CONSENT CALENDAR
City of San Bernardino
Request for Council Action
Date: January 15, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Rochelle Clayton, Acting City Manager;
Darren Goodman, Chief of Police
Department: Police
Subject: Authorize the City Manager to Execute a 6th Amendment with Dignity Health Corporation for a Police Services
Agreement at Community Hospital San Bernardino and
St. Bernardine’s Medical Center. (All Wards)
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a 6 th Amendment with Dignity Health Corporation, entering into a Police Services Agreement until December 31, 2027.
2. Authorize the Interim Director of Finance and Management Services to amend the FY 2024/25 Operating Budget by appropriating $188,801 in both revenue and expenditures accordingly.
Executive Summary
Since 2017, Dignity Health Corporation and the City of San Bernardino have had agreements for police services in the emergency rooms of St. Bernardine’s Hospital and Community Hospital. In 2019, Dignity Health began funding fully burdened police officer positions, and it has provided valuable police resources for both staff and citizens visiting the emergency rooms. The current agreement (5th Amendment) expired on December 31, 2024, and Dignity Health is desirous of continuing this partnership through the approval of a 6 th Amendment to the original agreement. This will continue the funding of two fully burdened police officer positions until December 31, 2027.
Background
On December 20, 2017, Mayor and City Council adopted Resolution No. 2017-214, authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Dignity Health Corporation and the City of San Bernardino Police Department, to provide police services to Community Hospital and St. Bernardine’s Hospital. The agreement stipulated Dignity Health would fund two full-time sworn Police Officer or Police Detective overtime positions, assigning a Police Officer in each emergency room, two days per week.
A renewed agreement spanning January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2021, was executed on February 19, 2019, under Resolution No. 2019-008, and signed by then City Manager Andrea Miller. This agreement provided Dignity Health would fund two full-time sworn Police Officer positions, one at Community Hospital and one at St.
Bernardine’s Hospital, Thursday through Sunday, 1400-2400 hours. This agreement expired on December 31, 2021; however, extension amendments were agreed upon until June 30, 2022.The current Dignity Health agreement (5th Amendment), funds two full-time sworn Police Officers, stationed in Community Hospital and St. Bernardine’s Hospital emergency rooms, 40 hours per week, expired on December 31, 2024.
During the span of these contracts, officers have handled hundreds of incidents that would have traditionally required a police patrol response. The location of these officers has proven valuable to the San Bernardino Police Department, providing for more Police Officers to remain available for incidents throughout the city.
Discussion
Dignity Health is desirous of continuing a Policing Services Agreement until December 31, 2027, agreeing to fund the fully burdened rate of two full-time sworn Police Officer positions. Additionally, Dignity Health is desirous of funding one overtime Police Officer position in the emergency room of St. Bernardine’s, three days per week. Officers would work the overtime shifts on the days where the regular fully burdened rate officer is not in the emergency room at St. Bernardine’s. This effectively gives St. Bernardine’s 7-day coverage of the emergency room at the hospital. This overtime position only extends to St. Bernardine’s and not Community Hospital.
The fully burdened Police Officers would continue to provide four days of coverage to Community Hospital and St. Bernardine’s. Dignity Health funding will comprehensively include salary, benefit costs, and overtime costs. For FY 24/25, the budgeted expense already to Dignity Health has been $188,801, and for the remainder of FY 24/25, the expense will be an additional $188,801 accordingly. Based on projected cost-of-living adjustments, the expense to Dignity Health increases to $390,642 by December 31, 2027. The City will continue to bill Dignity Health quarterly for the actual costs incurred.
Hourly Rate
(with
benefits)
Overtime Hourly
Rate
Overtime Hourly
Rate- including
20% admin
overhead fee
Effective Jan 1, 2025 –
Jun 30, 2026
90.77 95.03 114.04
Effective July 1, 2026 –
Jun 30, 2027
92.81 97.44 116.93
Effective July 1, 2027 –
Dec 31, 2027
94.91 99.92 119.90
The table above indicates the pay and benefits costs for the P-1 Police Officer position.
These pay and benefits costs are calculated at an approximate 2.3% increase, ending December 31, 2027. This is based on cost-of-living adjustments and future projections.
The actual costs for FY 2026/2027 may vary based on the POA labor negotiations and approved agreement.
2021-2025 Strategic Targets and Goals
The funding of these positions by Dignity Health is aligned with Key Target Goal No.1, Financial Stability. The ability to “Secure a long-term revenue source,” aligns with this Agreement. Dignity Health will fund the positions for a period of 3 years, causing no fiscal impact to the City. This continues the funding of two fully burdened Police Officer positions.
The request to renew an agreement with Dignity Health is aligned with Key Target Goal No. 3 ”Improved Quality of Life.” The constant evaluation of public safety services and the vessel for which it is provided, synthesizes to this agreement. Police Officers assigned to the emergency rooms, during peak hours, provides immediate police presence, for incidents traditionally requiring a police patrol response. These positions mitigate the necessity for a patrol officer to respond to an emergency room for policing service.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund. The Fiscal Year 2024/25 Operating Budget will be amended to recognize $188,801, in both revenues and expenditures, from Dignity Health Corporation, for the two fully burdened P-1 Police Officers, including overtime costs.
Conclusion
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a 6th Amendment with Dignity Health Corporation, entering into a Police Services Agreement until December 31, 2027.
2. Authorize the Interim Director of Finance and Management Services to amend the FY 2024/25 Operating Budget by appropriating $188,801 in both revenue and expenditures accordingly.
Attachments
Attachment 1 Dignity Health Sixth Amendment
Attachment 2 Dignity Health Fifth Amendment
Attachment 3 Dignity Health Fourth Amendment
Attachment 4 Dignity Health Third Amendment
Attachment 5 Dignity Health Second Amendment
Attachment 6 Dignity Health First Amendment
Agreement 7 Dignity Health Policing Services Agreement 2019-2022 Attachment 8 Resolution No. 2019-8
Attachment 9 Resolution No. 2017-245
Ward:
All Wards
Synopsis of Previous Council Actions:
July 19, 2022 -Mayor and City Council authorized the City Manager to execute the Proposed Fifth Amendment with Dignity Health Corporation for Police Services at two locations.
February 19, 2022 -Amendment to the FY 18/19 Budget, Adopting Resolution No. 2019-8, to transfer funds to increase personnel and the authorization for the City Manager to execute a Police Services Agreement with Dignity Health Corporation.
December 20, 2017 -The Mayor and City Council adopted Resolution No. 2017-245, authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement between Dignity Health Corporation and the San Bernardino Police Department and amend the Adopted FY 17/18 Budget.