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CITY COUNCIL OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
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Please be advised the Mayor and City Manager have set the following
dates for Budget Workshops to be held in the Council Chambers at
City Hall, 5811 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
The purpose of the Workshops is to discuss the 1981-1982 Budget for
the City of Tamarac.
Tuesday, July 7, 1981
Thursday, July 9, 1981
Friday, July 10, 1981
Wednesday, July 15, 1981
_,-,Friday, July 24, 1981
C ntc i�1) Tuesday, July 28, 1981 -
Thursday, July 30, 1981
1. 30 to 4:00 PM
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
1:30 to 4:00 PM
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
The City Council uny consider such other items as may come before it.
The Public is invited to attend.
Pursuant to Chapter 80405 of Florida Law, Senate Will No; 368:
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City
Council with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or
hearing, he will need a record the proceedings and for such
purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record includes
the testimony atnd evidence upon which the appeal is to be bad.
/lc MaYilyn Beftholf, City C er
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
July 15, 1981
DISCUSSION OF CITY BUDGET
FISCAL YEAR - 1981-1982
Mayor Falck called the meeting to order at 1:30 P.M.,
Wednesday, July 15, 1981, in the Council Chambers at
City Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Walter W. Falck
Vice Mayor Irving M. Disraelly
Councilman Philip B. Kravitz
Councilman Irving Zemel
Councilwoman Helen Massaro
ALSO PRESENT:
City Manager Laura Z. Stuurmans
Finance Director Steven Wood
City Engineer Larry Keating
Chief of Police Joseph McIntosh
Asst. City Clerk Carol A. Evans
Mayor Falck read the official notice of the workshop meeting which was called
for the purpose of discussing the proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1981. The Mayor then had Laura Stuurmans begin the meeting.
Laura Stuurmans advised that the City Engineer's budget, Folio #15, would be
discussed first. Ms. Stuurmans stated that this year the department was budgeted
at $164,840.00, and she reccmTeended that next year's budget be in the amount of
$121,722.00.
Ms. Stuurmans went on to explain that the reduction in the budget is,to a great
extent.,because the personnel cost is being charged at 50% for employees of the
Engineering Department with the exception of the Chief Engineering Inspector and
the Engineering Technician who are budgeted at full salary to the City. The two
Assistant City Engineers, the Secretary and the City Engineer are budgeted at
50% to the City, and 50% will be reflected in the Utility West Budget.
Ms. Stuurmans said that the capital requested by the City Engineer was for an
automobile for the Engineering Inspector which will be p roc ured during this
fiscal year so it has been eliminated from next year's budget request at her
own recommendation.
C/W Massaro stated that she doesn't believe that any car should be taken hone
by anyone unless they have specific permission to do so.
Mayor Falck mentioned that he requested the City Manager check into usage of
City owned vehicles. C/W Massaro said everyone should know who has City owned
cars, and what their limitations are pertaining to same.
Larry Keating went on to explain the decrease in his department's budget for next
year, which is listed under Item #310. He mentioned that for the last two years
$15,000.00 had been listed for outside professional services, consultation fees for
Williams, Hatfield & Stoner. Mr. Keating said that very little of that was spent
last year, and this year he anticipates spending approximately $2,000.00. Nov that
Mr. Keating has the services of his Assistant City Engineer, he feels that the need
for outside services will diminish even further, but he doesn't want, at this time,
to severely reduce the budget below the anticipated expenditures, in case something
unexpected comes up. Mr. Keating is recommending that the $15,000.00 be cut in half
to $7,500.00, and after another year's experience he hopes to decrease it further.
C/W Massaro agreed with Mr. Keating's recommendation.
C/M Kravitz asked Mr. Keating why he felt it was necessary to list $7,500.00 on the
budget since only $500.00 has been spent to date, and by September 30, 1981 the
amount might be $2,000.00.; according to his estimation the amount would not reach
$7,500.00, C/M Kravitz said. Mr. Keating went on to explain that there are many
projects that have been put aside that he felt the city should take care of such
as the drainage project for instance. With an additional person on his staff, and
site plans approved at this time, Mr. Keating hopes to get involved with city improve-
ments at which point he would utilize a consultant. Mr. Keating said he would feel
comfortable with a figure of $5,000.00 on the budget instead of the $7,500.00 listed.
