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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem B: City Response to Lane County Budget Crisis ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: City Response to Lane County Budget Crisis Meeting Date: May 12, 2008 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Eugene Police Staff Contact: Chief Robert Lehner www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: (541) 682-5102 ISSUE STATEMENT This is a work session to discuss the City of Eugene’s response to FY09 budget cuts at Lane County. A number of service reductions and program eliminations critical to the health and safety of Eugene residents are included in the reductions at Lane County. This work session will provide an opportunity to discuss the impact of those cuts and the funding needed to continue critical services in Eugene, if the council chooses to provide these services. BACKGROUND Councilor Clark requested a work session to discuss the City’s response to the Lane County budget cuts that will directly impact city services. Although the complete list of service reductions in the FY09 Lane County budget is of serious concern to all residents, this discussion is focused on the impact of the most significant and immediate public safety and human service impacts of Lane County budget cuts on Eugene. Eugene cannot replace or solve all of the County’s funding issues, nor can the City simply replace complex, interwoven service systems with a quick fix. There are, however, several actions possible to substantially reduce immediate threats to the City. The Joint Elected Officials (JEO) of Eugene, Lane County, and Springfield met earlier this year and developed three priorities for future discussion: (1) Public Safety, (2) Transportation, and (3) Land Use. For public safety, the JEO recognized the system is severely stressed and discussed the potential impacts of further reductions to the residents of Lane County, including its incorporated cities. Recognizing a long-term solution was required, the JEO commissioned a group consisting of the chief elected officials, the chief administrative officials, and public safety chiefs of each jurisdiction to meet to develop possible longer term solutions to address these issues. The Lane County Administrator has released his recommended budget which is now being discussed by Lane County’s Budget Committee and the Lane County Board of Supervisors. The loss of Federal Secure Rural School (SRS) funds amounts to approximately $47 million, ($20 million general fund, $20 road fund, and $7 million to schools). The bulk of the County’s general fund is allocated to various public safety functions and, as a result, the combined loss of that portion of the SRS funds and other losses dramatically impacts public safety and human services to Lane County, including the City of Eugene. Y:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080512\S080512B.doc There are profound effects throughout the system, many of which remain to be discovered as county systems and services are shut down. Based on conversations with county staff, City staff have identified the most immediate and critical issues that must be addressed. These are detailed in the next section. Absence from this list should not be inferred as lack of effect on the City of Eugene, rather, indicative of issues that require additional research and prioritization of somewhat lesser priority. Immediate Public Safety Concerns The following issues are those Lane County budget cuts that result in the highest immediate need for mitigation for the City of Eugene. They are prioritized in order of their potential immediate life-safety effects. 1. BUCKLEY HOUSE Buckley House is a detoxification program of the Willamette Family Center. It is funded from a complex collection of revenues including state, county, local, private, and donated resources. Loss of Lane County general funds forces the closure of the entire operation including the sobering station. In the year ending April 30, 2008, EPD officers and CAHOOTS volunteers transported 726 persons to Buckley House for detoxification at the sobering station. When Buckley House closes (scheduled for June 30, 2008), these persons will be in immediate danger of death or serious injury due to accident, poisoning, exposure to elements, and other issues. There will be immediate and profound effects on the number of officers available to handle other matters as police officers struggle with triage and disposition of these people. It should be noted that, due to jail issues (see item 3, below), there will be no effective disposition service available. The funding gap for Buckley House is approximately $326,000, which could increase by $51,000 if the Lane County HSC funding doesn’t come in as expected. 