Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting
Informational ReportFiled under council matter 12-0351
Subject: Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting From: City Administrator's Office Recommendation: Receive A Presentation And Hold Discussion On The Mayor's Proposed Budget For Fiscal Year 2013-2015
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Deanna J. Santana, City Administrator • '
Subject: Supplemental Report to FY 2013-15 Proposed Policy Budget Related to the NSA
May 15, 2013
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Undesignated Fimd Balance portion (Attachment D) and this report will be integrated as part of,
the adoption of the Proposed Policy Budget.
BACKGROUND
On January 3, 2003, Judge Thelton E. Henderson signed an order pursuant to a negotiated
agreement by parties in the Delphine Allen case (NSA) that set forth numerous tasks to be
completed by the Oakland Police Department. Upon the issuance of a December 12, 2012 Court
Order that established a Compliance Director, on March 4, 2013, Judge Henderson appointed
Commissioner Thomas Frazier as the Compliance Director, who is tasked with issuing a
Remedial Action Plan to achieve compliance with all outstanding tasks by December 2013
(Attachment B). As part of these actions, two Federal Court Orders were issued to allow for
salaries and operating expenditures (Attachment A).
Court appointed Compliance Director Thomas Frazier submitted his first Remedial Action Plan
on May 1, 2013 to the Federal Court and it states that subsequent updates to the Plan are
expected and that the City should prepare accordingly with a line item in its budget that allows
for funding additional action related to compliance. The Plan is available in the following link:
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakcal/groups/police/documents/webcontent/oak040879.pdf
The costs for items outlined in the Remedial Action Plan amount to $1,825,000. The last
section of the fiscal/budget write up strongly suggests that the City set aside funds to cover the
cost of additional expenditures. In addition, the City contracted with Strategic Policy
Partnership (SPP) to evaluate Police Department operations toward developing a short-term
crime fighting strategy that focuses on investigations, burglaries, homicides, and robberies.
Attached is a report provided by the Bratton Group (subcontractor to SPP) that provides
recommendations on a short-term crime reduction strategy (Attachment C). SPP also proposed
additional expenditures that will be invested in the OPD and for improved service delivery in
these categories. Table 1 below illustrates the funding by type and total amount to implement
these plans.
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City Council
May 23, 2013