HomeMy WebLinkAbout9/3/2003 - STAFF REPORTS (30) DATE: September 3, 2003
TO: City Council
FROM: Police Chief Gary Jeandron
AMENDING THE ALLOCATED POSITION AND COMPENSATION PLAN
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve Amendment #3 to the
Allocated Positions and Compensation Plan, adopted by Resolution 20641
authorizing the addition of one Police Officer (Family Intervention Officer)
position.
SUMMARY
This police officer position will be a Family Intervention Officer (FIO) who will
work in collaboration with the Palm Springs Unified School District, to
administer police services to at-risk students and the families of at-risk
students enrolled in the School District. This position will be funded by the
State of California 2003 School Community Policing Partnership Grant. The
grant funding will pay for the FIO's salary and benefits for three years, and
for modifications to the current Police Training Center Library, which will
become the FIO's workspace, office and counselor's area.
BACKGROUND
The Palm Springs Police Department has long held that proactive
intervention programs focusing on the children and youth of our community
are crucial to crime prevention. The Department's DARE and PAL programs
are examples of successful attempts to offer education and alternative
activities to at-risk children. Intervention works.
Children raised in violent, abusive or deprived social environments are at the
highest risk of exhibiting criminal behavior. Historically, students committing
criminal acts, or those who are on the verge of committing criminal acts, are
channeled through School District disciplinary functions and/or Riverside
County Juvenile Probation services. In most cases the traditional
educational and probation interventions come too late. Missing from this
quotient are referrals for mental health and parenting skills services.
Providing these services early on is an innovative approach whose time has
arrived. The nexus is clear. Intervention based on a mental health
component will lead to decreased incidence of criminal behavior. The
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addition of parenting skills mentoring will help insure that the members of the
target group become responsible members of the community.
The 2003 School Community Policing Partnership Grant project is
predicated on collaboration between education, the mental health
profession, and the police, to develop an innovative intervention program.
The Family Intervention Officer will serve as the facilitator to an array of
services that includes after-school activities, counseling referrals for the at-
risk student and their families, parenting skills classes for those parents in
need of assistance, and others duties as assigned.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will bill the Palm Springs Unified School District for the Family
Intervention Officer position under account number 3016-40000. The cost to
the City of Palm Springs for FY 2003-2004 will be in-kind in the amount of
$47,000. This cost includes the officer's police car, vehicle maintenance,
laptop computer, cell phone, and pager. It is anticipated that in-kind costs
for FY 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 will be $17,000 per year, as those years'
costs will not include the officer's car.
Gary Jed dr"o,, Chief of Police
Approved:
Thomas M. Kanarr, Director of Finance
Approve
City Manager
Attachment:
1. Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. 20735
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDMENT #3 TO THE
ALLOCATED POSITIONS AND COMPENSATION PLAN,
ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION 20641.
WHEREAS an Allocated Positions and Compensation Plan was adopted effective June 18,
2003, for the 2003-04 fiscal year by Resolution No. 20641; and
WHEREAS the City Council desires to amend said Allocated Positions and Compensation
Plan to include the addition on one police officer (Family Intervention Officer) position,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, that
the Allocated Positions and Compensation Plan for positions in the City Service for fiscal year
2003-2004 is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 1
Classification Range No. Added No. Deleted (Deletions)
Additions
Authorized Positions
Police Officer
(Family Intervention Officer) P 45 1.00 1.00
Total authorized positions 2003-2004 Budget 442.75
Total (deletions) prior Amendments
Total additions prior Amendments 2.00
Total (deletions) this Amendment
Total additions this Amendment 1.00
Total authorized positions as amended 445.75
ADOPTED THIS 3rd day of September 2003.
AYES: Members Mills, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: Member Hodges
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
By
CITY CLERK CITY MANAGER
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM
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