Recommendation 20240603-005: Budget Recommendation — original pdf

Recommendation

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20240603-005 June 3, 2024 Date: Subject: Public Safety Department Budget Recommendations Motioned by: Commissioner Nguyễn Seconded by: Vice Chair Ruttan safety agency budgets and providing recommendations to the Austin City Council; WHEREAS, The Austin Public Safety Commission is tasked with reviewing public WHEREAS, The Austin Fire Department1, Austin Travis County EMS2, and Austin Police Department3 provided backup materials and briefings at the June 2024 Public Safety Commission meeting on their FY24-25 forecasted budgets and unfunded budget priorities; WHEREAS, representatives from The Austin Firefighters Association, The Austin Emergency Medical Services Association and the Austin Police Association provided briefings on their budget priorities for the FY24-25 fiscal year WHEREAS, the Public Safety Commission has discussed topics with additional city departments and community organizations that coordinate with our public safety departments throughout the year; WHEREAS, The Austin Public Safety Commission was additionally briefed and provided backup materials by the Downtown Austin Community Court on results of its Mobile Court Pilot Program and requests for ongoing funding; WHEREAS, throughout the course of those discussions various departments have expressed programmatic and departmental needs. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Public Safety Commission recommends that the Austin City Council allocate funds and explore all available means to incorporate the following public safety related priorities into the FY24-25 Budget and all unfunded existing public safety programs be incorporated into permanent budget: 1 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=430060 2 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=430101 3 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=430059 Austin Fire Department Unmet Needs 2 FTEs to coordinate pursuit of national Accreditation 3 Firefighter FTEs for Shift Commander Aides Staff for two aerials (16 FTEs per apparatus) $1.9M per apparatus annually + 200K one time equipment expenditure 3.8M + 200K one time Electronic Medical Records software for Wellness Center Item TOTAL Item Austin Travis County EMS Continue Unfunded Existing Programs – CASTMED and Support to APD Specialty Teams (4 FTEs $1,162,017 on-going, one-time $20,000) EMS Communications - FTEs to allow us to meet the national standard to answer 911 call in less than 10 seconds 90% of the time. (6 FTEs, $625,401 on-going, one-time $60,000) North Central ALS Truck– ALS unit in North Burnet/Gateway (Domain/Q2) neighborhood (12 FTEs $1,291,785 on-going, one-time $672,777) Downtown Area Command (DTAC) - Create a new Command District within downtown Austin core (14 FTEs) $1,460,550 on-going, one-time $1,902,931) Basic Life Support (BLS) TrucksAdding BLS unit in conjunction with C4 to meet the increased demand (12 FTEs $1,111,461 on-going one-time $594,053) Funding requested 601K 300K 40K 4.74 M Funding requested 732K 845K 1.9M 3.4M 1.7M Austin Police Department TOTAL Item 16 911 Call Taker FTEs 10 Dispatcher FTEs Six Public Information Request FTEs for Open Records Four Police Digital Audio/Video Specialist FTEs for PIRs related to BWC & DMAV Six Police Digital Audio/Video Specialist FTEs for Compliance With S.B. 111 (evidentiary certification) Collective Sex Crimes Response Model (CSCRM) Marketing Campaign & Website Design for Sworn Recruiting Leadership Training Program Development TOTAL $8.6M Funding requested 1.3M 995K 531K 348K 521K 408K 500K 150K 4.8M BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Safety Commission recommends that the Austin City Council, the Austin Police Department and the City Manager’s office reallocate a portion of the approximate 342 sworn vacancy budget4, temporarily or otherwise, to alleviate the workload of APD’s current sworn officers with retired officers, unsworn staff, and other solutions where and when appropriate. 4 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=425886 Vote: For: Chair Ramírez, Commissioners Bernhardt, Hermesmeyer, Holmes, Nguyễn, Orr, Reyes, Ruttan, Sierra-Arévalo Absent: Commissioners Hall-Martin and Smith Attest: Christi Vitela Public Safety Commission staff liaison