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Personnel and Finance Committee September 3, 1997 Page 4 Council Member Broden voiced concern over the number of residents contacting him over traffic concerns. Chief Gunn noted that there are six (6) officers assigned to traffic detail plus the Uniform Division. Between 220 to 250 calls for service are typically received on the afternoon shift. Since the take-home car program has been implemented traffic citation tickets have increased. The presence of the take-home car program has been very positive. Council Member Coleman and Council President Kelly suggested that a monthly or quarterly listing of retirements from the Police Department be provided to the Common Council. Council Member Pfeifer also suggested the notices of neighborhood meetings be sent so that more beat officers could attend when possible. It was noted that Captain Shock of Crime Prevention disseminates such information. Chief Gunn noted that he is open to beat officers being present since it buttresses the"Partners with Community" concept. Council Member Broden requested notice of when meetings of the Crime Prevention Unit is meeting in his District. Operation Safe Neighborhoods was discussed with Chief Gunn advising the Council that a minor revamping of the subject areas may be in order based on types and numbers of service calls. The Council Attorney noted that the bargaining teams agreed that this would be reviewed this Fall by the Council. Don Pinckert noted that originally 20 officers were assisted with the$ 1,500 incentive and that the number has grown to 32. The Committee also requested for a copy of all officers participating in the program along with their addresses by District. The Committee then discussed the various types of incentives which the bargaining teams pursued during wage negotiations. Chief Gunn briefly explained his proposal for Investigator pay incentives which he plans to discuss at the next labor/management meeting of the FOP scheduled for September 10th. Gary Horvath noted that the Communications Budget will increase by 3.5 % overall and between the Police Department budget and Communications the overall increase is 4.2 %. He further noted that reversed E911 will enable up to 720 one-minute messages to be disseminated in one hour which address emergency messages such as a child missing, burglaries, community surveys, hazmat spills, gas leaks, etc. It would be a type of voice message service costing between$20,000 to$24,000. In response to a question raised by Council Member Coleman, it was noted that Captain Blume works closely with the Bureau of Traffic&Lighting on engineering traffic controls. Council Member Coleman thanked the Police Department administration for their very thorough presentation and handouts. Chief Gunn thanked the Council for all of their continuing support in light of the Corporal Deguch death in the line of duty.