V/M Disraelly inquired why the auto allowance amount is going up from $1,500.00 to
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to $2,400.00. Ms. Stuurmans mentioned that Mr. Keating's automobile allowance
was increased around February of this year. It is an automatic check that goes
through each month for $200.00. Mr. Keating stated that in order for the City
to keep up with current technology, it is extremely necessary to attend seminars
and various programs which increases traveling time to go to same.
C/W Massaro said she felt an allowance should be made for Mr. Keating, but not
for his assistants. Mr. Keating replied by saying that he couldn't attend all
meetings since some of them are three day seminars. Mayor Falck felt the out-
side exposure would be beneficial for everyone in the department.
V/M Disraelly wanted a breakdown of the office furniture and equipment listed
for the Engineering Department. Mr. Keating replied by stating that the Assistant
Engineer will need a desk, chair, filing cabinet and other equipment for him
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to perform his duties.
C/W Massaro asked whether the automobile allowance covers gasoline expenses, etc.
so that the city has no other charges other than the $200.00 per month. It was
established that it is Mr. Keating's car and he pays all his expenses out of that
figure.C/W Massaro questioned insurance coverage, and was advised that any problems
would be covered under the City's non -owners policy.
It was noted that with the transfer of personnel the City is saving approximately
$55,000.00 in salaries which was confirmed by Ms. Stuurmans.
The next item brought up for discussion was Folio #11 - Police Department. Ms.
Stuurmans started the discussion by stating that on Page 3 there was a typographical
error, a transposition of columns. The expenditures as of 3/31/81 should read
$918,771.78; instead of under Encumbrances,it should have been under Expenditures.
The enc2mnbrances would be $7,195.57. Ms. Stuurmans went on to say that the current
Fiscal Year Budget was $1,927,800.00, and next year she is rending $2,438,604.00.
C/W Massaro noted that next year's increase would be approximately $500,000.00.
Ms. Stuurmans pointed out that the current budget allotted for Personnel services is
$1,750,350.00. Taking into consideration contractual labor obligations that
the City will have as of October 1st, and the addition of Workmen's Ccmensation
to the budget this year,allocated to separate departments, and recommended for -next.
year's budget the amount of $2,237,544.00. Ms. Stuurmans stated that the
major expense for this department is for personnel services.
V/M Disraelly noticed that Detectives are not mentioned in the proposed budget, at
which point Chief McIntosh explained that the Detectives will be reclassified as
plainclothes police officer.
The next portion is a verbatim which starts on page 3.,
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The following portion of the Budget Workshop held at 1:30 P.M., Wednesday,
July 15, 1981 is a verbatim that was requested by Councilman Zemel.
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: The addition here, if you'll look at the bottom, is
you will notice we have added alarm clerks, a provision for alarm clerks 4, this
would be to man a separate alarming station away from the dispatch center next
year. In addition to these four individuals, a---- Is Marie a clerk? Steno IT
is that its current classification?
Chief McIntosh: Not a clerk -steno, she's a clerk.
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: A clerk,oh. A current clerk on the payroll will
be the alarm clerk to give us a full twenty-four hour shift coverage.
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C/M Zemel: I have a question on there. Alarm clerks to service burglar
alarms, right? That would be their function, to monitor.
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: Crime function.
C/M Zemel: Where is the money coming from to pay their salaries and their
fringes? Is there an incom for that?
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: There will be.
C/M Zemel: How much of an income?
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: As soon as the city approves a new ordinance.
C/M Zemel: Forget about a new ordinance. I don't know anything about a new
ordinance. I know it exists and project it.
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: If you will look in Folio 2, the revenue projections.
It's reflected there. Licensesand permits, burglar alarm.
C/M Zemel: So the seven alarm clerks are projected and contingent upon
an income from the alarm services. Right?
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: Four.
C/M Zemel: Four.
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: Four new, plus one existing who has been the clerk
taking care of the alarm.
C/M Zemel: Okay. Then, ho-i can we really approve additional alarm clerks unless
we know that there will be incorin to cover their expenses and salary, their fringes
and salary.
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: This is projected contingent upon a change in the
current alarm operation, which contingent factor is also reflected in the revenue
projections, if the ordinance doesn't change.
