well . The proposal presented to the Board incorporating the
DARE Program into the Directed Patrol Program has gone public
and there are numerous possibilities, one being the opportunity
to turn the Directed Patrol Program into a full-service
community-policing officer that is responsible not only for
directed patrol activities but for prevention and intervention.
Cmdr. Smith said that a meeting with CCISD has been scheduled
for March 30th. Ms . Bridges said that the impression that there
will be an officer at middle schools needs to be corrected.
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Ms. Boone distributed the Assessment Center status report . The
Board asked her to have the case managers write a brief summary
on their successes .
Cmdr. Smith introduced Mark McDaniel, the City' s Management and
Budget Director.
Ms . Eldridge reviewed the budget adoption calendar. The Board
will hold a Public Hearing on April 18th at 5 : 30 p.m. in the
Council Chambers and will conduct their regular April meeting.
Cmdr. Smith told the Board that the March 27th joint meeting with
Council will be the last one he will attend for three months and
he advised them to communicate with the Executive Officer,
Captain Tim Wilson, who will be introduced to the Board on March
27th.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3 :25
p.m.
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