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some kind of furlough. If you reference the survey, you will see the financial impacts of 5 day, 10 day, 15 day and 20 day furloughs. In brief discussions with the union stewards, they seemed receptive to the idea of furloughs. Conceptually, these could be implemented one day a pay period or so depending on which option was implemented. A five day furlough for all employees would yield a savings of approximately $116,062.89. Continuing the math from the first page illustrates the problem getting smaller: Subtotal from First Page Five Day Furlough New Subtotal $219,700 $116,062 $103,638 I propose the reduction of another staff person in Community Development which would result in annual savings of almost $100,000 when accounting for all expenses associated with the position. The budget problem with these moves almost mitigates the concern almost entirely. Subtotal $103,638 CD Assistant Director Position Removed 99,201 Total $ 4,437 As you will notice from the survey, there are other options that are being considered that include COLA and Step freezes in the coming years, making five holidays unpaid, and eliminating floating holidays. Due to such a short turn around, staff would like further opportunity to explore which options staff prefers via the survey. At the time of this memo, the survey had not been circulated with enough time to provide staff feedback. I hope to have that information for your consideration Tuesday night. Open Officer Position As you will recall, staff has proposed soliciting for two COPS grants from the federal government. If received, this would allow the department to hire two officers or at least fill the 291h position. Of the options above, reducing the funding for the 29th officer is not part of the recommended scenario at this time. As suggested in the April 7th memo, it is an option that is before Council if they choose to exercise it. Building_ Permit Activity Attached you will find two spreadsheets that illustrate the building permit activity for the City over the past several years. There was interest expressed in the permit activity and the related workload regarding inspections. Upon reviewing the number of inspections that are required as relative to the amount of revenue generated by permits or the number of permits issued often times has counterintuitive results. I would recommend that we trend this activity over the C:\Documents and Settings\kbruno\Local Settings\Tempurary Inlemel Files\OLK58\Draft Budgct Memo For April 14 2009 (2).doc