C/M Zemel: Okay. The revenue would decrease and this would not
exist then. All right, so this is really contingent. We're talking about, when
we finally get to the budget's final passing we take this up because we'll know
whether or not we have an ordinance.
City Manager Laura Stuurmans: A new ordinance.
C/M Zemel: Okay.
V/M Disraelly: May I ask one other question? Chief, you're increasing two
lieutenants as new personnel?
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C/M Zemel: Aren't they promotions?
V/M Disraelly: But the totals, it's two brand new persons.
Chief McIntosh: There would be two new positions as those people were
promoted. Yes.
C/M Zemel: Yes.
V/M Disraelly: Yes, but then you are going to have two more police officers.
C/M Zemel: Right.
V/M Disraelly: Than we currently have?
C/M Zemel: Right. Two more bodies.
V/M Disraelly: The total is two mpore bodies.
Chief McIntosh: The total is two more bodies, that's correct.
C/M Zemel: I would like to address something to the Chief please. Are you finished,
Laura? Your original projection was for a requirement for six more police officers,
ix in. a(9(ii--ion t_n what veu have, was it not?
Chief McIntosh: Yes sir.
C/M Zemel: And City Manager saw fit to put a zero next to that.
Chief McIntosh: Right.
C/M Zemel: Would you mind giving us a little of your time and expertise in telling
us where and why you would need the six officers.
Chief McIntosh: Yes, I'll be glad to. I'd like to make a plea, if possible, to
get those positions back. Wherever I can I'll give some statistics and my feel-
ings why we need them. I think everybody is well aware that crime is top priority
Nationwide, and to give you an idea what has been going on Nationwide last year, the
crime increased 11%. In the State of Florida crime increased by 18%, in the City
of Tamarac it increased by 22%. of course, the greatest problem that we had was
the increase in residential burglaries which rose 40%. Those are alarming figures
and the first five months of this year we show that increasing even more. It's
over 40%, the increase. In addition to that, in the city already this year we've
had five traffic fatalities. That's by far a new record, and yet the enforcement
is continuing higher than it ever has been. Now the National figure from municipalities
of this size is 2.1 policemen per thousand people, and if we have 35,000 people, what
that says is that we should have 70 pre -sworn police officers, but I'm not going
to try to jam that down anybody's throat and tell you that that's a hard and fast
rule because there are other things involved. I think what we need to be concerned
about more than the population is the amount of crime we're having. At the present
time we have 35 patrol officers who have to cover 11 zones. The city is laid out
into 11 zones, and on the average we have seven police units on the street, which
means some of these police units are covering more than one zone. For example, if
we have a unit assigned to say the 24 zone in that area of the city, and he is
assigned to any kind of a call whether it be an accident, burglary, or whatever,
he's out of business for probably two hours, and that zone is either covered by
the man in the next zone, or not covered at all, and I think this is where some
of our trouble ccmes.Vire not being able to patrol the residential areas as much
as we should, and as much as we'd like to because it seems that we're running
from call to call. Last year we handled 14,000 calls for service. Right now,
we' -re averaging 50 calls per day. Now, these officers are just running from one
call to another, it leaves very little time for the patrol duties which I think
is the greatest deterrent we have. We didn't increase the size of the police
department last year, . mainly because I was new on the scene, and was not aware
of the needs, but I think I would be remiss if I didn't request the additional
people this year to cover the increase in population, plus the new businesses.
We've got two real problem areas in the city, and I think we're going to have
more with the new shopping centers and the opening of the high school which is not
ours, but I think it's going to contribute to our problems, and department stores
and that sort of thing. So, I definitely feel that we need the additional police
officers. Now, the six that I asked for included one for the so-called organized
crime task force which would be under the direction of the Sheriff, but it was more
or less mandated by the Broward County Grand JJury:in their Organized Crime Report
where they instructed the Broward County Chiefs of Police to set up some type of
organization to fight organized crime. Organized crime, I am sure everybody realizes,
that that costs everybody, and it's getting worse every day. We've had three bomb-
ings in the past few weeks in Broward County. One of them very close to us, and
this is on the increase. So, I think we definitely have to deal with organized
crime, but that one person would be for that particular position, and what I'm
asking for is five police officers so that I could put one in each of the five
squads that we currently have.
