2020/12/16 Council Agenda Packet

Figure 6: Committee Recommendations: Categories and Timeframes Categories of Recommendations Timeframes for Recommendations • • • • • • Efficiencies —doing the same or more with Tess Additional Cuts --to programs, staffing Additional Revenues —increase taxes, fees Transfer of Service Responsibility and Partnering with Others for Service Delivery Legislative Advocacy —seek changes in law Adjusting City Land Use and Economic Development Goals Public Information • Near term — can be accomplished in 1-2 years. • Mid -Term — 3-5 year • Long-term > 5 years • Ongoing changes to implement now that will continue Table 1: Committee Recommendations # Recommendation / Rationale Timeframe Anticipated Category: Efficiencies 1 support Review two efficiencies of the largest police police this. departments, here, department and while fire department it is makes under operations sense to maintain consideration to us public that for in safety efficiencies. a the particular 2021 We understand budget focus As these and be on we are driving a study the Near Term seeking 2 Audit are overtime count), opportunities. changes fire we (for and think in example, police policies department should and by adjusting practices be pursued gross schedules, that compensation, can reduce total overtime, assignment identify cost of etc. salaries such rules, If there and or FTE Near Term An overtime audit these may 3 Explore layoffs, change the compensation, are pursue City including this revisions would to offer type need competitive more In of to salary this policy to City layoffs be compensation freezes negotiated change. financial and accompanying reductions. with However, crisis, policies unions, we service think that We without and could understand it that reductions is controlling important reduce there are that the pressures the that this need type for City of on in Near Term of salaries and to the time growth public the inevitable 4 Aggressively addresses success employees* additional costs, recommendation work and to in find labor deploying negotiation this costs type and above, to cost other a of service control new with cost it is of and unions than reduction important the salaries. cost is required. of cost is for labor. benefits. health We applaud That City law care This to drives said, to benefit being creatively recommendation the as City the able per option City's for the and to its forestall pension aggressively recent for On -going manage employee reductions. lower important State layoffs ways the 15