2012-2013 Budget - City of Saginaw MI

COMMUNITY POLICING FUNDREVENUE BUDGET SUMMARYThe Community Policing Fund accounts for revenuesand expenditures of Police Officers assigned to variouscity neighborhoods and the COPS Hiring Grant. Theseprograms and technology provide residents with agreater sense of protection and gives them theresponsibility for developing and implementingproblem-solving strategies in their neighborhoods. ForFY 2013, the Community Policing Fund revenues willbe $776,723. This represents a $27,490, or -3.42%reduction from the 2012 approved budgeted levels. Thedecrease in revenues is primarily attributed to thecompletion of grant funding for the Weed N Seed andthe Crime Technology programs. Additionally, the citywill realize a reduction in the grant monies that will bereceived for the COPS Hiring Grant, which will becompleted by the end of FY 2013. This reduction will beoffset by an increase in the subsidy from the GeneralFund.SUMMARY OF REVENUES2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2012/13Actual Actual Actual Approved Adjusted Projected ApprovedGrants 547,427 547,427 552,864 381,836 576,184 608,526 273,608Other Revenues 35 0 35 0 0 0 0Transfers 395,552 395,552 455,779 422,377 455,677 422,377 503,115REVENUE TRENDSTotal Revenues 943,014 942,979 1,008,678 804,213 1,031,861 1,030,903 776,7231,200,000Total Community Policing Revenues Since 20021,000,000800,000600,000400,000Total Community PolicingRevenues200,000-2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013The above graph reflects numerical data from FY 2002 – FY 2011 Actual Revenues, and FY 2012 and FY 2013 ApprovedBudgets. Over the past eleven years, revenues for Community Policing have changed dramatically. These appropriationshave been dependent on funding received for grant activities, as it related to Community Policing. From FY 2008 throughto the present, the City of Saginaw has received multiple grants; beginning in FY 2009, the city received the Weed N SeedGrant. This allowed the city to provide for more assistance to the neighborhood groups and work with other non-profitagency, such as Parishioners on Patrol to strengthen law enforcement all over the city. A steering committee governed thespending of these grant funds. In the same year, the Crime Technology Grant was received. During FY 2008, the city163