TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Derrick Abell, Chief of Police
Andy Harrod, Police Lieutenant
Julie Dahlgren, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Amending the Agreement with All City Management Services for Crossing Guard Services to Extend the Term of the Agreement by Two Years at an Estimated Annual Cost of $300,000 (Police Chief Abell).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 20-0132
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 20-0132 amending the Agreement with All City Management Services to exercise the two optional extension years for crossing guard services at an estimated annual cost of $300,000.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funds are budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Police Department's budget. Future years will be budgeted accordingly for this service.
BACKGROUND:
The City's Crossing Guard Program was introduced in the mid 1980's. School crossing guards are provided at 26 locations to assist school children safely through intersections during school hours. Up until 2007, the Crossing Guard Program was operated in-house (staffed by part-time City employees and overseen by the Police Department's Traffic Sergeant). The direct cost of the in-house program in 2007 was $204,775 (excluding full-time staff time for program management, scheduling, recruiting, conducting background investigations, hiring and payroll). As a City-run program, the City was also responsible for all liability issues, including Workers Compensation claims, which over a ten-year period cost an average of $12,900 per year.
Staff analyzed the program and determined that contracting the crossing guard services to a third-party would be a more efficient means of operating the program. In July 2007, All City Management Services was selected to provide crossing guard services to...
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