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C/M Zemel:
Mayor?
Mayor Falck:
I would like to continue on with you for a minute, Chief. Is that okay
Yes.
C/M Zemel: Okay. Now, I can understand in our discussions that the two
Lieutenants would now give us daily coverage, which we don't have, ,in that
rank of brass.
Chief McIntosh: Yes sir. It would give me the one in the detective division
which I don't have now.
C/M Zemel: Right.
Chief McIntosh: And it would give me the one to relieve the others when
they're out so that we would always have a Lieutenant.
C/M Zemel: So, we'd have four active outside of the detective division, we'd
have four active police Lieutenants.
Chief McIntosh: Correct.
C/M Zemel: That would be complete coverage. Okay. Let's go back for a minute
to the five bodies. I want to disregard the one body for the organized task
force, okay?
Chief McIntosh: Correct.
C/M Zemel: I would like to not address that at this time. You talk about five
bodies that you would need to in your table of organization. You have two
armed bodies on Code Enforcement. Now, I don't believe that Code Enforcement
needs two armed bodies. Could you use C.S.A's who were trained and assigned to
that particular job? Additional to what you have, of course.
Chief McIntosh: You mean in place of the Code Enforcement.
C/M Zemel: In place of the two officers, a Sergeant and a patrolman, who are
Code Enforcement.
Chief McIntosh: Yes. I think that the right type of individual in a uniform
can do what I call Code Compliance. It's really not much Code Enforcement.
I think we started in October, if I'm not mistaken, with Code Enforcement in
the Police Department and I think there have only been three cases where we
have actually had to enforce, and the courts being the way they are today they've
been arbitrarily thrown out as being unconstitutional anyway. So, as far as
enforcement, there's very little of that done. What we're trying to do is gain
compliance and I think a body in a uniform can do that, if we have the right
body.
C/M Zemel: Chief, would two more C.S.A.'s give you coverage that we don't
have today,and that is weekend coverage.
Chief McIntosh: Yes sir.
C/M Zemel: Seven days a week coverage.
Chief McIntosh: Yes sir.
C/M Zemel-:--.And seven day a week coverage by Code Enforcement, by code whatever
you want to call it.
Chief McIntosh: Well, I'd have to work out a schedule, but yes, by having...
C/M Zemel: Instead of Saturday and Sunday being freebee days for anybody who
wants to do any work.
Chief McIntosh: We have experimented with that, our Code Enforcement officers,
when I did have the two of them out there,realized that a lot of things were
happening on Saturdays and Sundays, so a couple of times Curt Jennings changed
his days off in order to cover those days and he came up with a lot of activity.
C/M Zemel: Okay, so. Thank you. Are you finished? So, when we talk about the
six bodies that you needed, and now let's talk about five bodies, because we're
not going to consider, I'm not going to consider the organized task force body,
okay? And if we had two C.S.A.'s, in addition to your staff, and they could do
Code Enforcement, whatever you'd care to call it, and we'd now have the city
covered seven days a week, in lieu of five days a week, and you had three additional
police officers to round out your uniform force, the figures that I have that I have
gone through because I had asked you for some numbers would mean an additional
$84,000.00 to the budget, instead of the much higher figure if we gave you six
police officers that you have requested.
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Chief McIntosh: Yes, that would do the job because then I would be able to
take those two sworn police officers and use them for police duty rather than----
C/M Zemel: Well, okay, getting back to facts the way they are, more mundane
things. Perhaps, I'm going to ask you to repeat yourself Chief, but I'd like you
to talk a little bit about the extent the burglaries, and the increase of
burglaries, in our commmity over the last period of the last three or four
months.
Chief McIntosh: Well. I'll give you an example. For the month of June we
had 32 residential burglaries. That is a tremendous amount of crime. I think
in just about every other category we have had a reduction over the past year.
Robberies have been reduced, the aggravated assaults, even our business bur-
glaries we have reduced, larcenies are coming down rapidly and I can't explain
that. Motor vehicle thefts. We've had a reduction in almost every area except
the residential burglaries. 32 in one month would indicate that if that were
to continue, we'd have between 350 to 400 for the year. That's an alarming
number of burglaries for a city of this size.
C/M Zemel: Okay.
