Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL Subject: Proposed FY 13-15 Proposed Policy Budget Date: June?, 2013 ' Page 8 the community. Efforts to identify an alternative funding stream for the full contract were unsuccessful.. " /' However, in January 2013, DHS and PWA identified funds in each Department's existing budget for a total of approximately $15,000 to allow Operation Dignity to provide limited posting, approximately two days per week, through June 2013. In the Proposed Budget, there is an allocation of $60,000 per year to continue support for Operation Dignity providing the outreach and posting to encampments in close collaboration with PWA. This level of funding will provide outreach 5 days per week for 4 hours per day including light cleanup. If additional funds were proposed, DHS and PWA staff would recommend expanded hours and more intensive outreach and housing vouchers to permanently remove individuals from the street. .6) What would it take to restore half or all of the prior reductions to the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Academies (see pg. G48 of the Proposed Budget)? The OUSD received $300,000 to fund OUSD academies prior to FY 07-08. Currently, only $56,000 is allocated to OUSD. To restore half of prior reductions (taking into account the $56,000 currently allocated), the funding gap would be approxiihately $122,000. To restore all of the prior reductions, the funding gap would approximately be $244,000. Public Safety 1) Explain the $10 million increase in FY 13/14 and the $20 million increase in FY 14/15 in the Police Department (page G-19 of the Proposed Budget) with a line item matrix Please refer to Attachment G. The majority of cost increase is the result of a 4% COLA increase, as awarded by an arbitrator. 2) Explain the $15 million increase in the Fire Department in FY 14/15 with a line item matrix Please refer to Attachment H. The majority of cost increase is the result of a MOU agreement to restore the $8.85% salary reductions; and, 2 shifts of vacatidn. 3) Provide the Priority Listing for Additional Civilian Staff for the Oakland Police Department Please refer to Attachment I, which illustrate two scenarios of 20 PSTs and 10 PSTs.