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PUBLIC SAFETY

DIVISION DESCRIPTION

The Public Safety Division is comprised of four departments: Police Department, Fire Department, Municipal Court,
and Code Compliance. The following positions are currently budgeted within the Public Safety Division: Chief of Police,
Commander, Administrative Manager, Police Services Superintendent, Communications Specialists Senior, Police
Communications Specialists, Police Lieutenants, Sergeants, Police Officers, Detective/Corporals, Crime Prevention
Officer, Crime Analysts, Property Custodian, Animal Control Officer, Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, EMS Chief, Fire
Captains, Fire Lieutenants, Firefighter/Paramedics, Firefighter/EMTs, Administrative Clerk, Municipal Court Manager,
Deputy Court Clerk, and Code Compliance Officer. The Public Safety Division also has numerous part-time positions
including: School Crossing Guards, part-time Animal Control Officer, the Municipal Court Judge, Magistrate, the
members of the Auxiliary City Fire Support Unit (ACFSU), and the Fire Department Volunteers.

The Division Summary page provides financial information for the Public Safety Division on an actual basis for 2015-
16 and 2016-17; on an adopted budget and twelve-month estimate basis for 2017-18; and on a department request,
decision package, total request, and adopted budget basis for 2018-19.

The Public Safety Division's total 2018-19 Budget is $11,000,465. This allocation is $228,034 less than the amount
requested by Department Heads in their 2018-19 total request of $11,232,499. This total request includes $10,609,787
for base budget expenditures plus $622,712 in decision packages.

A decision package is defined as any change in program emphasis, expenditure of funds, and/or allocation of personnel
or equipment which results in an increase or decrease in the current level of services. A decision package is used to:
add a new program, delete an existing program or function and replace it with a new or different function or program,
request expenditures that exceed the total appropriation for the previous year's (2017-18) budget, request additional
compensation for an employee or job classification, request an adjustment to the City's Classification and
Compensation Matrix, and/or request funds for a new capital outlay.

The Division Reconciliation and Decision Package Summary provides a reconciliation of all changes made from the
total request to the adopted budget. This summary also provides a list of all decision packages requested for Public
Safety Activities. The list of decision packages categorizes the decision packages as funded or not-funded and provides
the allocation amount approved for each funded package.

CITY OF BENBROOK 2018-19 ANNUAL BUDGET
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