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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015/08/20-Minutes-City Council CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS JOINT MEETING OF THE FORT WORTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE FORT WORTH CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT AUGUST 20,2015 Council Members Present: Mayor Betsy Price Council Member Salvador Espino,District 2 Mayor Pro tem W.B. "Zim"Zimmerman, District 3 Council Member Cary Moon, District 4 Council Member Gyna M. Bivens,District 5 Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6 Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7 Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9 Crime Control and Prevention District Board Members Present: President Betsy Price Director Salvador Espino Vice President W.B. "Zim"Zimmerman Director Cary Moon Director Gyna M. Bivens Director Jungus Jordan Director Dennis Shingleton Director Kelly Allen Gray Director Ann Zadeh Staff Present: Rudy Jackson,Interim Assistant City Manager Denis McElroy, Senior Assistant City Attorney Mary Kayser, City Secretary I. Call to Order of City Council and Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors With a quorum of the City Council Members present and a quorum of the Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) Board of Directors present, Mayor/President Price called the Joint Meeting of the Fort Worth City Council and Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors to order at 5:33 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2015, in the Pre-Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton Street,Fort Worth, Texas 76102. II. Consideration of Amendment of CCPD Adopted Fiscal Year 2016 Budget A. Staff Presentation Shallah Graham, Assistant Police Director, Police Department, presented the staff report on the proposed amendments to the CCPD Budget for Fiscal Year 2014. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS JOINT MEETING OF THE FORT WORTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE FORT WORTH CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT AUGUST 20,2015 Page 2 of 3 The following changes were presented: There are 37 programs that role up to these 5 key funding areas. 1. Enhanced Enforcement: • Reduction of OPEB ($271k)and($150k) in SOF (Special Operations Fund) 2. Neighborhood Crime Prevention: • Reduction of OPEB ($190k) • Increase for the Classification and Compensation Study of$45K 3. Partners with a Shared Mission: • Reduction of OPEB ($22k) • Increase for the Classification and Compensation Study of$22K 4. Recruitment and Training: • Reduction of OPEB ($4k) • Increase for the Recruit classes in preparation of 6h Division of$2M 5. Equipment, Technology and Infrastructure: • Reduction of OPEB ($9k) • Reduction of Helicopter($900K) • Reduction of Technology Infrastructure Program ($407k) for crime scene, LIMS and Computers • Reduction in Body Cameras($1.2M) • Reduction in Facilities for West($600k) • Increase in Body Cameras $38k for 6h Division • Increase in Technology Infrastructure Program$81k for 6h Division • Increase for the Classification and Compensation Study of$9K • Increase in facilities $14m for 6h and $3.3m for undesignated • Increase in vehicles $585 The proposed budget with the changes: FY 2016 Staff Y 2016 Board Recommended Key Funding Areas Adopted Budget Amendments Increase/ Decrease Enhanced Enforcement $17,577,171 $17,155,785 ($421,386) Neighborhood Crime Prevention $12,583,057 $12,438,119 ($144,938) Partners with a Shared-Mission $4,615,871 $4,616,212 $341 Recruitment and Training $4,226,002 $6,222,864 $1,996,862 Equipment, Technology and Infrastructure $31,205,509 $46,013,102 $14,807,593 Salary Savings from Vacancy Adjustments ($443,570) ($443,570) $0 Total $69,764,041 $86,002,513 $16,238,472 CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS JOINT MEETING OF THE FORT WORTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE FORT WORTH CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT AUGUST 20, 2015 Page 3 of 3 With the proposed adjustment the CCPD budget will still be in compliance with the fund balance requirements. B. Public Hearing Lance Griggs addressed the meeting regarding additional funding/hours for the Code Blue Coordinators and changing them from 20 hours/week to 30 hours/per week or full time; attrition and concern about Special Operations Fund reductions. There being no other citizens to be heard the public hearing was closed. C. Discussion The consensus of the City Council and the CCPD Board was for staff to move forward with the process of amending the FY2015 CCPD Budget by incorporating the changes presented and discussed at the Joint Meeting. IV. Adiourn There being no further business, Mayor/President Price adjourned the Joint Meeting of the Fort Worth City Council and Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors at 5:49 p.m. These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 13th day of October, 2015. Attest: (;etsy ved: VyJ. a Price City Secret Mayor These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors on the 12`h day of November, 2015. Attest: Appr ary J. ser Betsyrice City Sec&lary President