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ATTACHMENT B 8.A. - Page 20 As a result, staff is recommending the elimination of 4.0 vacant Police Officer positions for a savings of $1,090,892 and a reduction of 1,027 hours of overtime for Police Officers for a savings of $138,664. Implementation of the FY 2018-19 reductions will result in a four -officer reduction in the number of sworn Police Officers assigned to the Patrol Division. Staff will distribute this reduction in staffing among the six patrol shifts based upon overlap coverage and an analysis of peak call for service demands. The anticipated service level impacts associated with implementation includes: • An increase in response times for non -emergency calls for service related to reduced staffing • A potential decrease in proactive enforcement as fewer officers are available each shift to respond to calls for service • A transition of responsibility for abandoned vehicle abatement duties to professional support staff • A transition of responsibility for subpoena service duties to an outside vendor • A transition from optional to mandatory (with limited exception) online reporting for specified offenses including graffiti vandalism, auto burglary, misdemeanor hit and run traffic collisions, identity theft, theft of property totaling less than $7,500 in value, vehicle tampering and harassing phone calls not involving threats of violence • A change in responses to non -injury traffic collisions, with Police staff facilitating the exchange of relevant information between the involved parties rather than conducting a formal collision investigation The initial draft of the Police Department recommendations introduced in February 2018 called for the reduction of 6.0 vacant FTE Police Officer positions to achieve the appropriate reductions needed. However, a recent Finance Department analysis determined that only 4.0 Police officer positions (and associated overtime) would be required to meet the budget reduction target. Staff is planning to share information about changes in service strategies at future Neighborhood Association meetings, Downtown Business Group meetings and other community gatherings. PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES Most activities within the Public Works Services Department (PWS) are funded by the water and sewer utilities with only a small portion of the Department's activities funded by the General Fund. A $73,000 reduction to the Department's operating budget for FY 2018-19 allows PWS to reduce the Department's impact on the General Fund while maintaining the same level of service to the community. Staff recommends realigning charges from the General Fund to other internal funds to reflect how staff time is historically expended and to modestly reduce equipment purchases. These recommendations will provide a savings of $73,000. In particular, staff recommends reducing the stormwater equipment rental and maintenance budget, currently funded by Measure M revenues, by $73,000 in FY 2018-19. Staff analysis of historical maintenance and replacement costs determined that there would be negligible impact from this recommendation. Staff recommends using the $73,000 equipment maintenance savings from Measure M revenues to fund employee costs being transferred over from the General Fund. This transfer better aligns staff time commitments with the appropriate funding source, as Measure M disbursements from vehicle license fees may be used for traffic congestion management and/or stormwater pollution prevention and the position oversees compliance activities related to the City's municipal regional stormwater permit.