Chief McIntosh: I think we've got to get into those residential areas and use
some more patrolmen.
C/M Zemel: Now, the bowling alley, next thought, is giving us an awful lot of
trouble. We have to put additional manpower there.
Chief McIntosh: I think I submitted a report to Council concerning the bowling
alley, and the figures right now indicate that we will have 400 calls for service
at the bowling alley this year at the rate we're going right now. For the first
three months of the year we had over 100.
C/M Zemel: Do you project any additional problem because of Taravella High
School?
Chief McIntosh: Oh yes, by all means, and especially with the shopping center
that is going to be almost directly opposite it. I know from past experience
as population increases, as you get more businesses in the city, the opportunity
for crime is there, and that's what crime is all about. If the opportunity is
there, you're going to have the crime. You're going to have more people, and
certainly every shopping center, the crimes increase. I can name one particular
shopping center, not in Tamarac, where they had good security, and good security
is supposed to be a help, but what that did, in fact, was tie up one police officer
every single day in the week responding there to pick up the shoplifters that the
store security personnel have arrested. So, no matter how we look at it, no matter
how good the security is, it's going to be more work for the Police Department.
C/M Zemel: I wish Council would bear with me for just one more moment.
C/t Massaro: Before you leave that subject, though,
C/M Zemel: Yes. I'm on the same subject.
C/W.Massaro: All right.
C/M Zemel: Your road patrol.
C/W Massaro: Oh, you're going to a different subject.
C/M Zemel: No, same subject, Police Officers.
C/W Massaro: Yes, but I want to stay with the bowling alley.
C/M Zemel: I can finish quickly in one second so then you can go, Helen, so you
can have all the time, so continuity can be yours. Road patrol, we're making
a pretty good showing as far as income goes for road patrol, but do you intend
increasing your road patrol with the additional manpower that you're projecting?
Chief McIntosh: Yes. By all means.
C/M Zemel: You would increase your road patrol?
Chief McIntosh: I intend to furnish the addition in road patrol.
C/M Zemel: Okay. Summing everything up, my feeling is Council, as an individual,
I'd like to see five additional bodies added to the budget. Three uniformed police
officers, basic police officers, and two C.S.A's.
V/M Disraelly: In addition to the three C.S.A.'s?
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_.C/M:Zemel: In addition to what we gave them already.
V/M Disraelly: No, in addition to the three that are projected increase here?
C/W Massaro: Is that part of the three, is what he's asking. He's asking for
three already.
C/M Zemel: No, they're not part of the three.
V/M Disraelly: Two in addition.
C/M Zemel: Two in addition.
V/M Disraelly: All right, just to clarify.
C/M Zemel: Two in addition. Those three already are assigned for a round
the clock processing.
V/M Disraelly: Two in addition to the two that are projected here?
C/M Zemel: Three police officers.
V/M Disraelly: In addition to these two?
C/M Zemel: In addition to those.
Chief McIntosh: In addition to what's already approved.
C/M Zemel: Yes. Look at the City Manager's column.
V/M Disraelly: In addition to what the City Manager recommended.
C/M Zemel: In addition to what the City Manager has recommended.
C/W Massaro: Did you say two additional police officers?
C/M Zemel: Three. , the Chief had asked for six.
Mayor Falck: You have 53 instead of 50, is that what you are saying?
C/M zemel : Yes.
Mayor Falck: And then, what else?
V/M Disraelly: C.S.A's 10 instead of 8.
C/M Zemel: Yes.
C/W Massaro: What are the other C.S.A.'s supposed to be doing, the three
additional ones that you ask for Chief?
Chief McIntosh: Covering the other shifts around the clock.
C/W Massaro: What are they doing?
Chief McIntosh: They're handling all the non -criminal calls. Delayed reports,
reports of larsonies, even scene burglaries, delayed burglaries.
Mayor Falck:How about traffic, are they doing that?
Chief McIntosh: They're handling traffic direction. They do investigate
accidents. A good example of that is at 2:00 in the morning we have a burglary
across from the bowling alley. Excuse me, let me back up. We have an accident
at the intersection by the bowling alley. Now that police unit, or two units,
whatever it takes, is going to be tied up there for at least an hour. Now, when
they're tied up there, believe me these kids are way ahead of us. They know that
they've got an open road, and they can commit their burglaries, and this is the
way it happens. We had one just last night around the shopping center (rest of
sentence inaudible). When the police car is tied up on something else it's an
open road for them to commit their crimes. By having a C.S.A. as the A.I., that's
an investigator. We're not taking the police officer away from his patrol duties,
we're allowing him to continue with the police activity.