2. DISTRICT ATTORNEY PROSECUTION The Lane County District Attorney’s Office is scheduled to take a reduction of seven employees, including four prosecuting attorneys. As a result, the DA has understandably prioritized prosecutions of violent crimes. Although this type of prioritization has occurred in the past in response to previous reductions, the DA’s office will now reach the point where it will be unable to prosecute almost any type of felony non-person crime. These crimes include drug use and sales, burglary, auto theft, identity theft, fraud, stolen vehicle and property possession, criminal mischief, arson, and others. To a city already plagued with one of the highest property crime rates in the nation, these cuts are catastrophic and represent an unacceptable risk to our community. The City could contract with the Lane County DA for $450,000 to fund two prosecutors, support staff, and associated equipment and supplies to prosecute City non-person felonies. 3. COUNTY JAIL The Lane County Sheriff’s Office is recommended for several reductions. Policing services to the unincorporated areas of Lane County are profoundly affected but are not expected to significantly affect the City of Eugene other than the invocation of mutual aid agreements in the most critical emergency situations occurring in the immediate metro area which may qualify for an EPD response. The most significant effect to the City of Eugene is the additional sharp reduction of available jail beds. Y:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080512\S080512B.doc The Lane County Sheriff is slated to lose the Forest Work Camp and several other innovative and effective corrections programs all of which will further exacerbate the situation at the jail. The jail itself faces cuts that will ultimately reduce available local beds to 28. On any given day, there are approximately three dozen Measure 11 offenders (the most serious and violent crimes) housed in the jail. The expected reduction means that even these extremely violent offenders will be loose on the streets, essentially unsupervised. There is no space remaining at the jail for any non-person, property, or drug offenders, who collectively make up the same people responsible for the vast majority of crime in our city and county and are the most prolific repeat offenders. Unhoused, unsupervised, and untreated, this population is a grave public safety risk to the City. The City could contract with the Lane County Sheriff for about $650,000 to keep the next housing area of 48 jail beds open for the full year, rather than six months, with the understanding that we will need to negotiate that the City is not subsidizing other, non-participating jurisdictions. 4. ANIMAL CONTROL Animal Control services are recommended for elimination by the County. This means that emergency response, animal nuisance and abuse, sheltering and return of lost animals to owners, kenneling and adoption of stray and unwanted animals, euthanasia of unadoptable animals, operation of the cattery and dog licensing services will no longer be performed by Lane County Animal Services (LCAS). Annually LCAS impounds about 2,200 dogs and 1,600 cats, of which approximately half represent activity from the City of Eugene. Approximately 45% of the impounded animals are either returned to owners or adopted. More than half the calls for service and investigations of dog bite cases occur in Eugene. If the animal control program ceases to exist, local animal organizations such as Greenhill Humane Society will be stressed beyond existing capacity with individuals looking for a place to bring a stray animal or unwanted pet. Police officers will be tasked with eliminating dangerous dogs and stray animals will likely continue to roam. The City could provide field enforcement and kennel services 1) via contract with other government agencies or non-profits, 2) by providing the services directly with additional City staff, or 3) with some combination of the two previous options. The City could redirect the existing General Fund appropriation of $660,000 that funded the animal control contract payment to Lane County and the approximate $160,000 to $180,000 in dog license revenue to pay for these programs. 5. FIELD LAW ENFORCEMENT The Sheriff’s Office will reduce its patrol response to 20 hours per day. Although this cut does not have an immediate effect on the City of Eugene, EPD is a partner to mutual aid agreements that require we provide assistance in neighboring jurisdictions in the event of emergencies that exceed the capacity of the primary jurisdiction. As a result, there will be an incremental increase in demand for basic patrol response and SWAT support of the highest priority life-safety emergencies that occur in the immediate metropolitan area. Other system effects to human services providers will undoubtedly add calls for service to the City of Eugene system that will require an EPD patrol response. There were no net officer adds in the Y:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080512\S080512B.doc City Manager’s initial recommended budget. That budget includes four positions that are held vacant (base salary only) to provide funding for the Special Projects (overtime) fund. The City could fund these four positions which would have the effect of adding four additional