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Home My WebLink About1978-11-28 Budget Hearing MinutesNovember 28, 1978 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 7:00 P.M. BUDGET HEARING CALL TO ORDER M I N U T E S Council President Van Dusen called the Continued Budget Hearing to order. He excused Councilman Traynor due to shift work on his job. ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL BOHRER, HARRIS, HILL, SAUL, VAN DUSEN. MEMBERS OTHERS POLICE DEPARTMENT Police /Patrol Page 76 Mayor Bauch, Police Chief John Sheets. gg City Hall Conference Room #3 Police Chief Sheets said their requested budget reflects two additional patrolmen. He said new buildings, both commercial and residential, which have been and are being built require additional manpower. Training mandated by the State takes three months for each new officer. It takes at least two addi- tional months for an officer to become familiar with Tukwila ordinances, policies, and procedures. In order to have a usable officer on the street by June, the Department must hire the first part of January. He said they need two officers immediately and construction currently planned or underway now may well in- crease the need for more officers in the near future. Even though the City boundaries have not changed substantially, the numbers of new buildings have continued to grow and each new building increases the load on the Police Department. He said they have experienced a substantial increase in injuries to officers in the past year. The current level of staffing has been too low to adequately meet the police needs of the City. We have been assigning detectives to patrol positions. Necessary investigations into such things as white collar crime, and gamb- ling have had to be postponed because of the lack of manpower. The work in the detection division has suffered from lack of man- power and overtime must be authorized for remaining detectives so they can complete investigations and file charges. He said they have been reduced to a total of only two officers on duty between midnight and six a.m. about one -third of the time for the past six months. Rearranging of posted work schedules has been required on an almost weekly basis. The nature of the job invites invites injury to officers and compensation must be made for that by having a sufficient work force to provide effective police services at all times. He said the juvenile program established one and one -half years ago has proved to be most effective and valuable in the community. The person transferred to that program was drawn from patrol. He said the patrol division must be strengthened to combat the current problems, especially burglary, which they are already experiencing because of the increase in commercial and residential buildings in the City. He said the additional patrolmen are badly needed. The last increase in manpower came in 1976. He said enforcement of the gambling laws is another major duty that has been delegated to the Police Department since 1976 without an increase in man- power. He said the patrol division is currently operating three men short of authorized strength since two men are on disability leave and one is at the basic academy. Chief Sheets reviewed the hours of the four shifts and how many officers worked each shift. He said the shifts were frequently upset due to illness and vacations. Council President Van Dusen asked if the Police Department was still doing house patrol? Chief Sheets said they have had to almost cut this out due to the other demands. Mayor Bauch said the patrol division does the gam- bling patrol. He said that the first he knows there is trouble with gambling he will be the first to ask to have it done away with in the City. Mayor Bauch said we have a man in the detective division chasing bad checks. He said he felt that is the respon- sibility of the business man. Chief Sheets said they have had many added duties and they have attempted to fill their responsi- bility. The Council vote on the request for two more patrolmen was not granted, with Council voting as follows: NO VOTES: Saul, Harris, Bohrer; YES VOTE: Hill. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL BUDGET HEARING November 28, 1978 Page 2 POLICE DEPARTMENT Contd. Patrol contd. Page 77. -2 337 Mayor Bauch said he felt if extra men are put on it will just be easier for the other employees to call in sick or take their vacations whenever they want them. Chief Sheets explained the line item of Operating Supplies ($6,500) is for special equipment needed in the Police Department; Communication ($6,000) is for Valley -Comm; Rentals ($6,200) reflects the fact that King County is raising their rental rate. Capital Equipment Request P -9 -5 for 25 protective vests was approved by the Council. Mayor Bauch said Capital Equipment Request P -9 -6 for a Xerox Machine was not approved because it is in the operating budget. Pages 78, 79, 80 81 Pages noted. The discussion on these pages is recorded under Pages 76 and 77. Gambling, Pages 82, 83. Council approved pages as submitted. Traffic, Pages 87 88. Council approved pages as submitted. CITY COUNCIL Pages 11 12. Pages approved as submitted. MAYOR Pages 13, 14, 15. Councilman Bohrer said the Department Heads are being paid more per hour than the Mayor and he felt this was not equitable. He said tM,last time the Mayor had an increase was 1976. He said, takiW nsideration the rate of inflation, the Mayor's salary should be increased to $1,100 per month. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Page 16, 17 CIVIL SERVICE Page 18 PLANNING COMMISSION Page 19, 20 PARK COMMISSION Page 21, 22 ARTS COMMISSION Page 23, 24 Mayor Bauch said he made his pitch last year and after a lot of debate the Council indicated they were not interested in it. He said there was some talk that they would look at it prior to filing time. This was with respect to a full time mayor. Councilman Harris said she had talked with other cities regarding the salary of the mayor. She said they pay a filing fee on that amount and it stays that way. Councilman Saul said he would support an increase. The Council vote on the salary increase for the Mayor was as follows: NO VOTES: Hill, Harris, Van Dusen; YES VOTES: Bohrer, Saul. Council President Van Dusen said consideration to an increase for Mayor Bauch would be discussed at a later date. Page approved. Page approved. Page approved. Page approved. Pages approved. Mayor Bauch said consideration was being given for a chairman for this Commission. TITLE II ANTIRECESSION ASSISTANCE Page 145 Mayor Bauch stated this was a dead fund. FEDERAL SHARED REVENUE TRUST Page 146 STREET G.O. BOND REDEMPTION Page 147 STREET UNLIMITED G.O. 1971 Page 148 LIMITED G.O. BOND REDEMPTION Page 149 CITY HALL LIMITED G.O. 1977 Page 150 LIMITED G.O. BOND REDEMPTION Page 151 GOLF COURSE LIMITED G.0. -1978- Page 152 Pages approved as submitted. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL BUDGET HEARING November 28, 1978 Page 3 FOSTER GOLF LINKS ACQUISITION RECREATION WATER/SEWER CONSTRUCTION BONDS, PRINCIPAL INTEREST REVENUE BOND, PRINCIPAL INTEREST BOND RESERVE WATER /SEWER REFUNDING REVENUE BOND FUND FIREMEN'S PENSION L.I. GUARANTEE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION NON- DEPARTMENTAL /MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES Pages 62 and 63. NON- DEPARTMENTAL /MECHANICAL SHOP CONTINUATION OF BUDGET HEARING 10:00 P.M. a33i Page 158 159.) Pages approved as submitted. Page 171 172.) Page 173 Page 174 Page 175 176 Page 177 178 Page 179 180 Page 181 182 Page 183 184 Page 61. Mayor Bauch stated the salaries for employees not connected with bargain units have not been negotiated. Administrative Assistant John McFarland stated he had prepared an insurance staff report. Page 64 65, 66, 67 68. Councilman Bohrer said these employees maintain the City vehicles, street sweepers, fire trucks, etc. He said this seems like a lot of people to perform the work. Mayor Bauch said they are on the work order system. Capital Equipment Request N/D 9 -1 for an auto was not approved by Council. N/D 9 -2 for 1 -ton Truck was not approved by Council. N/D 9 -3 for Ladder /Boom was approved by Council. N/D 9 -4 for 5 autos was approved by Council. N/D 9 -5 for Wheel Balancer will be discussed at a later date. N/D 9 -6 for 3/4 ton truck approved by Council. Council President Van Dusen stated the next budget hearing would be on December 9, 1978. Time would be announced later. The meeting would be held on a Saturday, so all Council Members could be in attendance. The items to be discussed at that time would be the Judge's salary, additional employees for Finance Department, OCD, Recreation, Fire Department, Police Department, and Water /Sewer. Gary Vin Dusefl, City Council President Norma Booher, Recording Secretary