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CITY OF BENBROOK 2019-20 ANNUAL BUDGET

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, and
Deputy Court Clerk. 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 2017-18; on an adopted
budget and twelve-month estimate basis for 2018-19; and on a department request, decision package, total request, and adopted budget
basis for 2019-20.

The Public Safety Division's total 2019-20 Budget is $11,155,973. This allocation is $93,844 less than the amount requested by Department
Heads in their 2019-20 total request of $11,249,817. This total request includes $10,705,255 for base budget expenditures plus $544,562
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 (2018-19) 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.

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