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,r 3T9 8 Police Protection (Alternatives, pp 12-13) During discussion regarding the School Crossing Guards, Mr. Fales and Police Chief Bold commented and responded to questions by Council, indicating that the Crossing Guards are directly supervised by City patrolmen, are funded by the City rather than the School Districts, � and that the crossing guards provide a necessary service It was also noted that the elementary school districts are in a financial bind, possibly worse than the cities, and do assume the responsi- bility for the students within school grounds The determination of where the guards are located is made by the City staff. . MOTION Councilman Norris moved, seconded by Counctlman Barrett for the purpose of discuss�on, to delete School Crossing Guards � positions from the budget, with funding to be by the Elementary School District Discussion followed with respect to the necess7ty to provide the proper level of safety for school children and that ii, is of such importance there should be no dispute about who pays for this service, that whichever agency pays for it, the burden would still be on the taxpayer MOTION WITHDRAWN Councilman Norris, with the consent of hts second, withdrew the motion Marcia Poncia 408 Alameda, spoke in support of retention of the � School Crossing Guards, noting that assumption of responsibility for the children on the school grounds is determined by insurance requirements � Parks and Recreation Department (pp 78-87) Mr Fales reviewed the proposed departmental budget, noting that it , contains four basic functions, summarized on Page 78. Park Maintenance - Account No 710 (pp 82-83) Mr Fales advised that the 7ncrease in the proposed bud9et is due to , salary and related costs already approved, and also increases in costs of supplies, including water He noted that with the addition of some _ new parks, the inability to add personnel was regretable, since it will be impossible to maintain the high standards of maintenance as in the past Discussion cont�nued regarding maintenance of School District property the City mainta�ns for athletic programs, the deterioration that occurs in turfing, benches, etc , and the hi9h level of usage and full schedule of activities at the parks, particula'rly Red Morton Community Park Account No 710 was approved as submitted Recreation Proqrams - Account No 730 (pp 84-85) `" Mr fales reviewed the subprogram budget and in the following discussion, one suggestion was the use of volunteers from some � of the recreation participants to serve as umpires, rather than contracting for those services (Alternatives, Page 21) MOTION Councilman Norris moved to delete $7,500 from the Recrea- tion Budget for Umpire Salaries � , _ Budget Study . 5j22/76