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<br />Attachment 2 <br /> <br />8A <br />Page 15 <br /> <br />City of Redwood City <br />FY 2009-2010 Budget Amendments - September 2009 <br />Detail of Recommended ProRrammatic Chan2es <br /> <br />GENERAL FUND <br /> <br />Community Development SeNices <br /> <br />Employee Costs <br />Supplies and Services <br />Internal Services <br />Capital Allocations <br /> <br />(106,129) <br />(38,000) <br />(44,540) <br /> <br />Total: (188,669) <br /> <br />Percentage of Reductions: -4.0% <br /> <br />Employee Reductions in FTE <br />. Vacant 1.70 <br />Filled 0.00 <br />Total 1.70 <br /> <br />Description of Proposed Reduction <br />The department's reductions include eliminating 1.0 FTE Community Service Officer, 0.50 FTE of a <br />Building Inspector, and 0.20 FTE of a Contract Fire Plan Checker. Operating supplies and expenses are <br />reduced by $17,000, Professional Services by $21,000, and Data Management Services by $44,540. <br />Additionally, reflected in the numbers but not in the employee reductions FTE count above, is a shift of <br />a 0.50 FTE, Fire Prevention Officer to Community Development Services department from the Fire <br />Department. <br /> <br />SeNice Level Impacts <br />Code Enforcement will become exclusively focused on health and safety issues. The enforcement of <br />nuisance violations (garbage, weeds, overgrown vegetation, litter, junk, graffiti), signs, and inoperable <br />vehicles will suffer, and the program will become more reactive, rather than proactive. Building <br />inspections will be delayed and counter service will decline. Very limited resources will be available to <br />manage the code enforcement volunteer program, which would be the only proactive code <br />enforcement activity, and fewer code enforcement volunteers will be trained. Neighborhood outreach <br />and attendance at neighborhood meetings will decline. <br /> <br />The reduced 120 hours of Data Management Services will impact future upgrades to the building <br />permitting system and the Geographic Information System (GIS). These upgrades will either not be <br />feasible or will be implemented piecemeal over several years (less efficiently) with the remaining <br />discretionary hours. <br /> <br />The Professional Services reduction represents a 30% reduction of the budget for contracted technical <br />professionals supporting Engineering Services. This will delay or eliminate engineering non-CIP <br />projects and programs that are beyond the capacity of City staff, and will reduce staff's ability to <br />proactively manage and absorb fluctuations in project demand. <br /> <br />5 <br />