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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1989-01-18Mayor Roberta Cerri Teglia Counci 1: Mark N. Addiego Jack Dra§o Richard A. Halley Gus Nicolopulos MINUTES City Council City Council Conference Room City Hal 1 January 18, 1989 AGENDA ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1) ROLL CALL: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 1. Police recruitment and retention. ACTION TAKEN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING 7:10 p.m. Mayor Teglia presiding. Council present: Council absent: Addiego, Drago, Nicolopulos, and Teglia. Halley. The Pledge was recited. Police Chief Datzman stated that in Nov. 1987 he had started recognizing concerns over noticed changes in the retention cycle in the Police Department, and had requested the formation of a recruitment and retention committee. He stated that the Committee had been formed with Lt. Scanzio as the Chairman with a committee of the following: Sgt. Gugielmoni, Ofcs. Brusuelas, Gonzales, Cervelli, Lee, Capt. McKeon and Sgt. Cooper. He stated that the Committee had sat down with the Police Association to see what they wanted to do. He stated that the Committee had taken a great deal of time and formulated a questionnaire to present for review by both current and former employees. Lt. Scanzio proceeded to present a slide show on statistics gleaned from the questionnaire on terminations from 1972 through the present which had earlier been shown to the Personnel Board: hours and demands of shift work; transfers to other City Departments; Proposition 13 had cut positions through attrition; accepted police positions in other cities or counties; had not completed or had dropped out of the police academy; retirements, some of which were disabi- lity related; did not complete the proba- tion period or had been requested to leave City service; entered the private sector; the salary received was less 1/18/89 Page i AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Police recruitment - Continued. Councilman Haffey arrived: than average, etc. He described the elements of the questionnaire completed by previous employees: whether the equipment pro- vided was sufficient for the task; rating of the education incentives; promotional opportunities; employee morale; were the right people being selected as super- visors; were employees treated fairly; did the individual plan to continue his career; how the individual felt about the amount of overtime, etc. He stated that exit interviews listed the following reasons for the resignations: housing cost; schedule; salaries and morale. He cited an article on the cost of houses from the Golden State Reporter that stated, the average house sold in South San Francisco was $280,000, and that by the year 2000 the price of homes would double, etc. He spoke in detail of scheduling and edu- cational incentives in relation to other jurisdictions. He stated that Sacramento paid a lower salary, however, the Police Chief could hire an individual at any step com- miserate with an individual's experience, which was not the case in this City. He stated that low morale was due to vacancies, injuries, and mandated training which caused increased overtime and workloads. Councilman Haffey appeared present at 7:17 p.m. He stated that the cost of training a police officer was $43,410, and there was a two-thirds reimbursement for a net City cost of $26,800.00. Police Chief Datzman explained: that the public was affected by the officer's attitude due to the overtime and schedu- ling; that the exodus was due to housing, 1/18/89 Page 2 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Police recruitment - Continued. scheduling, overtime and morale; a prin- ciple of over hiring could correct the situation; that lateral hires and discre- tionary salary practices would also help; that he wanted to effect long range planning with the City Manager to address the issues discussed tonight. Discussion followed: on each of the bar graphs shown on scheduling, recruitment and retention of officers; the overall 16% turnover; career officers and the promotional aspects; that Sacramento and Fairfield were attracting the City's officers; educational incentives; attracting lateral transfers of indivi- duals already living in the community; being able to hire at the top step with the appropriate experience; that the Police Officers Assn. was in full support of the Chief's suggestions; that the MOU would need clarification as to the Police Chief's discretionary latitude; why offi- cers did not complete the probationary period; whether other agencies had problems with testing standards; request for the over hiring of up to three posi- tions; lateral entry candidates; long range planning to address the issues of the survey; whether the department pay was comparable to other agencies; that retirees should not have been included in the survey; inducements to retain offi- cers; that the questionnaire had been sent out by line personnel to encourage open communication and honest feedback; that the Police Association wanted to take part in the long range planning; complaints of inflexibility of the Police administration on scheduling; that if the three issues were addressed morale would improve; that the department should over hire in this fiscal year if the budget was sufficient; that after looking at the complete financial picture the Council would make decisions in the budget sessions, etc. City Manager Armas stated that a mid-year budget session was to be scheduled for policy decisions for FY 1989-90 to deter- 1/18/89 Page 3 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN -- 1. Police recruitment - Continued. RECESS: RECALL TO ORDER: 2. Project Read update and future funding. (Cassette No. 2) 3. Automated Library Circulation System update. mine that the budget direction being taken was in concert with the financial picture. Mayor Te§lia declared a recess at 8:32 p.m. Mayor Teglia recalled the meeting to order at 8:45 p.m., all Council present. City Librarian Goodrich gave a progress report on an upgrade to the automated circulation system, and stated that deci- sions had to be made on the on-line catalog. She stated that a decision also had to be made on San Bruno students and tutors involved in Project Read in view of the fact that their City had not chosen to participate in the program. She stated that the program was growing with a significant amount of local money, and it was very difficult to turn people away when their City did not participate. Mayor Teglia suggested that the San Bruno tutors and students take the matter to their Council, and arrange a meeting with the Mayors and librarians of both cities. Discussion followed on raising money from the community for Project Reach. Discussion followed: of a junket to Sunnyvale by the Mayor and Librarian to see the operations of the integrated system; cost of upgrading the system and terminals needed; that the terminal suppliers needed a commitment of 100 ter- minals from cities in the County; esti- mated $75,000 for hardware and cable; look at the budget in February to see the financial picture for an overall budget figure; that the Manager and Council should be kept aware of requests to make up the 100 terminals; that there was a five year projection of 500 terminals in the County, etc. 1/18/89 Page 4 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 4. Review of the library planning process. Be Closed Session for the purpose of the discussion of personnel matters, labor relations, property negotiations and litigation. RECALL TO ORDER: ADJOURNMENT: RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Barbara A. Battaya, City of South San Francisco City Librarian Goodrich presented her staff report to the Council (a copy is on permanent file in the City Clerk's Office). Councilman Drago stated that he liked the comments on page 3 on what the planning process was not, i.e., as simply a vehicle for justifying additional staff or enlarged facilities. Councilman Nicolopulos commended the Librarian on her report, and suggested that the City Manager instruct other Department Heads to present lucid planning processes in future. Council adjourned to a Closed Session at 9:35 p.m. to discuss the items noticed. Mayor Teglia recalled the meeting to order at 10:44 p.m., all Council present, no action taken. M/S Haffey/Drago - To adjourn the meeting to Wednesday, 1/25/89, 6:00 p.m., at the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, for the purpose of a Closed Session. Time of adjournment was 10:45 p.m. APPROVED. The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communications, arguments, and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for inspection, review and copying. 1/18/89 Page 5