Has called the meeting to order. If you could please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Vice president carter, id like to take roll. Was he . Yeah commissioner walker here. Commissioner benedicto here. Commissioner yanez is excused. Commissioner byrne here. Commissioner yee here. Vice president carter oberstein. You have a quorum. Also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the San Francisco Police Department and executive director Paul Henderson from the department of Police Accountable city for members of the public line. Item one, the weekly officer recognition is going to be postponed until november 1st due to this sergeant is away at training and is not able to be with us tonight. Line item two general Public Comment at this time, the public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes on
I general meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. Before we get started, i just wanted to acknowledge the untimely passing of christopher shea. Christopher shea was an attorney who appeared before the commission and represented officers before the commission and represented them zealously and demonstrated an unwavering commitment to his clients. And he will be he will be deeply missed. Good evening. The chair has called the meeting to order. If you could please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Vice president carter, id like to take roll. Was he . Yeah commissioner walker here. Commissioner benedicto here. Commissioner yanez is excused. Commissioner byrne here. Commissioner yee here. Vice president carter oberstein. You have a quorum. Also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the San Francisco Police
Our membership and we value all the hard work that you all do. So, thank you and happy new year. President scott thank you very much. Any other Public Comment. Hearing and seeing none, the next item. Item 4, discussion item, directors report, acting executive director griggs. Board report for the december work, so we are in january, but looking back and highlighting the december work, and we are in the mode of thanking everyone, i want to thank the board for this opportunity. Its been a challenge, educational, its been fun, actually. Believe it or not. It has been a lot of hard work, and just to reiterate, specifically pamela and marina coleridge, the staff has been helpful but thanks to them and their support, having to put some things of operational, things on to marina and pamela stepping up with her expertise and how the city financial stuff works. So, thank you to all the staff. It has been a very busy year. And we are about to start a new rates and benefits cycle which well talk
Previous years, its starting to increase again. So the plan has an increase in revenues but they are not growing fast enough to keep pace with the increases in expenditures. The projected deficit is primarily driven by increases in wages. Employer pension contributions and Rising Health costs. Other areas are voter approved baselines and setasides with spending requirements. And shifting of the inhome support services from the state to the city. Areas of uncertainties that could impact the citys financial conditions are Economic Issues such as recession, state and federal budget impacts, collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations, i think we have 40 or so negotiations for 2019 to impact the next year. Service levels associated with the citys growth and employment, and then of course new general Fund Budgetary commitments by the board of supervisors and supplemental appropriations. Mayors budget instructions, first, departments ongoing reductions equal to 2. 5 of the general fund supp
Lessee attrition. Funding is provided for the anticipated cost of living increases for most employees, in line with the c. P. I. The third is departments should consider longterm savings and cost avoidance initiatives. Fourth, align with the following vision areas outlined in the citywide strategic plan. They are resident and families that thrive, clean, safe and livable communities, diverse equitable and inclusive city. Excellent city services. And a city and region prepared for the future. Most of what our department does is related to city services, if we can attract and retain employees, of which our benefits are part of, we dont need that, strategic principle. The other instructions are participate in the citys Talent Development programs. Foster Community Engagement in the Budget Development process. Consider independent reviews and audits when developing the budget submissions. And the next steps are on february 8th, we will be presenting the proposed 1819, and 1920 budget for y