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City Manager's 2005 Budget Memo <br />Page 12 of 27 <br />C. Finance Department. <br />In the Finance Department, I recommend that we add at no taxpayer <br />expense a fourth Information Technology (IT) employee. Our joint <br />powers agreements aPA's) with nearby cities create a more than suf- <br />ficient workload and — equally important -- sufficient revenues to <br />support this fourth position. There would be no impact on the tax <br />levy. <br />This is also a way of spreading IT costs over a larger group of city <br />JPA customers. <br />And a final way of looking at this is to appreciate that, through this <br />regional approach to IT services we can attract and use a larger and <br />stronger group of skilled IT professionals than any of us could afford <br />on our own. <br />Council Action Recommendation #7: Council motion approving <br />[disapproving] the addition of a full-time employee to the Infor- <br />mation Technology division of the Finance Department at no ex- <br />pense to taxpayers. <br />IV. Public Safety: Police and Fire <br />We spend a lot of money on Police and Fire services: Approximately <br />$4.5 million for Police +$1.3 million for Fire = Total of almost $6 mil- <br />lion. For that kind of money, we have a right to expect good public <br />safety service and lots of it. The recommendations below are in- <br />tended to enhance the quantity and quality of Police and Fire serv- <br />ices. <br />