full time patrol officers as well as providing an incremental increase in the department’s overtime capacity. New funding of $518,172 on-going would be required. In addition, one-time costs of $191,500 for equipment and vehicles would be required, $69,800 of which would qualify for tele- communications funding. EPD could consider a shortened special process to evaluate police- certified officers scheduled for layoff from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office dramatically shortening the training time required for those officers determined to be qualified. General Prevention and Treatment Members of the City Council, Budget Committee, and the public are understandably concerned about the loss of several interconnected prevention and treatment programs. “Pure” prevention programs are those directed toward at-risk persons who do not yet have any offense history. Staff does not yet have sufficient information about the effects of the Lane County budget cuts on these historically under- funded programs. Effective treatment does not occur without prosecution of the underlying offenses and jail space to enforce associated supervision. For example, Drug Court is recommended for elimination. Drug Court has proven itself to be a very effective treatment and recidivist reduction program but it requires the arrest and prosecution of drug offenders to begin the process. Lacking associated prosecution, there is no possibility of Drug Court, hence the proposed cut by the county. Drug Court’s effectiveness lies, in part, with the certainty of a conviction if the participant fails to successfully complete the program. Without associated jail capacity, this deterrence is lost. Drug Court is but one example. There are many court-ordered treatment and post-arrest supervision programs that are not possible without the underlying arrest and prosecution of offenders, the supervision of probation officers, and the jail space to backup those programs. It is for these reasons that prosecution and jail space are prioritized as immediate mitigation required. Human Service Commission Programs Lane County has identified a reduction in the Human Service Commission budget of approximately $380,000. The specific impacts of that reduction on HSC agency partners have not yet been determined. It is projected that the year end reserve balance for FY09 will be about $650,000 ($140,000 of this is one-time funding provided by the City of Eugene to offset timber payment cuts that did not materialize in FY08). Attachment B includes a history of HSC funding by jurisdiction for the past several years. Additional information about HSC agencies will be provided in answer to Budget Committee questions. Budgetary Considerations As described in the FY09 Proposed Budget and presentations at the Budget Committee, the City has a long-term structural deficit in the General Fund. General Fund services are drawing from savings again in FY09 to keep the service system in tact. By FY10, Reserve for Revenue Shortfall will be depleted and there will be a $1.5 to $2.0 million on-going deficit that will need to be resolved with revenue enhancements or service reductions. Y:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080512\S080512B.doc Given the City’s own financial situation, staff does not recommend taking on new services on an on- going basis at this time. In addition, the City should not take any action that might harm the County’s ability to address their structural deficit. For instance, if the County decides to go out for a revenue measure for some of the high-priority public safety services, it would be important for those services to be provided by the County rather than the City. It might be appropriate, however, to look at funding some of the highest priority services to Eugene on a one-time basis while alternative service provision models are examined with other community and governmental partners. If council decides to fund some of these services on a one-time basis, there are two places that council could look for funding of those services. Attachment C includes a summary of those potential funding sources. First would be to reexamine the service level changes in the FY09 Proposed Budget. The City Manager does not recommend this approach, however, because only a very few strategic programs were added on an on-going basis and those programs largely respond to Council Goals and other important service needs. The other potential one-time funding source would be City reserves. Attachment B includes an updated summary of the information presented to the Budget Committee in February. The reserves that have an actual balance above the target level are highlighted in the summary sheet. If council decides to use telecommunications fund reserves, those reserves should be used to fund telecommunications related projects, to the extent possible. If OPEB (Other Post-Retirement Benefit) reserves are considered for funding one-time services, it is recommended that a minimum of $1.6 million be retained in the reserve so that the City can pay