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Home My WebLink About12/09/19 PUBLIC SAFETY/VITAL SERVICES MINUTESBAKERSFIELD THE SOUND OF e5eMeil Xf ReOR Special Meeting of the Citizens Oversight Committee for Bakersfield Public Safety and Vital Services Measure (PSVS) Of the City Council - City of Bakersfield Monday, December 9, 2019 4:00 p.m. City Hall North 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301 W Floor, Conference Room A MINUTES 1. ROLL CALL Present: Chair Sanders, Vice Chair Hibbard, Committee Members Andreesen, Holt, Keller (seated at 4:10 p.m.), Louie, Prince (seated at 4:10 p.m.), Rowland, Tobias Absent: 2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 26, 2019 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING Motion by Committee Member Tobias, second by committee Member Andreesen to adopt minutes from the June 26, 2019 Oversight Committee meeting. The motion was approved. 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS Chair limited speakers to 3 minutes. Michael Turnipseed, Kern County Taxpayer's Association, provided comment regarding cleaning downtown. Made additional comments regarding replanting trees. ■ Local consultant Troy Hightower, made comments regarding community ` and economic development projects. NEW BUSINESS A. Mid -Year Implementation Plan Update Chris Huot made staff comments and provided a PowerPoint presentation Troy Hightower requested clarification regarding a steering committee or advisory committee for the proposed study. Assistant City Manager Jacqui Kitchen confirmed a stakeholder's committee establishment, similar to HSR committee. Committee Member Tobias, confirmed with Chief of Police Lyle Martin and City Manager Alan Tandy the police department and the city are on track with the hiring goal. Committee Member Hibbard clarified with Chief of Police Lyle Martin and City Manager Alan Tandy that Tronswest Program is working well. Committee Member Sanders confirmed with Assistant City Manager Chris Huot that there be a financial report prepared after the first year. Committee Member Keller confirmed with City Manager Alan Tandy the labor cost of the hire and retention of the new 126 employees. Mr. Tandy clarified the measure N funded, 15% of budget went to O&M costs. Over time the officer's costs will consume a higher cost, but never exceed 15%. Committee member Keller received clarification from Assistant City Manager Chris Huot regarding the 30 day cash reserve and the goal of a 60 day cash reserve. Committee Member Holt confirmed with City Manager Alan Tandy the city is in constant communication through the homeless collaborative regarding the homeless issue and bridge housing. Director of the Homeless Shelter, Louis Gill clarified with Committee members Hibbard and Rowland that the homeless collaborative is in need of the staffing that the city and the county is providing, but there are additional needs for the services. Mr. Gill further clarified that nothing is going to happen quickly regarding the homeless issue due to anticipated push back. President of the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, Nick Ortiz requested that the Committee urge the City Council to deploy the funds needed to get the new shelter underway. Committee Member Louie confirmed with City Manager Alan Tandy and Finance Director Randy McKegon that moving forward pensions and fees are set by Cal-pers. Mr. Tandy expanded, as new staff is added it will add a pension obligation, but new pension obligations are at a much lower level. City Manager Alan Tandy confirmed with Committee member Price, the 1 possible state and federal funds being allocated for the homeless crisis J would be consumed do to the scope and magnitude of the problem. Any housing we have constructed fill up on construction by those who migrate from the shelter to affordable housing. Assistant City Manager Chris Huot confirmed with Committee Member Perez ■! - Andreesen the audit has been completed. ■. Committee Member Prince clarified with Director of the Homeless Shelter, Louis Gill, that federal funding for the homeless crisis is anticipated later in the spring, but the federal funds are a onetime payment and not a source of future funding. Committee member Sanders confirmed with City Manager Alan Tandy that the City will be recommending the expansion and the extension of the cleanup project. The project will be reevaluate based on experience and the geographic study. B. Fiscal Year 2019-20 Mid -Year Measure Revenue Allocations Assistant City Manager Chris Huot made staff comments and presented a PowerPoint presentation. Committee Member Kenneth Keller made a motion to recommend to the City Council to approve the Police - Balance of Body worn Camera Project $800,000. Committee Member Prince seconded. Motion approved. Committee Member Holt make motion to recommend to the City Council to approve the Fire - Early acquisition of phase II equipment $320,000. Committee Member Prince seconded the motion. Motion is approved. Committee Member Rowland, projected increase of $9 million is for the current fiscal year we don't have 9 mil yet to spend. Randy, that is correct. Rowland I just want to make the point that we don't have this money yet. We don't have the fourth quarter of 2019 yet. Just hesitant to spend money we don't physically have. If we say yes when is the check written? Tandy each project will have a different time frame, the e -permitting will take 2 years and shelter contracts will be phased. PSVS reserve will be spent promptly, body worn cameras will take months to implement We estimate revenues low and expenditures high and we always do better at year end than our projections. We have never had a deficit in the city budget. Holt excused himself at 5:24 pm. Committee member Hibbard made motion to recommend to the City Council to approve the Development Services E - permitting Software $500,000. Committee Member Perez-Andreesen seconded the motion. Motion approved with Committee Members Perez-Andreesen Rowland voting No. Committee Members Rowland and Perez-Andreesen do not think the expenditure falls within the spending authority of the Measure N Committee. Committee Member Rowland made a motion to recommend to the City Council to recommend the approval of the Homeless Services/ Shelter Operations $1,500,000. Committee Member Keller seconded the motion. Motion approved. with Committee Member Holt absent, Tobias abstaining and Hibbard voting No. Committee Member Tobias abstained proposal out of on abundance of caution as his employer could potentially respond to any RFP regarding the issue. Committee Member Tobias left table at 5:41 pm prior to the vote. Committee Member Keller made a motion to recommend to the City Council to approve the Non -departmental - Allocation to PSVS Reserve $3,000,000, Committee Member Rowland seconded the motion. Motion approved. 4. BOARD COMMENTS Committee Member Sanders, made comments regarding the homeless issue and the anticipated goals. Member Sanders stated she would like some reassurance that the shelter would bring down the percentage of homeless. She also inquired as to what would happen if the homeless individual did not want to go to the shelter. She asked for clarification about how this issue would be addressed. Director of the Homeless Shelter, Louis Gill, clarified that there are people who believe that the help is not helpful. It takes time to build those relationship. We know the services we provide are helping. We have never had the ability to coordinate the system. Right now the organizations are fighting to survive. Committee Member Hibbard, three points, I did not support the $1.5 million because we have already allocated a lot of funding toward the homeless project. Are we thinking of our exit strategy? How do we unravel it if we build to much, have we really vetted out partnering with the County, I would be careful with long-term contracts I would leave them short term such as 3 months. Committee Member Tobias, would appreciate an update on the ongoing projects. We approved a lot of large ticket items, but would like to see in the future some neighborhood parks and lighting enhancing the neighborhoods that helps with community policing. Committee Member Prince, thanked the police chief for his contributions. Also thanked Mr. Tandy for his leadership. Committee Member Louie, along the lines from what Mr. Gill and Ortiz had said, I would like to see the Council make up their mind and stop kicking that can down the road. Committee Member Louie thinks site one is the way to go. If the city tries to wait for the perfect spot it will never happen. 5. ADJOURNMENT Meeting was adjourned at 6:08 p.m. L ATTEST: II U A/) JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield I 11 i �J