C/W Massaro: Another question I wanted to ask about the bowling alley, or, the
shopping centers, of course, won't be in business next year. It'll take a year
before they're in business so it'll be the next budget we'd be worrying about them.
the new ones, so we shouldn't even be talking about them, but the bowling alley,
or what shopping centers we have now, are we in a position to require them to pro-
vide additional protection if their business is creating a big problem like this?
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Why should it be the responsibility of us to fund additional people?
C/M Zemel: We do.
C/W Massaro: Well, yes, but you're using that as part of the need for
additional men.
Chief McIntosh: This goes back to what I just said.
C/M Zemel: Right.
Chief McIntosh: If the place has good security. Now, the bowling alley
was hiring one policeman every night, and two on Friday and Saturday.
I called the management of the bowling alley in here and told him he had
to hire two men every night, and three on Friday and Saturday, which he
is doing because crime was taking place inside the place, in the parking
lot, in the park across the street. So those officers are working as police
officers for the City. However, when the arrests are made and when the fights
break out, like we had that big donnybrook there about a week ago, the
on -duty officers have to be called in as back-ups. So, no matter how good their
security is, it adds to our workload.
C/M Zemel: If I may add to you Helen, the assist patrolman call that came out
of the bowling alley requires almost every policeman in the City to respond,
plus other policemen in the neighboring cities. The entire force converges
when you have one assist patrolman call.
Chief McIntosh: He's paying $400.00 a week right now for police security, and as
I said before he's making $20,000.00 a month on the game roam alone, on the
game room alone, so he doesn't mind how many I tell him he has to have.
C/W Massaro: Well, that's what I'm saying, I'm not sure that we should be -reflecting
additional police for him, I think that he should be paying for additional police.
If he needs more than what he's already paying for, I think that that's what he
should be doing. Well, I would like to see that number reduced a little bit
anyway, but that needs a second look, you know?
C/M Zemel: Yes.
C/W Massaro: Consideration. Because the additional information that I asked
for yesterday, I received it too late to really do me any good.
Cm Zemel: I know, my memo didn't get to you until this morning.
C/W Massaro: I know. So I haven't even seen it because I was downstairs, which
I have got to go back down there as Soon as this one item is completed on the
budget, but I certainly want to review it further and I know the Chief's problems
and, at the same time, I do want to congratulate you Chief for your work, I don't
want to take anything away from you.
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C/W Massaro went on to ask the Finance Director whether the City will be
able to fund the budget with the present millage now required from the
homeowners. It was established, by Mr. Wood, that the present millage
is 6.4803, and the projected budget is based upon the City Manager's
recom-nendation. These figures are based on last year's assessed value
including what historically has been the increase in the valuation in the
City of Tamarac. However, this year the assessments might be much higher,
and the City would have more money with the same millage. Ms. Stuurmans stared
that the city is attempting to stay at the same millage rate as last year.
V/M Disraelly questioned Chief McIntosh as to the Code Compliance of having
two men ride around in one vehicle. Chief McIntosh explained that two men
have been together to have one man train a new man. V/M Disraelly felt that
one man would be sufficient, at which point Chief McIntosh stated there would
not be weekend coverage. V/M Disrael*ly suggested alternating shifts as one
solution. V/M Disraelly also mentioned the fact that four men had been out
sick on the police force for a good portion of this year, and with them back he asked if
five more people would be necessary. Chief McIntosh felt that with crime increase,
it would be necessary. C/M Zemel said he has seen a big improvement pertaining
to garbage dumping, which he attributes to Code Compliance coverage.
C/W Massaro brought up the suggestion of asking the City Attorney whether the
City can require the businesses in the area, which increase crime, to carry
more protection at their own expense, and it was decided to do so.
C/M Zemel brought up the problem of obtaining certified police officers for
the city, and the time it takes to train recruits. Chief McIntosh agreed
there is a problem with same. Chief McIntosh mentioned that, at this time,
he is down two police officers, and it takes approximately one year for a new
recruit to actually become an officer.
