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<br /> <br />6.1E <br />1 of 8 <br /> <br />June 23, 2008 <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />Crossing Guard Service <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Authorize the City Manager to enter into a one-year contract with All City Management <br />Services to provide crossing guard service for fiscal year 2008-2009. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />Since fiscal year 1999-2000 the City has contracted with All City Management Services <br />to staff eighteen school crossing guard posts. The current contract expires on June 30, <br />2008. The City chose to contract with All City Management Services to provide <br />crossing guard services in lieu of maintaining a staff of part-time non-sworn police <br />department personnel. <br /> <br />Previously, the Police Department managed and staffed crossing guard posts but found <br />it difficult to conduct supervisory oversight and maintain crossing guard staffing. <br />Staffing vacancies had to be filled through the use of Community Service Officers or <br />Police Officers, necessitating the reassignment of personnel from patrol, traffic, and <br />investigations. These reassignments resulted in fewer police officers and Community <br />Service Officers available for calls for service and less time available for proactive law <br />enforcement and criminal investigation. <br /> <br />All City Management Services maintains on-call employees to fill vacancies as needed, <br />provides training, equipment, and supervision for its employees and provides liability <br />coverage. <br /> <br />All City Management Services remains the only private vendor in our area, which <br />provides crossing guard services. <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVES <br />(1) Decline the contract extension and no longer provide for crossing guard services. <br /> <br />(2) Decline the contract extension and direct the Police Department to hire and <br />maintain a staff of part-time personnel to provide crossing guard services. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />This contract will compensate All City Management Services at the rate of $13.76 per <br />hour for each hour of crossing guard service. This is the same rate paid to All City <br />Management for service in the prior fiscal year; there is no increase. The total number <br />of contracted hours for fiscal year 2008-2009 is 13,758 at a cost of $189,310. The <br />Police Department will absorb these costs through budgeted funds. <br /> <br />1 <br />