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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER [IF APPLICABLE]
RESOLUTION AMENDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT
WITH PFM FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC (“PFM FINANCIAL”) TO 1)
INCLUDE IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES CONDUCTING AN ANALYSIS
OF CALLS OF SERVICE TO DETERMINE ALTERNATIVE CALL
RESPONSES AND THE PRIORTIZATION AND CATAGORIZATION OF
CALLS FOR SERVICE, 2) TO ADD AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000.00) UTILIZING CARRY FORWARD FUNDING FROM 2021-2023. , AND 3) TO WAIVE THE
COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL/QUALIFICATIONS
(RFP/Q) PROCESS PURSUANT TO OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 2.04.051.B AND THE LOCAL/SMALL LOCAL
BUSINESSENTERPRISE (L/SLBE) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland has the important responsibility of providing effective and efficient responses to public safety issues which requires having appropriate staffing levels to do so; and
WHEREAS, the City also has the important responsibility to explore alternative staffing options such as civilian of certain OPD Operations to meet its demands for providing effective and efficient public safety services; and
WHEREAS, the City received a report fr om Strategic Policy Partnership in December 2013 that outlined a crime reduction strategy that included a staffing analysis; and
WHEREAS, the City Council allocated $200,000 for OPD’s Staffing Analysis in the FY 2023-25 Budget cycle, pursuant to 89283 C.M.S., $85,000 will be funded from the Office of the Inspector General carry forward funds; and
WHEREAS, PFM Financial has completed several similar staffing studies and assessments for Policy Departments in other localities such as the City of Albuquerque and the City of Baltimore; and
WHEREAS, allowing this vendor to complete this task is the most efficient of City resources because this vendor is uniquely qualified as it has extensive experience in the field of policing staffing and analysis in municipalities that has similar challenges as the City of Oakland; and
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2 WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, The City Council awarded a professional services contract to PFM Financial for an amount not to exceed Two Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($285,000) utilizing the funds designated in the Fiscal Year 2023- 2025 budget cycle for the purpose to complete a staffing study and resource analysis of OPD through Resolution No. 89968; and
WHEREAS, the City Council found it to be in the best interests of the City to waive the RFP/Q and L/SBE Program requirements pursuant to OMC Section 2.04.051(B) and Park 1 of Oakland’s Local and Small Local Business Enterprise Program guidelines adopted by Ordinance No. 13647 C.M.S.; and
WHEREAS, the City’s professional services contract with PFM Financial Advisors LL is effective from January 29, 2024 through June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Scope of Services with PFM Financial to include a high-level overview of the Call for Service Data to identify trends in incoming calls, resources used when addressing calls for service, identify staffing recommendations in dispatch communications centers, and develop strategies to delegate non-emergency calls to other agencies; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council awards an additional funding to PFM Financial Advisors LLC agreement not to exceed twenty -five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) utilizing the funds designated in the FY 2023-25 budget cycle for the purpose of completing a Call for Service Analysis to include resource analysis and recommendations; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council for the reasons set forth above and in the report that accompanies this Resolution, finds that it is the best interests of the City to increase the Contract amount by $25,000.00 to proceed with modifying the Scope of Services to include Calls for Service data analysis; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council finds it in the best interest of the City to waive the RFP/Q and L/SLBE program requirements, pursuant to OMC section 2.04.051(B) and Part I of Oakland’s Local and Small Business Enterprise Program guidelines adopted by Ordinance No. 13647 C.M.S and so waives the requirements
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California