its “Annual Required Contribution” (or ARC) for FY09. Long-Term Human Investment Collaboration In addition to the immediate need for Eugene-only services, the long-term provision of human services must be reexamined, and perhaps restructured. One possibility is the creation of a coalition of public, private and non-profit stakeholders to develop strategies for the provision of human services. An emphasis would be placed on the full continuum of prevention, intervention and suppression. The human investment collaboration could operate under the following principles: ·Stewardship – achieve the greatest, long-term benefit for the community as a whole. ·Boundary Crossing – create an inclusive, cohesive community. ·Commitment to Outcomes – take responsibility for tasks and achieving specified outcomes. ·“Art of the Possible” Thinking – anything is possible in the region. ·Fact-Based Decision Making – base decisions and action plans on objective data, thereby avoiding distortion of issues by personal feelings or agendas. ·Power Parity – recognize that there are diverse viewpoints. Positional power will not determine a strategy or preferred outcome, merit will. RELATED CITY POLICIES The council’s vision statements of Safe Community: Where people feel safe, valued and welcomed, and Effective Accountable Municipal Government directly relate to the City’s ability to maintain public safety in the wake of Lane County’s budget reductions. The potential for increasing victimization of the general community and of homeless and vulnerable community members through increased criminal activity will Y:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080512\S080512B.doc be a threat to the Council’s Homelessness Initiative and the Police Initiative, which seeks to increase police staff with a special focus on supporting community policing and reducing property crime. COUNCIL OPTIONS The council and Budget Committee can take any action from doing nothing to funding all or a portion of the effects of the County reductions to the City of Eugene. Any such action will require changes to the budget recommended by the City Manager presently under consideration by the Budget Committee. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION If the council chooses to respond to the County budget issues, then the City Manager recommends funding additional jail beds, prosecution of non-person felonies and field law enforcement (total of about $1.7 million). Other high priority services could be funded within existing resources, as described in Attachment A. Budget Committee could be given the task of identifying the appropriate funding for the service additions. SUGGESTED MOTION Move to direct the City Manager to bring to the Budget Committee recommendations that reflect the policy decisions made by the council. ATTACHMENTS A. Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget B. HSC Jurisdictional Funding History C. Potential Funding Sources FOR MORE INFORMATION Staff Contact: Linda Phelps Telephone: (541) 682-6308 Staff E-Mail: linda.m.phelps@ci.eugene.or.us Staff Contact: Sue Cutsogeorge Telephone: (541) 682-5589 Staff E-Mail: sue.l.cutsogeorge@ci.eugene.or.us Y:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080512\S080512B.doc Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget ATTACHMENT A Impact on Prevention & Social Services One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds Veteran’s Services ?48% Eugene ? Reductions would mean 250 veterans At FY 07-08 level of service, supports ?28% Springfield would no longer receive services. the award of approximately $7.7 million ?24% other Lane County for vets and beneficiaries. ? Between 56% and 84% of Nutrition Program clients are urban. Extension Services could experience: ?Horticulture Program serves 200 rural ?Loss of up to 4.00-5.5 FTE commercial growers and between 300-400 ?Loss of 'store-front' operation or major small farms at the urban/rural interface. Extension Services reduction in hours of operation. ?Compost work, in collaboration with the Last year Extension Services reached ?Relocation of some faculty. City of Eugene, is mostly urban nearly 116,000 County residents with its ?Major reductions in programming, ?Master Gardeners program clients are 65% five areas of programming. The program elimination of some programs and likely urban and 35% rural. has about 840 active volunteers. change to more online courses. ?Family and Community Development program classes and consumer calls are between 65%-70% urban, remainder rural. ?4-H Youth participants are half rural and half urban. ?Impounded and sheltered 2,219 dogs and Provide level of Eugene-only service that 1,616 cats. can be provided by current recommended ?Elimination of field enforcement and ?Responded to nearly 6,000 calls for service budget of $840,000. Develop specific ser- kennel services, resulting in the closure of from the public and local law enforcement vice plan in coordination with LCAS and LCAS. This includes a 24/7 emergency (3,340 of those from the City of Eugene), and stakeholders to