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PUBLIC SAFETY
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

The Public Safety Functional area is comprised of three 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
2021-22; on an adopted budget and twelve-month estimate basis for 2022-23; and on a department request,
decision package, total request, and adopted budget basis for 2023-24.

The Public Safety function's total 2023-24 Budget is $13,208,905. This allocation is $263,758 more than the amount
requested by Department Heads in their 2023-24 total request of $12,945,147. This total request includes
$12,876,613 for base budget expenditures with one decision package, plus a 3.0 percent COLA.

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 (2022-23) 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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