City Council
259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: Lisa Roos, City Clerk & Finance Director
Date: 07/19/2024
Subject: General Fund Transfers for 2024-2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
This resolution approves the financial transfer to fund the off-schedule one-time retention payments of the Police Officers, Sergeants and Dispatchers over the next three years.
DISCUSSION:
Over the last 8 years, 13 sworn officers have resigned from the Ripon Police Department and transferred to other police departments. Of these 13 sworn officers, 10 had less than 5 years of service to the Ripon Police Department. In an effort to address this unique retention challenge with sworn officers, the City has approved off-schedule one-time retention payments for the Police Officers and Police Sergeants in the July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027 Memorandum of Understanding and also for the Police Dispatchers and Lead Dispatchers through a resolution amending the Ripon Employee Compensation Plan for fiscal year 2024-2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
These off-schedule one-time retention payments will have a fiscal impact of $380,000 over the next three years. In Fiscal Year 2022-23, the City’s General Fund had a surplus of $1,074,441.
After the Street and Road Reserve transfer of $354,566 is accounted for, the net surplus amount available is $719,875. The off-schedule one-time retention payments expense will be funded using the Fiscal Year 2022-23 surplus.
RESOLUTION NO. 24-30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIPON APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 FINANCIAL
TRANSFER
WHEREAS, over the last 8 years, 13 sworn officers have resigned from the Ripon Police Department and transferred to other police departments. Of these 13 sworn officers, 10 had less than 5 years of service to the Ripon Police Department; and WHEREAS, in an effort to address this unique retention challenge with sworn officers and dispatchers, the City has approved off-schedule one-time retention payments for the Police Officers and Police Sergeants in the July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027 Memorandum of Understanding and also for the Police Dispatchers and Lead Dispatchers through a resolution amending the Ripon Employee Compensation Plan for fiscal year 2024-2025; and WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Ripon is desirous of setting this one-time money aside to fund these payments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ripon that the City of Ripon does hereby obligate $380,000 of the 2022-23 surplus funds for the following general fund expenditures:
One-time retention payments per the Police Officers Association 2024-2027 MOU
One-time retention payments per the Police Sergeants Association 2024-2027 MOU
One-time retention payments to Dispatcher and Lead Dispatchers per the Resolution amending the Ripon Employee Compensation Plan PASSED AND ADOPTED at a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Ripon this 19th day of July, 2024, by the following vote:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Michael Restuccia, Council Member
SECONDER:Daniel de Graaf, Vice Mayor
AYES: Zuber, de Graaf, Barton, Uecker, Restuccia
THE CITY OF RIPON,
A Municipal Corporation
By ________________________________
LEO ZUBER, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: ___________________________
LISA ROOS, City Clerk