TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Derrick Abell, Interim Chief of Police
Andy Harrod, Acting Police Captain
Matt Sabosky, Police Lieutenant
Julie Dahlgren, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Awarding a Three-Year Crossing Guard Services Contract to All City Management Services in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $1,495,000 (Interim Police Chief Abell).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 22-0112
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 22-0112 awarding RFP # 1276-22 to All City Management Services for a three-year contract to provide crossing guard services (with two-year extension option) in an amount not-to-exceed $1,495,000.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funds are budgeted in Fiscal Year 2022-2023. Future years will be budgeted accordingly for this service.
BACKGROUND:
The City's Crossing Guard Program was introduced in the mid-1980s to assist schoolchildren safely across intersections. 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 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.
In July 2007, this program was outsourced to ensure that it is always fully staffed, thus eliminating the diversion of Police Department staff to backfill crossing guard vacancies and absences, reducing time necessary to supervise staff, and eliminating crossing guard workers' compensation claims. All City Management Services has been the contract...
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