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In response to Council questions, Detective Sergeant Matuszak described misdemeanor and felony penalties for non-registration and the Police Department's actions in checking on all registrants in Redwood City. Councilman Leipzig expressed the Council's outrage at the actions of the INS and agreed that a strong letter should be sent to the INS in Washington, and asked that Redwood City's four elected representatives, Lantos, Eshoo, Boxer and Feinstein, be notified of this INS policy. Police Captain Switzer advised that "the High Risk Child Molester Book was available at the Police Department. It is distributed by the Department of Justice once a year. It is the worst of the worst.... We have two residents of Redwood City in this book. In order to view the book, someone comes into the Police Department and fills out a form. You must in this case give a reason. The reason could be simply that you want to check on the safety of your neighborhood... The second method that is available is the (phone number) 900- 463-0400." The caIler is charged $10, must provide his/her name, and can check on the status of two individuals. The caller must provide the name, and one of several other distinguishing factors such as an address or birthdate or physical description. The caller can then find out if a person is a registered sex offender and what type of crime was committed. Police Captain Switzer said "Megan's Law" is a federal statute that will force the states to release information to citizens about registered sex offenders. California has numerous pending bills which deal with compliance with Megan's law such as reducing registration time and having high risk offenders reregister every 90 days. "AB 1562 will aIlow law enforcement to publicly release the names and whereabouts of sex offender registrants and the agency believes that doing so will help secure public safety." The Attorney General wiIl provide guidelines. Mayor Hartnett thanked everyone for the detailed report, and said he would write the recommended letter, circulate it to the Council and if there were no objections he would send it in the Council's name. MEMO 8/13/96 C. Councilman Leipzig referred to a letter sent to the Council last week by Sharon Tastor, Finance Department employee who retired on August I, 1996 after working for the City 22 years. Councilman Leipzig said the letter contained Mrs. Tastor's observations and recommendations for the 1997/98 budget. Councilman Leipzig said "I think it was a shocking memo to say the least. This is the kind of thing that I asked for and commented on during the budget when we were presented with various department heads recommendations for reductions in service and expenses. None of which I think were acceptable - example, closing the Library on a Saturday.... was not something we were going to look at. That was not one of them, but that was the gist of the reports. She agrees, this is her comment in here, also a direct reference to the approximate $100,000 a year that we pay our senior executives in lieu of hours or overtime pay that is automaticaIly given without any documentation.... I am not saying this happens, but I REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 AUGUST 12, 1996 MINUTES Page No. 425 PAGE 12