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<br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />6.1E <br /> <br />May 18, 2009 <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />Crossing Guard Service <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />By Motion, approve a one-year amendment to the agreement between the City of <br />Redwood City and All City Management Services to provide crossing guard service for <br />fiscal 2009-2010, and authorize the Chief of Police or his designee to execute all <br />documents with regard to the Agreement. <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 />2009. 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 with Community Service Officers or Police Officers, <br />necessitating the reassignment of personnel from patrol, traffic enforcement, and <br />investigations of crimes. These reassignments resulted in fewer police officers and <br />Community Service Officers available for calls for service and less time available for <br />proactive law 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 loriger 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 /> <br />This contract will compensate All City Management Services at the rate of $14.31 per <br />hour for each hour of crossing guard service, which is a four. percent increase over the <br />previous year. The total number of contracted hours for fiscal year 2009-2010 is 13,347 <br />for a cost of $190,996. The Police Department will absorb these costs through <br /> <br />1 <br />