maximize efficiency. No response, licensing and adoption services. Animal Services investigated 584 cases of abuse and neglect. new money needed. ?In addition to services in the ?Responded to more than 200 dog bite cases unincorporated areas, LCAS currently has (120 from the City of Eugene). contracts with Eugene and other cities to ?Sold 13,268 dog licenses, (7,273 from City provide services. of Eugene) for a total of 21,203 active dog licenses in the County. May 6, 2008 1 Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget ATTACHMENT A One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds Fund HSC commitment to agencies for the next year plus Buckley House with HSC reserves. ?No County general fund contribution to Reallocate City’s existing HSC contribution ?In 2007, 54,890 individuals in 38,050 Human Services Commission (reduction of to the highest priority items, such as Path- Crisis, Food, Shelter, Health, $323,384) to be felt by people including households received services. Of that, 30,853 ways, and Phoenix programs. Funds to be Self Reliance individuals in 20,717 households were from seniors, children, youth, families, people with used for Eugene-only services. (Human Services Commission) disabilities, the homeless and the Eugene. impoverished. Reallocate $33,000 of existing City HSC contribution for City to invest in on-line grant identification system to assist community non-profit partners in accessing grant information. ?Increasing from 110 clients per case manager to 123 clients. Case managers would Developmental Disabilities ? Of about 1,600 clients, 52% live in see clients less often. Services Eugene, and 28% live in Springfield. ?Eligibility determination for DDS services would slow. Impact on Health & Emergency Management One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds ?500 fewer clients seen in the sexually transmitted disease clinics. ?4,000 fewer flu shots ?No flu clinics in Oakridge, Cottage Grove, Communicable Disease Services ?4,000 fewer general immunizations for Creswell, Veneta, Lane County Fairgrounds, children and adults. etc). ?Would eliminate support for 5 of 10 immunization agencies. May 6, 2008 2 Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget ATTACHMENT A One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds ? 1 in 3 women referred for services is able to be served. At the reduced level, only 1 in 5 women would be served. ?300 fewer high-risk pregnant women, teens, Services for High Risk Pregnant ?Services outside of metro area would be and medically fragile infants/children served Women and Infants significantly reduced. each year. ?Eliminate Oregon Health Plan application assistance for 650 low-income pregnant women. ?Eugene/Springfield is open daily and has a current wait list of 194 clients. It would see a Women, Infants and Children service reduction of 1,674 clients per month. Services (WIC) ?Clinics in the rural areas would not be Provides health assessments, nutrition ?At the reduced level, 1,674 fewer clients reduced. counseling and classes, and food would be served. Florence is open once per month/waiting list vouchers to 7,706 clients per month. of 25 clients. Cottage Grove is open twice per month/waiting list of 14 clients. Oakridge is open once every three months/waiting list of 2 clients. ? Mental Health is able to mitigate some of About 49% of mental health clients live in the impact of its General Fund reduction for Eugene, and 26% in Springfield. 2008-09 by using a combination of one-time contingency funds, increased revenue Mental Health Services projections through the Community Health Center, and an increase in State Mental Health funds. There would be reduced funding to subcontractors who serve approx. 1,300 indigent, severe and persistently mentally ill adults. Includes approx. 25 clients in Florence and 150 clients in Cottage Grove. May 6, 2008 3 Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget ATTACHMENT A Impact on Public Safety One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds ? 1,500 felony drug and property cases would ?Case volume varies, but Eugene Priority would be to prosecute Eugene- not be prosecuted due to reduction of 4 attorneys provides between 43% and 46% of felony only non-person felonies. Contract with and 3 support staff. Drug Court would close. case volume. The inability to prosecute the DA for two attorneys and two support ?Possible discontinuation of assistance to 2,400 1,500 property and drug cases would have staff, for approximately $450,000, to cover domestic violence victims a year in obtaining a profound impact on the city, as would the the Eugene-only case load including restraining orders. loss of the restraining order support and the possession, sales, and manufacture of ?Reduction in professional 24/7 response to medical examiner support.illegal drugs, auto theft, business District Attorney’s Office approximately 700 death investigations each year. burglaries, fraud, identity theft, and others. The DA’s Office is training law enforcement New money needed. personnel to