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388 Police Protection - Account No. 510 (continued) Police Chief Bold and City Manager Fales commented briefly in response to questions, indicating that most of the activities are not available through the Park and omit Recreation Department, and include boxing, wrestling and the like; that some of its programs are of a more specialized nature than those offered by Park and Recreation, such as the drum and bugle corps. Citizens speaking in support of continuing the Police Youth Club indicated their children were involved, and that certain segments of the Club are self-supporting; that while some financial assistance is requested, there is a great deal of volunteer effort given. It was pointed out by Mr. Pales that the Director of the Club is not a City employee . Council generally spoke in favor of continuation of support for the Club, and thought it qualified for Revenue Sharing Funds. Mr. Chichester (see above) referred to his letter of May 14, 1975 to the Council in which he proposes elimi- nation of the Police Department, its services to be provided instead by the County Sheriff Department, as a means of reducing the City budget. An alternative suggested by Council was elimination from the budget of the proposal to increase the motorcycle team to four men for traffic enforcement. In the en- ^*� suing discussion, Mr. Pales advised that the team would be involved in improving traffic enforcement necessitated by the State-mandated validated traffic survey based upon the speeds at which 85% of the motorists drive, in order that radar can be used for traffic enforcement. He advised that a judge hearing a traffic case will not consider the posted speed limit, but only the validated speed survey. The presence of motorcycle officers on the street would have the effect of causing drivers to be more observant of posted speed limits. City Manager Pales commented briefly on the 911 program in response to question by Council, advising that he did not believe this would be a factor in the current budget, and that the State law that required implemen- tation also provided that for every year that the State does not allocate the funds the program would be put off. MOTION: Councilman Rhodes moved, seconded by Councilman • Barrett, to approve Account No. 510 as submitted. A citizen inquired whether the proposal to enlarge the traffic enforcement team by two units would be a one- time expenditure, and was advised by Mayor Weymouth that m. the first year cost wou.l be approximately $50,253, with $12 ,345 of that to be non-recurrThg. City Manager Fales emphasized that the program is being proposed as a traffic safety program , as opposed to implementation of a program that would otherwise be expected to generate revenues; that it is important not to be accepted as a revenue- producing program. The motion carried ur:.. ~11Lously on roll call vote. Budget -8- Study 5/17/75 •