Measure R Citizen Oversight Committee

CITY OF GALT MEASURE R OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES ANTHONY PESCETTI COMMUNITY ROOM 455 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, GALT, CALIFORNIA Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 6:00 PM Chair Cortez called the meeting to order at 6:03pm. The roll call found Cortez, Keagy, Klassen, Shelton and Talamantes present. We saluted the American Flag. Old Business: The minutes of the last meeting were presented. A correction to roll call was made as the draft minutes showed Lara and Klassen in attendance, when in fact, they were not. Keagy moved and Talamantes seconded to approve the minutes. The motion carried 5-0. New Business: The 2016/2017 4th quarter report, as which is also the preliminary year-end report was presented. Klassen asked where unspent money in the budget “goes”. We explained that it stays in the Measure R Fund and can be followed and accounted for in the FUND Balance. Roundtable: Chief Sockman and Lt. Dedriksen were present as was City Manager, Gene Palazzo to answer questions. Klassen asked for written clarification of the Measure R money spent on retention, from the City Attorney. Chief Sockman will request the clarification. Keagy asked if the topic of funding the Every 15 Minutes program had been forwarded to the committee or had it died with Council. Chief Sockman explained that there had been talk about the actual cost involved in participating in this event, but it is a CHP sponsored event, and although Police employees participate, we have never “charged” anyone for our involvement, so there isn’t really anything to fund. Klassen asked about our fleet, wondering if unspent year end funds could be spent to buy patrol units as he feels our officers should have the most current and up to date equipment possible. Chief Sockman thanked Mr. Klassen, agreed, and explained that we are in the process of purchasing some new vehicles and one of them is Measure R. Measure R Meeting of July 26, 2017 PAGE 2 Talamantes pointed out that the clarification Klassen was looking for was already in the original ordinance. Klassen feels there is more clarification needed to determine if that passage refers to only Measure R officers or all officers. Our next regular meeting will be at 6:00 PM Wednesday, October 25th, 2017. Meeting was adjourned at 6:30 pm.