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<br />City of Redwood City <br />FY 2009-2010 Budget Amendments <br />Detail of ProRrammatic Reductions <br /> <br />78 <br />PaQ..e 12 <br />Attachment-Z <br /> <br />GENERAL FUND <br /> <br />Community Development Services <br /> <br />Package 1 <br />Package 2 <br />Package 3 <br />Package 4 <br />Total: <br /> <br />($188,669) <br />o <br />o <br />Q <br />($188,669) <br /> <br />Cumulative <br />($188,669) <br />($188,669) <br />($188,669) <br />($188.669) <br /> <br />Packaee 1 <br />Description of Proposed Reduction <br />The department's reductions include eliminating 1.00 FTE Community Service Officer, 0.50 FTE of a <br />Building Inspector, and 0.20 FTE of a Contract Fire Plan Checker. Additionally, the department's budget <br />receives 0.50 FTE of a Fire Prevention Officer transferring to CDS from the Fire Department. Operating <br />supplies and expenses are reduced by $17,000, Professional Services by $21,000, and Data <br />Management Services by $44,540. <br /> <br />Service 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 reactive, rather than proactive. Building inspections <br />will be delayed and counter service will decline. Very limited resources will be available to manage the <br />code enforcement volunteer program, which would be the only proactive code enforcement activity, <br />and fewer code enforcement volunteers will be trained. Neighborhood outreach and attendance at <br />neighborhood meetings will decline. <br /> <br />The reduced 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 staffs ability to <br />proactively manage and absorb fluctuations in project demand. <br /> <br />Packaee 2 <br />N/A <br /> <br />packaee 3 <br />N/A <br /> <br />Packaee 4 <br />N/A <br />