Council Policy – Boards,
Commissions and
Committees Budget
and Expenditures
Natalie Peterson, Assistant to
the City Manager
Purpose
• Establish a standard set of
regulations for annual budget
requests and expenditures of the
City’s Boards, Commissions and
Committees
– Set a timeline
– Standard eligible expenditures
– Standard ineligible
expenditures
Vallejo’s Boards,
Commissions &
Committees
• 18 Boards, Commissions and Committees
Current Budgets
• Sister Cities - $16,000
• Economic Vitality - $10,000
• Architectural Heritage &
Landmarks - $900
• All other Boards, Commissions,
Committees – $400
– Used for: stipends (Planning &
Civil Service), marketing
materials, miscellaneous items
Timeline
• Budget requests must be made
during the normal budget
process and submitted by 1
st
week in March
• Requests will be considered by
Council during their normal
budget process
• Budget process includes:
– Administrative preparation
– Legislative approval
– Financial Implementation
– Annual year-end accounting &
financial reporting
Eligible Expenditures
• Surveys
• Marketing Materials
• Conference dues for professional
development
• Travel reimbursement
• Publication subscriptions
• Outreach events and fees
• Name badges or tags
• Stipends (per the muni code)
• Sister Cities
– Visiting dignitary gifts not
exceeding $1,500 per delegation
– Meal reimbursement 2 meals per
dignitary per day at per diem rate
Ineligible Expenditures
• Business cards
• Social Media Adds
• Interns
• Staff that reports to the Board,
Commission or Committee
• Consultants that report to the
Boards, Commissions or
Consultants
• Furniture or equipment
CONTACT(S)
Michael Malone, City Manager
[email protected]
Natalie Peterson, Assistant to the City Manager
[email protected]
Councilmember
Referrals
Michael Malone, City Manager
Adopted goals / direction from September 26
UPDATE - PUBLIC SAFETY
STAFFING EMERGENCY
Jason Ta, Interim Chief of Police
January 9, 2024
1 STATUS OF PHASES
• Partially Implemented
• Alarm Ordinance – awaiting direction from Council
• “Condition Blue” in process
– If the number of CFS pending reaches a pre-determined number, officers will only respond to priority 1 and high-level priority 2 calls • Highest Calls for Service (CFS)
Phase #1 Service Model Reduction
2 - Alarm activation - Mental distress
- Suspicious persons/vehicles - Trespassing
- Traffic-related offenses
Phase #2 Rotation of Officers to Patrol Shifts
• Completed
Phase #3 Collapsing Traffic & Detective Divisions
• Traffic Division collapsed (July 2023)
• Starting in January (shift change), detectives will
rotate to patrol weekly
• Starting in January, Officer assigned to Kaiser will
return to patrol
Phase #4 Modifying Patrol Shifts to 12-hours or
Another Staffing Model
• VPOA not voluntarily changing to 12-hour shifts
3 • VPOA has an executed MOU, first meeting with the
Sheriff’s Office on December 4th
– Working on staffing models and possibilities
Outside Assistance
4 CURRENT STAFFING NUMBERS
Total Sworn Staffing 72 72
Modified Duty Officers 1 2
Off on Worker’s Comp. 10 10
Sworn Working Full Duty 61 60
Anticipated Officers Resigning 1 1
Officers Starting /Final Offers 0 0
5 Officers Working Patrol 32 32
Supervisors Working Patrol (Sgts) 5 5
12-19-23 Current
RECRUITMENT & RETENTION
(Stephanie Sifuentes, HR Director)
Police Officer Applications
6 14
786989
17 24
77 8
2135220
10 17
221102225
12 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
Recruit Entry Lateral
Current
Lookback Period
Dec. 19th –
Jan. 7th
Police Officer Backgrounds Since 7/13/2023
7 24
7 1 1
18 12
1 2
20 13
2 4
18 16
2 5
14 18
4 5
14 21
4 5
15 24
4 5
10 27
4 7
0 5
10 15
20 25
30 In process Non-Select Withdrew Hired
9/26/2023 10/10/2023 10/24/2023 11/14/2023
11/28/2023 12/12/2023 12/19/2023 1/9/2024
• 6 Officers currently in police academies
– 4 will graduate in April 2024
– 1 will graduate in June 2024
– 1 will graduate in July 2024
Police Academy
8 Recruitment Efforts
• Completed PELLETB Training and will start proctoring
exams in house
• WSTB Physical Agility exams held on 1/4/24 and
1/6/24
• Oral Panel Interviews on 1/16/24 and 1/17/24
CONTACT(S)
Jason Ta, Interim Chief of Police
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