Ms. Stuurmans brought up the fact that according to Mr. Wood's calculations,
Chief McIntosh's request for at least five patrol officers is the equivalent
to approximately $120,000.00. The 3/2 proposition is about $100,000.00.
C/W Massaro questioned whether there would be a need for more vehicles, but
Chief McIntosh confirmed that the extra officers would give him around -the -
clock coverage, and would have no effect upon the number of cars needed.
Ms. Stuurmans asked what I effect the increase in personnel would have
on overtime costs, and Chief McIntosh advised her that it would have no effect
on same. Chief McIntosh wanted everyone present to know that the City now has
the availability of the second dollar on every traffic ticket and arrest that
is made, and the City is now picking up over $10,000.00 from traffic fines and
forfeitures, and also there is a first dollar charge which goes into the police
training fund. We now have the option for the second dollar, Chief McIntosh
continued, and a good portion of his overtime budget goes for police training.
The second dollar can go towards the overtime if an ordinance is passed.
V/M Disraelly questioned whether the city bids for original police equipment,
to which Chief McIntosh replied that it will cost about $5,000.00 more because
we do now have to go out and get bids, since individuals will be taking a chance
on getting the job.
C/W Massaro wanted an explanation as to why the cost for uniforms went from
$19,450.00 to $25,700., an increase of $6,250.00. Chief McIntosh explained
that it reflects the higher prices for uniforms and the increase in personnel.
Ms. Stuurmans explained that these reflect the allowances required under contract
for existing personnel, plus the new personnel that would be approved in the fiscal
year. C/W Massaro added that this would depend on has many additions are approved.
Ms. Stuurmans stated this is for the C.S.A's and officers, and it was added that
this also includes replacements of existing shirts, etc.
Chief McIntosh explained that Professional Services includes Polygraph tests,
psychological examinations and physicals for police officers, but he added they
hoped to get their polygraph equipment.
It was established that the alarm system shows $72,000.00 per year which covers
600 alarms at $10.00 per month. Ms. Stuurmans mentioned that the CB radios and
the polygraph machines are out. C/M Zemel confirmed, that there are no canines
projected for this year.
Ms Stuurmans mentioned the revenue sharing includes $10,000.00 for an accident
investigation van..C/M Zemel said there might be a donation of a van and the
money could be used to fix up same. It was established, by Chief McIntosh, that
under Capital Other the $3,000.00 would be used to set up the office and equipment
for the alarm system (part of this amount), contingent upon the decision made.
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It was established that the total cost to set up the alarm system would be
$144,000.00 and includes personnel, overhead and money to set up the department.
Ms. Stuurmans said the revenue projection for the same is $112,000.00 and Chief
McIntosh said it would basically be...self-supporting.
It was established that the G & A figure of $10,000.00 is used to pay off someone
who leaves the City.
Independent Audit is consolidated with G & A.
Telephone costs are anticipated on what Southern Bell estimates costs to be.
The Postage amount of $9,000.00 was decided to remain the same.
The Electricity was based on the amount given to Mr. Wood by F P & L. It was
established that lights are paid for by developers for the first year until the
City takes over.
Ms. Stuurmans suggested that everyone refer to G & A in Folio 3 to the total
sheet. Independent Audit was zeroed out and included in G & A. Capital Reserve
is budgeted for $150,000.00. Debt Service has been increased $74,510.00. Mr.
Wood said most of this for is the anticipated corttputer and fire truck payments
coming up mostly in the next fiscal year.
Ms. Stuurmans went on to say that Sanitation Service went up $76,300.00, taking
into account growth .factor and prudence.
Mr. Wood stated the the Contingency amount is what is left after the budget is
finalized.
It was decided to cancel the Budget Workshop meeting scheduled for Friday,
July 24th, and keep the scheduled Budget Workshop on July 28th. The Budget
Workshop scheduled for the 30th was also cancelled.
Mayor Falck stated that this budget was prepared more efficiently than any he
has seen in eight years.
The Meeting was adjourned at 3:20 P.M.
Carol A. Evans
Asst. City Clerk
This public document was promulgated at a cost of $
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public officers and employees about recent opinions and
consideration by the City Council of the City of Tamarac.
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