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Home My WebLink About2012/07/26-Minutes-Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD)CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING JULY 26, 2012 Present: Betsy Price, President Director Salvador Espino Director Danny Scarth Director Frank Moss Director Jungus Jordan Director Dennis Shingleton Director Kelly Allen Gray Director Joel Burns Absent W. B. "Zim" Zimmerman, Vice President City Staff: Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager Charlene Sanders, Assistant City Attorney Mary J. Kayser, Secretary to the Board Other City Staff in Attendance: Tom Higgins, City Manager Jeff Halstead, Police Chief Rhonda Robertson, Deputy Chief Horatio Porter, Budget Director Shallah Graham, Senior Administrative Services Manager, Police Department 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 7:02 p.m., on Thursday, July 26, 2012, in the Pre - Council Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building, 1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS JULY 26, 2012 Page 2 of 5 II. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO KELLY ALLEN GRAY AS NEW CCPD BOARD DIRECTOR Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary administered the Oath of Office to Kelly Allen Gray as a new CCPD Board Director. III. APPROVAL OF JUNE 7, 2012 MINUTES Motion was made by Director Scarth and seconded by Director Espino, to approve the minutes of the June 7, 2012, Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors Meeting. The motion carried 8 -0 Director Zimmerman absent. IV. UPCOMING AND RECENT EVENTS August 30, 2012 will be the next quarterly meeting of the CCPD Board. On September 15, 2012 there will be a Code Blue Seminar at River Ranch, 500 NE 23rd St. V. ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION Assistant City Manager Charles Daniels introduced Cassie Johnson, Biology Unit Technical Leader for the Crime Lab. Ms. Johnson reported that in June the Crime Lab was accredited for DNA testing by the American Society of Crime Lab Directors, Laboratory Accreditation Board and by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Additionally, the Crime Lab has been cleared by the Texas Department of Public Safety to send DNA files for upload into the CODIS data base. At this time the focus of the lab will be to reduce the number of cases sent to outside fee for service vendors and to get all technicians trained. They will start DNA testing in our facility incrementally. VI. WRITTEN REPORTS A. Projected Sworn Attrition Director Moss asked if the savings from any attrition was realized in the budget and Shallah Graham, Senior Administrative Services Manager, Police Department indicated that the savings were realized in the General Fund budget which is where most of the personnel costs were. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS JULY 26, 2012 Page 3 of 5 B. Security for Learning Management System There were no questions on this item. C. FY 2013 Community -Based Program Proposal Funding Recommendations President Price asked that the Board hold questions on this item until the presentation on Community -Based Program Proposal Funding Recommendations under Item VIII. VII. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Funding for New Police Administration and Training Center, Mobile Data Computers, Radio System, and Other Capital Projects - Horatio Porter / Shallah Graham Horatio Porter, Budget Director provided the CCPD Board with an overview of the capital needs over all in the City and then focused on possible funding sources for the New Police Administration and Training Center and Radio System. He outlined the current sources of funding for the 97 million dollar Administration and Training Center project: $10M from the sale of the current Police HQ; $50M from existing debt capacity; $27M from new debt capacity; and $ l0M from CCPD excess fund balance and improved sales tax. For the radio system, of which police is funding 50% the request is to authorize funding of $2,140,000 annually for 10 years starting in FY 2013. Shallah Graham, Senior Administrative Services Manager, Police Department, addressed the fund balance in the CCPD budget if the proposed mid -year adjustments were made for the Police Training facility, the purchase of Mobile Data Computers and the annual funding of the Radio System starting in FY 2013. With these adjustments the fund balance in the CCPD budget would be less than the target of 37% of the current year operating budget in both FY 2102 and 2013. If the Board wanted to proceed with these expenditures the following would be the next steps: Funding application to the City Council CCPD Board Public Hearing (with a recommendation on how to restore fund balance) City Council Public Hearing This was a discussion/information item. No action was required. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS JULY 269 2012 Page 4 of 5 VIII. ACTION ITEMS A. Consideration and Approval of FY 2013 Community -Based Program Proposal Funding Recommendations 1. Staff Report - Sasha Kane Sasha Kane, Senior Contract Compliance Specialist, Grants and Contracts Management Division, Police Department provided an update on the Community -Based Program application process and funding recommendations. 18 applications were received, 15 met the eligibility requirements. There was a total of $777,374.00 in requests. Staff is recommending the following for consideration: CASA of Tarrant County $23,539.00 Cassata High School $20,000.00 Lena Pope Home $50,000.00 The Parenting Center $39,234.28 Recovery Resource Council $47,986.72 SafeHaven of Tarrant County $19,240.00 TOTAL $200,000.00 2. Public Hearing President Price opened the public hearing for citizen comments. There was no one signed up to be heard on this item. 3. Action Motion was made by Director Espino and second by Director Shingleton to close the public hearing and to award the Community Based Program funding recommendations as follows: CASA of Tarrant County $23,539.00 Cassata High School $20,000.00 Lena Pope Home $50,000.00 The Parenting Center $39,234.28 Recovery Resource Council $47,986.72 SafeHaven of Tarrant County $19,240.00 TOTAL $200,000.00 The motion carried 8 -0 Director Zimmerman absent. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS JULY 26, 2012 Page 5 of 5 IX. CITIZEN COMMENTS There were none. X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS The President called for future agenda items. A. Board Requests for Future Agenda Items Director Scarth asked for a report on One Safe Place funding and results. Director Espino asked for a report on the level of recommended staffing for Police per 1000 residents. Director Shingleton asked for a comparison of the staffing levels between Fort Worth and cities of comparable size. XI. ADJOURN A. August 30, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. - Next Regular CCPD Board Meeting With no further presentations or discussions, President Price adjourned the meeting of the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention Board of Directors at 7:54p.m., on Thursday, July 26, 2012. These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors on the 30 day of August, 2012. APPROVED: Betsy Price President Minutes Prepared by and Attest: Mary J. K - Secretary