Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL Subject: Proposed FY 13-15 Proposed Policy Budget Date: May 13,2013 Page 42 19) Where are Asset Forfeiture Funds in the Police Department's Budget? Asset forfeiture budget requests are made through separate Council action, outside of the 2 year Budget Process. Budgeting asset forfeiture funds in advance is discouraged in the Federal Asset Forfeiture Guidelines. The guidelines state: c. Anticipated shared property should not be budgeted-Agencies should not "spend it before you get it" or budget anticipated receipts. Receiving agencies may not commit to the spending of sharing monies for a certain purpose in advance. For example, if a local law enforcement agency files a Form DAG-71 to request a 50 percent share of $100,000, the $50,000 should not be obligated or budgeted for two reasons: (1) the completion of the forfeiture is uncertain; and (2) the amount of the sharing that will ultimately be approved is also uncertain. Also, it should be noted that the revenues vary greatly from year to year. For example, during FYs 10-11 and 11-12, Asset Forfeiture revenues averaged approximately $300,000, which accounted for less than 1% of the total OPD Budget. If revenues fall short of estimates, the fund could go negative. OPD is preparing a request to accept and appropriate asset forfeiture funds, and will have it ready for the City Administrator's review within the next few months. This link as an example of the asset forfeiture budget requests OPD has made in the past. http://clerkwebsvrl.oaklandnet.com/attachments/19905.pdf 20) With respect to the item titled Additional Police Civilian Staffing under the Policy Tradeoffs 4& Service Buybacks section in the Proposed Budget, provide the costing on the Year 1 and Year 2 priorities. This information was provided in a memorandum issued on April 25, 2013 addressing questions raised at the April 2, 2013 City Council meeting. Public Safety—Fire 1) How much revenue is projected to be received annually from the fire inspections of business locations? How many inspections are projected to be done and what is the fee per inspection? The Fire Department is projecting $600,000.00 in revenue from commercial inspections. At a rate of $158.00 per inspection, the City is projecting to complete 3800 commercial inspections. Respectfully submitted, /sZ DONNA HOM Budget Director