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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/08/30-Minutes-Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 30, 2012 Present: Betsy Price, President W. B. "Zim" Zimmerman, Vice President Director Danny Scarth Director Frank Moss Director Jungus Jordan Director Dennis Shingleton Director Kelly Allen Gray Director Joel Burns (Arrived at 7:07 p.m.) Absent: Director Salvador Espino City Staff: Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager Charlene Sanders, Assistant City Attorney Ronald P. Gonzales, Assistant Secretary to the Board Major Paul Henderson, Chief of Staff, Police Department Christy Rodriguez, Civilian Program Support Manager, Police Department Shallah Graham, Senior Administrative Services Manager, Police Department Other Citv Staff in Attendance: Tom Higgins, City Manager Jeff Halstead, Police Chief Rhonda Robertson, Deputy Chief Sasha Kane, Senior Contract Compliance Specialist, Grants and Contracts Management Division, Police Department I.Call to Order With a quorum of the board members present, President Price called the meeting of the Crime Control and Prevention District Board (CCPD) of Directors to order at 7:01 p.m., on Thursday, August 30, 2012, in the Pre-Council Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building, 1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, with Director Burns temporarily absent and Director Espino absent. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUGUST 30, 2012 Page 2 of 6 II.Approval of July 26, 2012 Minutes Motion was made by Director Jordan and seconded by Director Shingleton to approve the minutes of the July 26, 2012, Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors Meeting. The motion carried 7-0, with Director Burns temporarily absent and Director Espino absent. III.Upcoming and Recent Events Assistant City Manager Charles Daniels announced the following events: - September 15, 2012, at 8:30 a.m., Code Blue Seminar at River Ranch, 500 NE 23rd Street - September 15, 2012, at 9:00 a.m., a Youth Forum at Hope Farm, 865 Ramsey Avenue - October 25, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., South Division Forum, the location to be determined - November 15, 2012, Quarterly CCPD meeting has been cancelled due to lack of quorum - November 29, 2012, at 6:00 p.m., Annual Police Civilian Awards ceremony and dinner at the Police and Fire Training Center. IV.Written Reports A.3rd Quarter Program Report FY 2012 There were no questions on this item. B.Partners with a Shared Mission Performance Update There were no questions on this item. C.Options for FY 2014 Community Based Program. President Price requested that discussion on this item be delayed until the conclusion of Christy Rodriguez's presentation under Agenda Item V. V.Discussion Items A.Options for FY 2014 Community Based Program- Christy Rodriguez Ms. Christy Rodriguez, Civilian Program Support Manager, Police Department, advised that the purpose of her presentation was to summarize prior points of discussion, provide options for future budget cycles and then to request action at the next CCPD meeting. She recalled prior points of discussion relative to the Community Based Program that included overall funding level, multiple funding levels with total allocation, marketing/outreach, competitive vs non- CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUGUST 30,2012 Page 3 of 6 competitive funding and the duration of funding. (Note: PowerPoint presentation is on file in the City Secretary's Office.) (Director Burns arrived at the meeting and assumed his place at the table.) She provided four (4) options for future community based funding and explained that the slide with a table reflected the Partners with a Shared Mission programs that would have to compete for funding if Option 4 was considered. She clarified that while these programs were all non- profit organizations, the competitive funding and did not pertain to non-profit organizations that had lease-related contracts or the Crime Stopper Call Center contract. Ms. Rodriguez advised that Option 5 could be an option proposed by the Board. Director Moss pointed out that he still held the position that more money needed to go towards Community Based Programs. He added that the option of hiring a staff person to handle the program was a good idea as that person could focus their time on strengthening programs and perhaps finding other resources and getting information out to a broader base of the community relative to grant funding. Director Zimmerman stated that he was not in favor of any of the options. He added that he would prefer the money go towards programs and not funding a position. He further stated that the Board needed to drop back and look at this again and decide what agencies they would like to see survive and then fund them to make them a viable entity. President Price concurred with Director Zimmerman and added that although she understood Director Moss's concern, $80,000.00 plus benefits for a position was a lot of money to take out