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The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Butler, Kephart, Mercer, Wood, and Mayor Brandes NOES: None ABSENT: None Streets After brief discussion, no changes were made by Council in the Streets budget. Parks After brief discussion, no changes were made By Council in the Parks budget. Sewer After brief discussion, no changes were made by Council in the Sewer budget. Water After brief discussion, no changes were made by Council in the Water budget. ~ Police Chief McCloud gave a general overview of the Police Department budget. He pointed out that the entire budget was up $177,000, and of that amount more than $175,000 was due to employee services. He briefly described all increases in the budget other than personnel. Assuming current authorized strength, Chief McCloud described the staffing assignments for the entire department. He also described how all of the sworn positions are deployed throughout the various divisions and among the shifts. Chief McCloud reviewed future staffing needs and priorities as follows; four officers related to the western portion of the City, a non-sworn research and training position, and three civilian positions for property, animal control, and records and dispatch. Chief McCloud listed selected activities that will receive special attention in 1979-80 as follows; develop a department pro- cedure manual, complete a patrol study, complete a crime victimization survey/ study, initiate a comprehensive traffic enforcement and community education program, formulate a long range training program, and the planning of a new police facility. Chief McCloud also described the departmental training program planned for 1979-80. He stated that a total of 2,785 hours will be devoted to both in- service and POST required training. Chief McCloud explained the comparison of enforcement and crime statistics between Pleasanton and the average over five years for three other jurisdictions. Major crimes and clearance rates and nearly every other category of crime statistics shows that Pleasanton compares very favorably. Chief McCloud stated that a recent sample of calls for service showed · a response time of 3.41 minutes for emergency calls, 6.89 minutes for priority calls, and 27 minutes for non-priority calls. He also explained what types of calls are included in each response category. Officer Jim Balch presented a status report on the Crime Prevention Program. He described his work with many neighborhood organizations on the Home Alert Pro- gram. The priority for implementation has been based on requests by citizens and because of demonstrated burglary problems. After various questions and discussion, Council made the following changes in the Police Department budget: It was moved by Councilmember Kephart, and seconded by Councilmember Mercer, to increase the Police Department complement by four officers and one vehicle. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Butler, Kephart, Mercer, Wood, and Mayor Brandes NOES: None ABSEnt: None 2. 6/5Z79