substitute. ? Lane County receives in excess of $10 million in Community Corrections Act support annually. The DA’s Office’s failure to convert offenders to probation could result in a loss of as much as $7.4 million per year. ?Loss of three Parole and Probation Officers. ?40% from Eugene. Parole and Probation 350 violent misdemeanant domestic violence and ?22% from Springfield. sex offenders would no longer be supervised. ?38% from other parts of the County. ?Eliminate program which provides 500 hours ?26 youth served from Eugene. Juvenile Forest Work Crews of community service work for federal forest ?13 youth served from Springfield. lands, $16,000 in restitution to victims each year, ?11 youth served from rural Lane County and 50 youth with job training and skill including Cottage Grove, Florence, development. Veneta, Junction City and Oakridge. May 6, 2008 4 Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget ATTACHMENT A One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds ?The Methadone Program would terminate Reallocate $326,000 to $377,000 of treatment for 44 people. existing HSC FY09 Budget. No new ?The Sex Offender Treatment Program would money needed. terminate services to 16 convicted sex offenders. ? Of the clients at Buckley House, about ?The Evaluation/Referral & Monitoring 90% come from Eugene, and 7% from Program would no longer provide services for Springfield. domestic violence or drug offenders, and would only be able to do evaluations and referrals for Generally, in the alcohol and drug Alcohol/Drug/Offender Services people convicted of DUII. treatment services in Lane County, ? Buckley House would eliminate sobering approximately 53% of clients are from services to 1,310 individuals per year and Eugene, 24% from Springfield, 5% from discontinue medically monitored detox services Cottage Grove, and the balance from other for about 300 people per year. parts of the County. ?Eliminate contract for residential drug treatment for 15 supervised female offenders, and outpatient drug treatment for 17 supervised offenders per year. ?Contract with County for additional jail The Jail has recently lost 84 jail beds that beds. The County may have funding for were scheduled for the upcoming budget cut and 48 beds for ½ of the year; City response is scheduled for an additional 48 bed reduction. would be to fund those beds for the rest of the year for City-related arrests. Estimated ?More than 4,000 offenders are released There will only be 48 beds left for local cost for 48 beds for ½ of the year is early each year due to a lack of jail offenders. The level of risk of dangerousness of $650,000. New money needed. operating capacity. those who are CBR’d will increase. Currently, the Jail has 69 offenders in-custody with Measure 11 Jail ?It is estimated that capacity-based type crimes, which include Murder, Robbery, releases generated from the jail bed cuts Rape, Kidnapping, Assault 1, and Sodomy. With alone would increase by approximately only 48 beds available, half of these serious 569 offenders annually. offenders would be released. The remaining offenders will be of a higher security classification and have to be housed in higher cost single cells rather than dormitories. This will result in cutting up to an additional 13 jail beds. May 6, 2008 5 Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget ATTACHMENT A One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds ? 60 out of 93 beds at the Community Corrections Center are scheduled for closure. ?Up to 2,491 of the 3,037 sentenced and sanctioned offenders would be capacity-based Community Corrections Center releases without serving sentences. Of the 546 Alternative Corrections who are serving their sentences, only about 60 of Programs them would be able to serve their sentence in an “in-custody” bed at the CCC. The other 486 would be released to the community either on the Electronic Surveillance Program, or the DOMC Sit-In program. ?This reduction would eliminate much of the revenue the CCC generates each year through the fees collected from the participants in the program. ?Eliminate Community Service program which manages an average of 400 offenders each day. Would result in an increase in number of offend- ers released without completing their state- mandated sentences. ?Eliminate coordinator position responsible for field operations, training and management for almost 200 volunteers representing 22,000 hours of service. Without this position, Search & Search & Rescue Rescue reverts to patrol staff as available. Lane County was involved in 87 Search and Rescue (SAR) missions in 2007, making it third in the state for SAR missions. ?Eliminate coordinator position responsible for enhancing Lane County’s ability to mitigate Emergency Management against, prepare for, respond to and recover from all types of emergencies and disasters. May 6, 2008 6 Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget ATTACHMENT A One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds ?The 100-bed alternative Forest Work Camp ?An average of 1,000 