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3413-6 <br />2002103 <br />Changes In Expenditures <br />3. Police <br />A. The Police Department received two grants from the Office of Traffic 115,658 <br />Safety. An appropriation must be established so that the Police <br />Department may expend these funds. <br />B. The Police Department received a criminal justice council grant for <br />the Police Activities League program. An appropriation must be <br />established so that the Police Department may expend these funds. <br />C. The Police Department received a State technology grant. An <br />appropriation must be established so that the Police Department <br />may expend these funds. <br />4. Community Development Services <br />A. The City Council approved a contract on October 7, 2002 with <br />Freeman, Tung and Bottomley for a variety of urban design <br />and planning services, a portion of which ($45,000) will be <br />reimbursed by Abbott Labs. An appropriation must now be <br />established to reflect this allocation in the budget. <br />Total General Fund <br />WORKER'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND <br />A budget amendment is required to cover expenditures <br />in the City's workers' compensation fund. Various <br />factors are contributing to the escalating costs required to fund this <br />program such as several major case settlements, aggressive <br />case management and closures, increased medical costs, <br />increased excess insurance premiums, and changes in state law <br />providing increased benefits. <br />The Human Resources Department established its current budget over <br />a year ago. Since then, several unanticipated factors have contributed <br />to a deficit for this budget. One factor was a 241 % increase in excess <br />insurance premiums due to effects on the insurance industry from <br />losses resulting from the 9/11 catastrophe. ABAG, our third party <br />administrator, suddenly decided to leave the workers' compensation <br />administration business. A positive result of our transition to a new <br />third party administrator was the discovery of several unmanaged <br />claims. However, it did cost us over $400,000 to settle and close out <br />these claims in fiscal year 2002/03. In addition, changes in workers' <br />compensation legislation increased medical costs by providing <br />increased benefits to certain classifications of employees, such as <br />40,000 <br />27,000 <br />45,000 <br />60 <br />1 093 <br />�-N <br />