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Home My WebLink About2013/06/17-Minutes-Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING JUNE 17,2013 Present: Betsy Price, President W. B. "Zim"Zimmerman, Vice President Director Salvador Espino Director Danny Scarth Director Frank Moss Director Jungus Jordan Director Dennis Shingleton Director Kelly Allen Gray Absent: Director Joel Burns City Staff: Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager Jeff Halstead, Police Chief Charlene Sanders, Assistant City Attorney Mary J. Kayser, Secretary to the Board Other City Staff in Attendance: Tom Higgins, City Manager Rhonda Robertson, Deputy Chief, Police Department Shallah Graham, Police Department Assistant Director Christy Rodriguez, Civilian Program Support Manager, Police Department L 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 7:04 p.m., on Monday, June 17, 2013, in the Pre-Council Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building, 1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, with Director Burns absent. II.Approval of May 16,2013 Minutes Motion was made by Director Shingleton and seconded by Director Allen Gray to approve the minutes of the May 16, 2013, Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors Meeting. The motion carried 7-0, with an abstention by Director Zimmerman and Director Burns absent. III.Upcoming and Recent Events There were none. CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS JUNE 17,2013 Page 2 of 5 IV. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition There were none. V.Written Reports A.Modified Hiring Process: LEO vs. Lateral Transfer- Shallah Graham B.Current and Future Civil Service Staffing - Shallah Graham C.FY 2014 Community-Based Program Proposal Funding Recommendations - Sasha Kane VI.Discussion Items Transfer of Personnel and Unfunded Needs- Shallah Graham Ms. Graham gave a presentation on the transfer of personnel and unfunded needs in response to a question from the May 16, 2013 meeting regarding what would CCPD be giving up if they didn't transfer positions to the General Fund. In FY 2012 and FY 2013 59 positions were transferred from CCPD budget to the General Fund. In FY 2014 there is a proposed transfer of 30 additional positions to the General Fund. Ms. Graham reviewed the projects that have been funded by the CCPD with the savings from the position transfers. Ms. Graham then reviewed the unfunded equipment needs which totaled $16,638,656. She indicated that some of these needs could be funded if the transfer to the General Fund was made as presented in the staff proposed budget. There was no action required on this item. VII. Action Items A.Transfer of MDC Equipment to the Code Compliance Department Sandra Garcia presented a report on the transfer of Mobile Data Computing (MDC) equipment form Police to the Code Compliance Department. The Police Department has selected a new model MDC, the MW810, and will begin to transition to the new model in the summer of 2013. The current MW810 system is still supported by Motorola and has a minimal resale value. The staff is recommending that fifty MW810 units be transferred to the Code Compliance Department. Motion was made by Director Scarth and second by Director Espino that fifty(50) retired Police MW810 MDC units be transferred to the Code Compliance Department. Motion passed 8-0. Director Burns absent. B.Consideration and Approval of FY 2014 Community-Based Program Proposal Funding Recommendations Aya Ealy, Contract Services Administrator provided an update on the Community-Based Program application process, advertisement and funding recommendations. 6 applications were CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS JUNE 17,2013 Page 3 of 5 received, 6 met the eligibility requirements. There was a total of$229,662.00 in requests. Staff is recommending the following for consideration: Girls Incorporated of Tarrant County $32,487.00 Cassata High School $20,000.00 SafeHaven of Tarrant County $19,240.00 Recovery Resource Council $49,899.72 Opening Doors for Women in Need $29,495.00 Fortress Youth Development Center $48,872.28 TOTAL $200,000.00 PUBLIC HEARING President Price opened the public hearing for citizen comments. There was no one signed up to be heard on this item. ACTION Motion was made by Director Scarth and second by Director Espino to close the public hearing and to award the Community Based Program funding recommendations as follows: Girls Incorporated of Tarrant County $32,487.00 Cassata High School $20,000.00 SafeHaven of Tarrant County $19,240.00 Recovery Resource Council $49,899.72 Opening Doors for Women in Need $29,495.00 Fortress Youth Development Center $48,872.28 TOTAL $200,000.00 The motion passed 8-0, Director Burns absent. C.Consideration and Approval of FY 2014 Budget Shallah Graham gave an overview of sales tax history and the current positive trend. She reviewed the FY 2014 projected revenue, an increase of$4,666,553 to $59,378,477. She reviewed the FY 2014 Decision Packages in the staff proposed budget. The staff proposed budget has $59,378,477 in revenue and $58,250,465 in expenses, leaving a balance of $1,128.012 which staff is proposing to use to pay back fund balance. Ms. Graham reviewed the transfer of the 30 positions to the General Fund in the amount of $3,579,841. If the board did not want to transfer the positions to the General Fund the proposed budget would total $61,715,745 which would exceed projected revenues. Ms. Graham presented Option 1 to reduce the budget: CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS JUNE 17,2013 Page 4 of 5 Reduce Facility Requirements $1,411,174 Reduce OPEB $ 744,654 Reduce Code Blue $ 181,440 (due to the phasing in of the program) Total Reduction $2,337,268 This balances the budget but doesn't repay fund balance or increase funding to Community Programs. Under Option 1 fund balance would be $20,8911,195; which is $1,078,841 less than the 37% target of$21,970,036. Ms. Graham presented Option 2 reductions to the budget Reduce the radio system funding $ 817,138 Reduce Facility Requirements $1,411,174 Reduce OPEB $ 744,654 and Reduce Code Blue $ 181,440 (due to the phasing in of the program) Increase Funding for Community Based programs $ 29,662 This balances the budget, restores fund balance, increases Community Program funding but the debt side is expecting $2.2 million to go towards radios PUBLIC HEARING President Price opened the public hearing for citizen comments. There was no one signed up to be heard on this item. ACTION Motion was made by Director Zimmerman and second by Director Shingleton to close the public hearing and to approve the proposed CCPD FY 2014 budget Option 1, excluding the allocation for the School Security Initiative Officers. Motion passed 7-0, Director Burns absent. Motion was made by Director Zimmerman and second by Director Shingleton that the School Security Initiative Officers portion of the proposed CCPD FY 2014 budget Option 1 be approved. Motion passed 6-0, Director Burns absent and Director Allen Gray abstained. VIII.Citizen Comments There were no Citizen comments. IX.Future Agenda Items CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS JUNE 17,2013 Page 5 of 5 Director Jordan requested that there be an action item on the Community Based programs, how they are working, and a review of the previous years outcomes. Director Scarth requested that staff take a look at scheduling the CCPD Board meetings at a time earlier than 7:00 pm. Director Moss requested that the board look at ways to get more information out to the community about the funding opportunities for the community based programs. X.Adjourn President Price advised that the next Board meeting would be held on August 22, 2013. With no further presentations or discussions, President Price adjourned the meeting of the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention Board of Directors at 8:11 p.m., on Monday, June 17, 2013. These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors on the 22nd day of August, 2013. PROVED: Bets rice Pr ident Minutes Prepared by and est: Wry . Kaye a retar