offenders provide program and supported work crews would be Forest Work Camp & more than 50,000 hours each year of eliminated. Inmates who would normally be held Work Crews community service at local agencies and accountable for their crimes would be released maintain unincorporated roads. without accountability. ?The impacts to the City of Eugene (and Add equivalent of four new Eugene police to a lesser extent the City of Springfield) officers by providing $518,172 of on- would include; a diminished capacity to going funding to allow current unfillable ?Patrol would be limited, going from 24 to 20- adequately respond to emergency calls vacancies to be filled. New permanent hour patrols each day. Remaining force would be increasing the likelihood that the County money needed. In addition, one-time costs required to curtail the type of complaints that would be forced to ask the cities for cover. for equipment and vehicles is $191,500. warrant an in-person response. Crimes and ?Delayed response times could cause a Of that amount, $69,800 would qualify for incidents where prosecution is unlikely would not ripple effect resulting in requests for telecommunications funding. Field Law Enforcement be serviced. The 20 hour staffing model would services to the municipal public safety result in a 4 hour period when there would be no departments. field deputies working. During this period, there ?Reduced capacity would make it would be a system for calling out deputies from difficult (if not impossible at times) for the home to respond to emergencies. However, this Sheriff’s Office to provide assistance to process would result in a delayed response time. municipal partners when their activities bring them into unincorporated Lane County. ?Reduce from four to two the detectives available to provide follow-up investigations to ?Many investigations cross jurisdictional serious person crimes. Only the most serious or boundaries. Frequently, a single violator violent person crimes would be investigated will commit similar crimes throughout the Criminal Investigations ?Property crime detective position would be area. This loss of investigative capacity eliminated. and continuity will have an adverse effect ?Any other incidents where follow up on the success of some investigations investigation is necessary would be assigned to conducted by the cities. patrol deputies. May 6, 2008 7 Potential City of Eugene Responses to Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget ATTACHMENT A One-Time Recommended Gap Service Area Reductions/Eliminations Urban/Rural Impacts Funding, if Eugene Responds ?The impact to the municipalities would ?The capacity to serve civil process would be a delay in the timely service of civil decrease by one third. This reduction would process documents. Some cities in Lane Civil Service require the remaining patrol force to serve more County already serve a large percentage of civil papers, further restricting the capacity to their own subpoenas and other documents respond to calls for service. to ensure timely delivery. ?Dispatch would have fewer staff and there ?The lack of available resources would would likely be a reduction in incoming probably result in an increased number of Dispatch administrative phone lines (not 911 capacities). calls to other police agencies. ? Less staff would result in increased booking times, taking arresting officers an Records ?Reductions of Records Officers. additional 20 minutes to an hour. Responses to public requests would slow. ?Restricted hours for the release/pickup of property. ?The property and evidence staff would be Property/Evidence ?Capacity to assist in the field with large reduced by half. or unusual scenes or property/evidence collection would be eliminated. ?25% reduction to the Court security / transportation unit would mean fewer deputies present in the courthouse to provide security and Courthouse Security respond in a timely fashion to take persons into custody (these “new custody arrests” currently occur at a rate of over 600 per year). May 6, 2008 8 HSC JURISDICTIONAL FUNDING HISTORY PROPOSED FY00FY01FY02(1)FY03FY04FY05FY06FY07FY08 FY09 City of Eugene General Fund HSC Allocation 847,611 864,563 883,583 904,789 921,965 931,184 949,808 970,700 992,000 1,015,000 HSC Allocation-1x CDBG reduction makeup - - - - - - - 40,000 - HSC Allocation-HSC Stabilization 140,000 HSC Energy Assistance 55,500 HSC Homeless Initiative - ShelterCare 50,000 50,000 50,000 HSC Homeless Initiative - SVdP expanded hours 50,000 50,000 50,000 HSC Looking Glass Youth Shelter (EPD FUNDING) 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 HSC Safe & Sound Youth Behavioral Health - - - - 70,000 70,000 70,000 229,720 230,000 230,000 HSC Safe Place 20,000 HSC WFTS - Buckley House - - - - - 162,214 28,290 - - HSC Youth Employment 17,000 SUBTOTAL HSC GENERAL FUND 883,611 937,563 975,083 940,789 1,027,965 1,199,398 1,084,098 1,376,420 1,498,000 1,381,000 HIV Alliance - Needle Exchange 5,000 5,000 5,000 Homeless Initiative - LTD tokens 50,000 50,000 SVdP - Homeless Camping 68,000 