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San Bruno City Council Meeting September 13, 2011
10b. Police Consolidation Study
B
Good
evening,
honorable
mayor
members
of
the
City
Council
in
March
of
2010,
the
city
councils
of
San
Bruno
in
millbrae,
authorized
the
sharing
of
police
chief
services
and
improved
the
study
to
evaluate
evaluate
the
feasibility
of
consolidating
the
tent
police
departments.
The
contract
was
approved,
asura
authorizing
the
municipal
resources
group
or
MRG,
determine
any
service
benefits
and
cost
savings
opportunities
by
sharing
police
services.
B
Representatives
from
mr.g
examine
calls
for
service
crime
statistics,
staffing
levels
and
budgeted
costs
for
the
cities
of
millbrae
and
san
bruno.
After
supplying
an
initial
draft
and
receiving
comments
from
city
staff
and
margie
provided
a
completed
study
that
provided
alternatives
for
full
and
partial
police
consolidation.
The
first
MRG
study
analysis
provided
to
consolidated
and
consolidation
options
and
several
alternatives
for
partial
consolidation.
B
The
first
consolidation
option,
referred
to
as
the
existing
service
model
identified,
cost
savings,
but
failed
to
provide
an
adequate
staffing
level
that
would
serve
both
communities
and
it
would
have
been
less
than
what
is
provided
currently
today.
The
second
option
referred
to
as
the
existing
budget
model
provided
adequate
personnel.
However,
very
little
cost
savings
staff
worked
with
mr
g
consultants
to
provide
an
additional
option
for
consolidation
that
was
listed
as
the
preferred
service
model.
B
This
model
would
provide
adequate
coverage
for
police
services
while
recognizing
some
cost
savings
and
Margie
completed
the
final
study
that
was
presented
to
the
City
Council's
of
subcommittees
separately
and
at
a
joint
meeting
held
later.
The
presentation
focused
on
the
preferred
service
model
and
the
study
identified
an
estimated
savings
of
about
four
hundred
and
eighty-three
thousand
dollars
in
consolidation,
and
that's
for
a
combined
total
for
both
cities.
B
Current
budget
reductions
in
the
city
of
millbrae
reduce
that
to
approximately
300,000
and
startup
costs
for
police
consolidation
were
estimated
at
about
four
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars,
and
this
would
essentially
result
in
a
net
increase
in
expenditure
of
180
thousand
dollars
for
the
first
year.
The
reduction
of
police
personnel
over
the
past
ten
years
in
both
sandbur
in
millbrae
has
been
significant
and
that
essentially
reduced
the
amount
of
savings
that
we
experienced.
With
this
study,
I
think
that
that
study
was
done
ten
years
ago.
B
You
would
have
seen
a
significant
savings
equally
important
when
this
study.
First
started:
is
it
wasn't
all
about
cost
savings
it
was
about.
Can
we
enhance
police
services
in
both
communities
and
I?
Think
that
I
know
that
that's
what
staff
looked
at
and
I
know
that
that
message
came
through
in
the
subcommittee
meetings,
because
that
the
preferred
service
model
offered
a
service
level
close
to
what
is
offered
today
and
it
actually,
it
has
one
less
sworn
officer
in
it
than
what
both
agencies
currently
do
today
and
it
will
offer
very
minimal
savings.
B
The
subcommittee
didn't
recommend
further
study.
The
city
of
millbrae
has
already
taken
act,
taken
action
on
this
item
and
has
taken
this
to
their
City
Council
because
of
a
a
prompt
plan
for
future
policing
needs
that
they
require
in
their
city.
The
two
cities
will
continue
to
share
police
chief
services
for
an
estimated
30
to
60
days,
while
millbrae
reviews
those
alternatives.
I
know
that
this
has
been
a
collaborative
effort
with
millbrae
from
the
very
start
and
similar
to
fire.
B
We
do
share
a
great
partnership
and
it's
unfortunate
that
this
study
didn't
prove
to
to
further
show
an
advantage
to
consolidation.
However,
that
doesn't
take
away
that
we
have
a
very
good
working
relationship
with
the
city
of
millbrae.
That
concludes
my
comments
and
I
know
that
Mayor
Elaine
and
councilmember,
Medina
or
Barry
worked
very
hard
on
the
subcommittee
and
they
may
have
some
more
comments
for
you.
Any.
C
B
For
our
current
fiscal
year,
when
we
were
planning
budgets
for
this
year,
we
did
not
budget
half
time
police
chief
expenditures,
we
budgeted
for
full-time
police
chief
expenditures,
so
we
are
actually
going
to
recognize
about
42,000
dollars,
estimated
an
increase
in
revenue,
but
for
next
year
our
budget
will
remain
will
be
anticipate.
It
will
remain
the
same.
Okay.
D
Michael
I'm
curious
about
the
numbers
in
the
preferred
service
model
that
are
outlined
here,
and
it
shows
it
says
for
the
at
least
for
the
current
budget
year.
It
was
reduced
down
at
300,000,
but
had
millbrae.
If
say
next
year,
they
were
to
increase
their
staffing
levels
to
where
they
were
previously,
then
that
savings
would
have
gone
back
to
the
483,
correct,
okay
and
you're.
Talking
about
a
one-time,
save
our
one-time
cost
of
480,000
that
you
in.
D
So
I'm
thinking
that,
if
you
look
at
this
over
a
period
of
maybe
three
to
five
years
after
the
first
year,
you
would
recognize
a
fairly
significant
savings.
I
mean
only
if
you're
looking
at
it
at
one
year.
It
might
be
pretty
small
savings,
but
over
time,
once
you
get
past
that
initial
startup
costs,
it
does
seem
at
least
just
looking
at
these
numbers
and
I
didn't
have
a
chance
to
look
at
the
whole
study.
But
at
least
looking
at
these
numbers,
it
would
appear
to
me
that
the
savings
would
be
more
significant.
D
A
E
E
That
subcommittee
level
and
I
think
as
a
chief
indicated,
because
we
and
the
city
of
millbrae
have
already
reduced
staffing
levels
to
such
a
degree.
The
initial
costs
hoped
savings
would
dissipate
it
and
they
be
made
an
additional
ones.
So
that's
kind
of
we
weighed
both
service
level
in
addition
to
the
cost.
A
Right-
and
you
know
that
there's
no
doubt
that
I
may
be
strained-
might
be
a
little
little
strong
of
a
word,
but
it's
it's
been
a
lot
of
effort,
especially
on
the
part
of
the
chief
to
make
this
happen
over
this
last
period
of
time
when
he
served
both
cities,
and
so
it's
not
just
a
monetary
savings.
I
think
you
know
it's
important
that
we
realize
troops
on
the
street
is
what
we're
really
after
and
after
we
looked
at
it
closely.
It
didn't
really
look
like
you
know
going
forward.
It
was.