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PUBLIC SAFETY
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

The Public Safety Functional area is comprised of four departments: Police Department, Fire Department, and Municipal Court. 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 Functional Summary page provides financial information for the Public Safety Function on an actual basis for 2018-19; on an adopted
budget and twelve-month estimate basis for 2019-20; and on a department request, decision package, total request, and adopted budget
basis for 2020-21.

The Public Safety function's total 2020-21 Budget is $11,591,426. This allocation is $2,600 less than the amount requested by Department
Heads in their 2020-21 total request of $11,594,026. This total request includes $11,591,426 for base budget expenditures with no 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 (2019-20) 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 Functional 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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