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<br />No. <br /> <br />'7- <br /> <br />AGENDA REPORT FOR CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: February 22,2007 <br /> <br />TO: The Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Study Session on Community Services Department <br />(John De Lorenzo; 428-7470) <br /> <br />A) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a study session on the benefits provided <br />by the Community Services Department and on the needs, challenges and <br />issues faced by the department. <br /> <br />PURPOSE OF THE STUDY SESSION: The purpose of the study session is to <br />convey information to the City Council about (a) Community Services <br />Department activities and projects, (b) issues affecting the department and City, <br />and (c) to receive direction from the City Council on several budgetary and policy <br />issues. <br /> <br />B) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Community Services Department provides <br />diverse programs and facilities that improve the quality of life for Fairfield <br />residents. A lack of adequate resources and the impending City budget crisis <br />threaten to significantly curtail the department's ability to meet the community's <br />needs. <br /> <br />The department's services provide many critical benefits to the community, such <br />as making Fairfield safer, that could be lost if additional funding is not found. The <br />benefits provided to the community are described in more detail in the discussion <br />section of this report. <br /> <br />The department faces many challenges now and in the future. These are <br />described in the following pages of the report. The department is requesting new <br />funding allocations and new personnel to help deal with these challenges. The <br />department is also requesting policy direction from the City Council on several <br />important issues. <br /> <br />We believe the services provided by the Community Services Department are <br />essential to a well-balanced and healthy community - and, are therefore, a good <br />investment. <br /> <br />C) DISCUSSION: <br /> <br />For FY 2006-07, the Community Services Department has 65.9 budgeted full- <br />time equivalent (FTE) employees. Basically, the number of authorized FTE <br />employees has not changed much since FY 2001-02, even though the scope of <br />