RES 80-073 RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1980 BUDGET

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DATE: October 24 , 1980 • TO.: James Fornell, City Manager FROM: Donald Hickerson, Chief of Police SUBJECT: Police overtime and salaries We have had to use a large amount of overtime. in order to have minimum staffing the past few months because of vacations, sick leave, court time, felony investigations, search warrants, complaints and to complete details which were not finished at shift end. We had -25 days of sick leave from July lst through the pre- sent time and had to use 11 days overtime to provide minimum staff- ing during this period. This overtime was needed even after changing shifts and days off for a number of officers in an attempt to avoid overtime.. We can anticipate additional overtime through January 1, 1981, • over and above the normal amount. Officer Hawkinson starts vaca- tion on October 22nd and will be on vacation through December 3rd, at which time he will retire. We have changed shifts where possi- ble, to cover overtime expenditures; however, there are some vaca- tions scheduled during this period and we can anticipate some sick leave, court time, etc. . We also have vacations scheduled during the Holiday season. We are , in effect, creating a dilemma by only letting one patrolman go on vacation at a time. (This was done to curb over- time. ) The Department has as of 9-30-80 accrued 132. 5 days vaca- tion which has not been taken and as of 1-1-81 will have 175. 5 days accrued vacation. Obviously some of the accrued vacation will be taken prior to 1-1-81; but we -will be carrying a large amount into 1981. I feel the remaining police budget should be used (where possible) for overtime and salary for a replacement officer for Hawkinson. •