of what is going to community programs. She added that the fundamental question got down to providing funding for two (2) years and what should be the level of community based project funding overall. She asked for clarification of how advertising was being done for these programs. Ms. Rodriguez provided examples of various methods of how information was advertised, electronically and through other publications. Director Jordan stated that he would like to see a method to measure results as opposed to other than creating start-up programs that may or may not work. He added that he would rather see a measurement of success for all programs before funding them next year. President Price advised Ms. Rodriguez that the Board actually needed a briefing on exactly what percentage of the budget these figures accounted for, what were their functions, their metrics and outcomes. Ms. Rodriguez stated she would gather report for the total amount of the entire program budget. She reminded the Board of the third quarter report that provided performance measurements with a detailed explanation. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUGUST 30, 2012 Page 4 of 6 Director Moss emphasized that with more funding for community based programs the Board was also looking at seeding--providing programs that addressed crime and gang issues and issues that existed in programs geared towards the community to provide a way to turn things around. He added that these programs could be evaluated and their effectiveness determined and were ways for community based programs to become active agencies to make a change and provide a safer community. VI.Staff Reports A.Proposed Changes to the Recruitment Process - Major Paul Henderson Major Paul Henderson, Chief of Staff, Police Department, provided a PowerPoint presentation that included issues with diversity, statistical information on sworn employees and diversity and attrition. He outlined previous recruitment efforts as well as a new enhanced recruitment initiative that included aggressive and strategic recruiting on a national level. (Note: PowerPoint presentation is on file in the City Secretary's Office.) Director Moss raised concern with the reduction in funding for recruiting; however, Ms. Shallah Graham, Senior Administrative Services Manager, Police Department, clarified that funding categories had changed and the recruiting budget had actually increased. Police Chief Jeff Halstead provided background on the Police Department's philosophy by working with the challenges in recruiting by changing their processes to meet demands. He pointed out that Fort Worth exceeded all state standards for hiring police officers. VII.Action Item. Consideration and Approval of Mid-Year FY 2012 Funding Application in the Amount of$16,000,000.00 to the Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors for Mid-Year Budget Amendments to Fund $10,000,000.00 for the Police Training Academy and $6,000,000.00 for Mobile Data Computer Replacements 1.Staff Report - Shallah Graham Ms. Shallah Graham, Senior Administrative Services Manager, Police Department, appeared before the Board and provided a staff report. (Note: PowerPoint presentation is on file in the City Secretary's Office.) 2.Public Hearing President Price opened the public hearing for citizen comments. There was no one signed up to be heard on this item. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUGUST 30, 2012 Page 5 of 6 3.Action Motion was made by Director Jordan and second by Director Burns to close the public hearing and to approve the CCPD mid-year FY 2012 funding application in the amount of $16,000,000.00. The motion carried 8-0 with Director Espino absent. VIII.Citizen Comments There were no citizen comments. IX.Future Agenda Items The President called for future agenda items. A.Board Requests for Future Agenda Items Director Jordan raised concern with recruitment for the Code Blue program and asked if there was something the city did to reach out to high school-aged children to educate or inform them about community involvement. He added there might be a value to having a junior Code Blue program. Director Zimmerman raised concern relative to the aging and declining group of Citizens on Patrol and Code Blue volunteers. He added that the City needed to look at how to revitalize those groups and spread out the age groups since they are key to the success of how safety in neighborhoods was maintained. President Price stated she would like to see the City's Neighborhood Office to work on this program to increase the message. X.Adjourn With no further presentations or discussions, President Price adjourned the meeting of the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention Board of Directors at 8:07 p.m., on Thursday, August 30, 2012. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUGUST 30, 2012 Page 6 of 6 These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors on the 21St day of February, 2013. APPROVED: W.B. "Z'm" Zimmerman President Minutes Prepared by and Attest: t onald P. Gonzales Assistant Secretary