69,360 70,886 77,587 79,159 79,951 81,550 83,340 85,175 87,200 WhiteBird - CAHOOTS Van (EPD FUNDING) 187,794 203,094 209,186 219,645 224,038 229,038 235,909 242,986 250,276 255,282 SUBTOTAL OTHER GENERAL FUND 255,794 272,454 280,072 297,232 303,197 308,989 317,459 381,326 390,451 347,482 TOTAL GENERAL FUND 1,139,405 1,210,017 1,255,155 1,238,021 1,331,162 1,508,387 1,401,557 1,757,746 1,888,451 1,728,482 CDBG HSC Allocation 400,000 392,000 395,000 370,000 389,350 389,350 390,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 GRAND TOTAL 1,539,405 1,602,017 1,650,155 1,608,021 1,720,512 1,897,737 1,791,557 2,107,746 2,238,451 2,078,482 City of Springfield General Fund HSC Allocation 109,650 111,843 115,758 119,230 119,230 121,614 124,654 128,394 128,394 128,394 HSC Allocation-1x CDBG reduction makeup 10,676 20,000 SUBTOTAL HSC GENERAL FUND 109,650 111,843 115,758 119,230 119,230 121,614 124,654 139,070 148,394 128,394 CDBG HSC Allocation 102,000 102,000 105,300 103,650 113,700 110,850 105,082 94,406 94,215 90,753 GRAND TOTAL 211,650 213,843 221,058 222,880 232,930 232,464 229,736 233,476 242,609 219,147 Lane County General Fund SUBTOTAL HSC GENERAL FUND 299,028 297,344 384,977 594,296 516,399 494,665 517,881 539,914 514,317 127,873 (2) CSBG HSC Allocation 415,028 397,956 484,528 551,242 468,324 436,104 409,932 402,254 407,898 439,676 GRAND TOTAL 714,056 695,300 869,505 1,145,538 984,723 930,769 927,813 942,168 922,215 567,549 Other Funds FEDERAL 3,837,677 4,080,345 4,229,913 4,776,946 5,078,895 4,955,128 5,056,015 4,920,841 INFOMATIONINFOMATION STATE SHELTER/HOUSING ASSISTANCE 510,654 727,071 453,619 632,896 586,920 528,805 513,064 525,541 NOT READILYNOT READILY STATE ENERGY ASSISTANCE 76,717 128,296 182,937 133,238 529,866 486,946 150,249 219,002 AVAILABLEAVAILABLE STATE VETERANS ASSISTANCE 122,858 133,363 137,903 137,551 LOCAL/PRIVATE/MISC. 723,915 848,540 563,350 697,668 945,099 808,671 919,633 878,621 SUBTOTAL OTHER FUNDS - - 5,148,963 5,784,252 5,429,819 6,240,748 7,263,638 6,912,913 6,776,864 6,681,556 FUND BALANCE 388,092 521,821 697,615 466,569 742,820 924,389 632,223 651,146 (3) GRAND TOTAL - 5,493,649 5,537,055 6,306,073 6,127,434 6,707,317 8,006,458 7,837,302 7,409,087 7,332,702 (1) Added Veterans Services (2) Designated to Veterans Services. (3) $140,000 of this is one-time funding provided by the City of Eugene to off-set timber payment cuts that did not materialize in FY08. S080512B-attB.xls5/9/2008 ATTACHMENT C Potential Funding Sources Proposed Changes to Current Service Level, General Fund Only Council 1X$ General Fund Items Dept Revenue Expense Net Goal? X Special events account LRCS - $ 50,000 $ 50,000 Athletic field scheduling staff LRCS - 35,000 35,000 Eliminate River Road Parks District contract LRCS - - - X X Access Centers & Emergency Housing PDD - 100,000 100,000 Affordable Housing PDD - 50,000 50,000 Annexations PDD ($130,000) 130,000 - X Neighborhood Empowerment Initiative. PDD - 125,000 125,000 Community Participation & Outreach PDD (6,000) 39,000 33,000 Coordinator Monroe Police Substation Rent. Police - 52,400 52,400 X Move 2 TEU officers to patrol Police - 39,000 39,000 P&OS – Sports fields maintenance PW - 130,000 130,000 Total Increases ($136,000) $750,400 $614,400 Reduce Downtown Maintenance CS - ($50,000) ($50,000) Eliminate LRAPA contract in FY10 CS - - - Reduce Corporate Applications Team CS - (97,000) (97,000) Reduce materials and services budget CS - (45,000) (45,000) X Library Support from Donations LRCS - (100,000) (100,000) Restructure Graffiti Abatement program PW - (37,000) (37,000) Total Decreases - ($329,000) ($329,000) Total General Fund $(136,000) $ 421,400 $ 285,400 Council Revenue Expense 1X$ Selected Other Fund Items Dept Net Goal? (millions) (millions) X Transfer PERS Litigation $ to OPEB Reserve None $3.8 $3.8 -- 3X X Facility Reserve to Fund Pavement Projects Capital $1.5 per year $1.5 per year -- Summary of Reserve Levels $ in millions Target Actual Fund & Reserve Difference Reserve Reserve General Fund UEFB $19.7 $19.7 -- General Fund RRSF -- $0.2 $0.2 General Fund Radio Replacement Reserve $1.0 $0.5 ($0.5 ) AIRS Conversion -- -- -- Cultural Services $1.5 $1.0 ($0.5 ) Telecom Fund Balance Available $0.9 $1.0 $0.1 Recommended: Telecom Fund Equipment Replacement -- $2.0 $2.0 Info Systems & Services Balance Available $1.1 $0.9 ($0.2 ) Info Systems & Services Equipment Reserve -- $0.8 -- Central Business Software $2.0 $0.5 ($1.5) Recommended: Facilities Replacement Reserve* $3.0 $27.3 $24.3 Fleet Replacement & Acquisition $6.7 $6.0 ($0.7 ) Facilities Maintenance $1.2 $0.1 ($1.1 ) Fleet Operations Service $0.8 $0.7 ($0.1 ) Recommended: Risk Management $0.7 $1.4 $0.7 Employee Health & Benefits Balance Available $0.6 $0.4 ($0.2 ) Medical Rate Stabilization Reserve $1.4 $1.4 -- PERS Bond Debt Reserve $4.8 $4.8 -- OPEB Reserve $22.9 $3.8 ($19.1 ) Recommended: These reserves are the staff-recommended funds to consider for one-time funding of high-priority items. *Target represents commitment to transfer $1.5 million per year for two more years for road projects.